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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.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....
Prime Minister’s Comments On Opposition Front India Smack Of Panicky Reaction
By Sushil Kutty These are testing times for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The I.N.D.I.A of the combined Opposition is testing all Indians. How many of us know our Constitution – is it ‘Bharat that is India’ or ‘India that is Bharat’? Bet...
The Curious Case Of Missing Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang For A Month
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav For nearly a month now, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, just replaced , , has remained out of the public eye for a month The absence of Minister Qin has caused some rescheduling in diplomatic engagements. . Though former foreign minister Wang Yi n...
Preeti Aghalayam Is The First Woman Director Of Any Iit Till Now
By Harihar Swarup Preeti Aghalayam, 49 just became first woman to head any IIT. She, is excited, about reaching out to the world, at the first overseas campus, in Zanzibar. We need women in STEM, we need diversity in research, we need young people to feel they...
India Partners Seat Sharing For Lok Sabha Polls Is Achievable In Most Of 543 Seats
By Nitya Chakraborty Nearly a week has passed since the holding of the Bengaluru conclave of the opposition parties which gave birth to the new front INDIA consisting of 26 anti-BJP parties. In the following days since July 18, the focus of both media and the BJP...
Sonia Gandhi Will Be More Active In India Till 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
By Kalyani Shankar Why did the Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi consciously keep a low profile at the Opposition unity meeting in Bangalore or earlier in Patna? Insiders say that it was a calculated decision. Congress decided two things after the Party failed to...
Modi Govt Writes Off Rs 2.09 Lakh Crore Loan To Companies In 2022-23
By Gyan Pathak India is in election mode, and the Narendra Modi government takes special care of big companies that are not only helping the BJP through finance, especially through electoral bonds, but also through making favourable propaganda on behalf of the government. In the pre-election year 2022-23,...
Ruling Party Is Acting Bizarre In Parliament On Discussion On Manipur
By Sushil Kutty It will take a dozen oxen of 1000 horsepower each to drag Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Parliament and then, too, there is no guarantee the Prime Minister will make a statement on “Manipur”, the forbidden topic as far as the Prime Minister is concerned....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is Avoiding Discussions In Parliament On Manipur
By Arun Srivastava Lying has acquired the character of political culture of the BJP. Certainly it has not come as a surprise. While the so-called conscience keeper of New India, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, has not been alive to the ethics of truth, probity and transparency in...
