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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.NITI Aayog’s Latest Report Shows The Link Between Literacy Rate And Poverty Reduction
By K R Sudhaman NITI Aayog has recently come out with a poverty index, which said 13.5 crore Indians escaped multi-dimensional poverty in five years and that there was a steep decline in the number of multi-dimensionally poor from 24.85 per cent to 14.96 per cent between 2015-16 and...
US-China Diplomatic Tussle In Bangladesh Accentuates Before Elections
By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, in the background of fierce pre-election campaign, China and the US are engaging in an unconcealed big power rivalry. With crucial general elections due in Bangladesh in a few months’ time, the ongoing diplomatic tussle between China and the US-led Western bloc has become...
Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Has Bizarre Ideas To Rejuvenate USA
By Patrick Cleary Most presidential candidates publish a hagiographic autobiography tying the personal challenges they’ve overcome to their policy goals and vision for the country. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Capitalist Punishment: How Wall Street is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn’t Vote For, released in April of this...
Salil Chowdhury Was A Versatile Genius Who Transformed Hindi Film Music
By Tirthankar Mitra India had just shaken off the chains of foreign servitude which was a dream come true for its citizens. Nationalism and several discordant voices were in the air in whose backdrop a group of young men gathered at Paradise Cafe, a cafeteria near the junction of...
India Never Had A Surplus Trade Balance In Last 47 Years
By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to understand why India is constantly falling prey to China if it is fully aware that China is heavily dumping exports, often “supplying goods at less than raw materials costs.” The question is pertinent in the context of India’s Commerce and Industry Minister...
Unmasking BJP Govt At Centre And States Should Be The Core Of India Alliance Campaign
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India reaches closer to the Lok Sabha election 2024, the issues and campaign points are undergoing intermittent change. Political moves and counter-moves of PM Narendra Modi and the INDIA alliance are the chief causes behind it, making the country’s future politically uncertain. If PM...
Prime Minister’s Interview To PTI Is A Weak Exercise In Brand Building Before 2024
By Sushil Kutty It could be his last interview. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi answered questions as if he is here to stay even if Indians have yet to consider whether he is fit for a third term or not with their votes in 2024. The interviewer gave him...
India’s High GDP Figures In First Quarter Sending Some Positive Signals
By Anjan Roy The strong GDP growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year is a hopeful augury, though there are some intriguing aspects in the detailed figures as well. The quarterly growth has hit 7.8% which in itself is remarkable for a large economy. At the...
Countering Rahul’s Ascent Is The Prime Motive Behind PM’s Two Moves
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two moves — first, convening the four-day special session of Parliament from September 18 to 22; and second, constituting a committee headed by the former president Ram Nath Kovind to examine the possibility of a ‘One Nation, One Election’ system, under which...
G20 Summit – An Opportunity To Showcase India And Its Human Centric Approach
By K R Sudhaman The G20 summit under India’s presidency to be held in New Delhi next week on September 9 and 10 could not have come at any time better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to highlight the need to establish a new World order that is free...
India-China Confrontation Over Water Resources In Himalayas Accentuates
By Girish Linganna As diplomatic efforts persist in addressing the ongoing border standoff between China and India, a fresh source of tension is emerging, centred around water resources. New Delhi is in the process of revitalizing 12 hydropower projects along the border, while China is actively constructing a substantial...
Puthuppally Bypoll In Kerala: No Cakewalk For Congress
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will the Left Democratic Front (LDF) score an upset victory in Puthuppally Assembly constituency, which is going to the polls on September 5? That is the million dollar question agitating the minds of Keralites. The by-election has been necessitated by the passing away of former...
Uttam Kumar, A Quintessential Screen Heart Throb Of Bengalees
By Tirthankar Mitra Born in a house in Ahiritola in the heart of north Kolkata on September 3, 1926, and growing up in a middle class joint family household in Bhowanipore, Arun Kumar Chattopadhayay did not quite stand out in a crowd when he first sought to essay the...
Modi Govt’s ‘Shock And Awe’ Strategy Mainly Aimed At Overwhelming Opposition
By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government’s dramatic moves to convene an out of turn parliament session later this month and set up a panel headed by former President Ramnath Kovind to study the possibility of introducing one nation policy may be part of a ‘shock and awe’ policy...
INDIA Alliance In Need Of Taking Along Workers And Farmers
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though, at the conclusion of the third INDIA alliance meet in Mumbai on September 1, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has promised ‘a clear set of ideas’ to involve ‘the farmers, and the workers’ in the progress of this country, what actually needed is to devise...
Big Exodus Of BJP Leaders To Congress Continues Before Assembly Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: There is near exodus from BJP to join the Congress. Among them who are leaving BJP include sitting MLAs and important party leaders. Significantly those who are leaving are listing two factors – rampant corruption and being ignored because of the preference being given...
In Ghosi By-Poll In Uttar Pradesh, INDIA Is Fighting Its First Battle Against NDA
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The entire country is watching the first electoral battle between NDA and the just formed INDIA being fought in Ghosi assembly by-election in Uttar Pradesh. This is direct fight between BJP candidate Dara Singh Chauhan who belongs to OBC and supported by NDA factions and...
Sudden Calling Of A Special Session Of Parliament Is Another Gimmick Of PM
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi loves to keep people guessing. In fact, he thoroughly enjoys the experience whether all the people like it or not; for, there is always a comfortable majority which votes for him and the quirks of electoral democracy ensure he remains in power....
