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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.Rise And Fall Of The Father Of Atom Bomb J Robert Oppenheimer In United States
By Prabir Purkayastha THE new blockbuster film on Oppenheimer has brought back the memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It has raised complex questions on the nature of the society that permitted such bombs to be developed and used and the stockpiling of nuclear arsenals that...
In Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Is Setting A Record Of Pro People Schemes
By Gyan Pathak As Rajasthan is approaching closer to Vidhan Sabha election later in 2023, political rhetoric is rising to higher pitches. CM Ashok Gehlot has clearly been playing a politics of human development to counter the BJP’s politics of communal hatred. Nevertheless, politics of development is always...
Supreme Court’s Order To Grant Extension To ED Sanjay Mishra Till September 15, Is Bizarre
By Sushil Kutty Supreme Court Justice B R Gavai is busy, perhaps the busiest justice. Very recently he asked to be recused from Rahul Gandhi’s defamation/conviction case citing long-standing family links with the Congress. Now, he was part of the special bench that has given Director, Enforcement...
Death Of Marxist Journalist Adolfo Gilly Is A Big Loss To Latin American Left
By Tony Wood With the death of Adolfo Gilly on July 4, 2023, the Latin American left didn’t just lose one of its most lucid Marxist thinkers. It also lost a man who directly experienced many of the region’s key events of the past seventy years, from the...
School Recruitment Scam Is Having Impact On Bengalee Teachers In Assam
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In Assam, the job security of Bengali teachers working in many schools has been endangered by the circulation of widespread reports of organised corruption in the state Education sector of West Bengal. Many of these teachers—- local Assam media estimates put their number...
India Set To Launch DS-SAR Satellite On July 30 From Sriharikota Centre
By Girish Linganna India will launch the PSLV-C56 rocket on July 30, carrying the DS-SAR satellite from Singapore and six other co-passenger satellites. The launch is scheduled for 6:30 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). ...
Manipur Developments Show That Our PM Narendra Body Is Accountable To None
By P Sudhir The events in Manipur, which dominated the national political situation over the past nearly three months, have brought out a startling feature of governance under Narendra Modi. The authoritarian regime is accountable to no one. Manipur has been in the grip of ethnic violence resulting...
Narendra Modi Has Declared Himself As Prime Minister For The Third Time
By Sushil Kutty Is it confidence or overconfidence? Narendra Modi has declared himself Prime Minister for the third time. But even the thought of a third straight term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for setting up more suicide helplines across India. Is there a way out, will...
A Strong Centre-Left Front Emerges In Guatemala To Challenge Ruling Right In Presidential Poll
By Satyaki Chakraborty At long last, there is some ray of hope for the common people of the Central American nation Guatemala which will going for its run off national elections on August 20. In a surprise development, the centre left party Semilla candidate Bernardo Arevalo stood...
Centre Pleading For Fresh Extension For ED Despite SC Order, Is Ominous
By Arun Srivastava On July 11, just a fortnight back, the Supreme Court allowed Enforcement Directorate director S K Mishra to continue to hold the office till July 31 this year, notwithstanding holding that the extension given to Mishra was illegal as it violates the court’s 2021...
Travails And Humiliation Of Manipur Women Are Still Continuing
By Krishna Jha The entire video was as smeared reflection of our own selves, expressing how far the criminal within us can go down. And that is not all. How long it takes to listen to the victims’ tearful cries also matters. One among the victims was...
Disaster Emergency Has Come, Current Losses To Multiply
Dr. Gyan Pathak Disaster emergency has come, and the current losses are set to multiply, if appropriate actions are not taken urgently. Over 140 disasters struck Asia-Pacific region in 2022 leading to over 7,500 deaths, affecting over 64 million people causing economic damage estimated at US$ 57 billion. Moreover,...
Five Months After, Ukraine War Is Both Escalating And Stagnating
By Ben Chacko The war in Ukraine is both escalating and stagnating at the same time. This is the moment to push for it to end. The escalation comes with Russia’s renunciation of the agreement allowing the export of grain from Ukrainian ports, a decision accompanied by...
Political Parties Under Right To Information Act Will Remain An Unrealisable Dream
By K Raveendran It would be an ideal situation if political parties are brought under the purview of the rights to information (RTI) Act as it would introduce complete transparency in the functioning of the parties. But unfortunately, many ideal situations are never practical and as such remain...
Modi Deriding ‘India’ Betraysdesign To Humiliate The Opposition
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi deriding and insulting the united opposition front, INDIA, and drawing parallels with the likes of the erstwhile British East India Company, the outlawed outfit Indian Mujahideen and the Popular Front of India — has certainly not come as a shock. Expecting...
MSME Sector In India Continues Its Struggle Amidst Odds
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is no end in sight to the woes of the MSMEs in India, that suddenly started worsening with the sudden announcement of demonetization on November 8, 2016 by PM Narendra Modi, further exacerbated by introduction of GST next year from July 1,...
Can Sympathy Wave See Congress Through In Puthuppally?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious battle in the by-election to be held in Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kottayam district of Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the death of incumbent MLA and former chief minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy. Though almost...
Pakistan Seeking Major Economic Assistance From Gulf To Deal With Economic Crisis
By Tirthankar Mitra An offer from United Arab Emirates to invest in Pakistan is a feasible route to pull it out of its entrenched economic crisis. The offer comes in the wake of a spurt in the volume of capital flow from Emirates and Saudi Arabia into India....
