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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.Sharad Pawar’s Resignation Drama Masterstroke Hits BJP And Fadnavis Most
By Harihar Swarup It did not take long for the rethink on the resignation. Allowing the hysteria to last just a few hours seemed more in keeping with Sharad Pawar’s style than his dramatic announcement on Tuesday evening that he was resigning from the President-ship of the party he...
Trouble In India, Russia Talks On Rupee Trade Mostly The Result Of Posturing
By K Raveendran A reported impasse in the use of rupee for trade between India and Russia is seen more as posturing rather than a failure of the arrangement as both sides cannot manage without each other in the context of the prevailing global political situation. There have been...
Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Acted Like A Cop, Not A Diplomat At Goa SCO Meet
By Sushil Kutty The toughest foreign minister in the hemisphere, India’s EAM S. Jaishankar cannot suffer fellow foreign ministers who pour scorn on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, call him names and think they can make a clean getaway! And, if the erring foreign minister happens to be Pakistan’s, woe...
British Labour Party’s Big Win In Local Polls Sets Pace For 2024 Victory
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Labour Party in Britain made massive gains in the country wide local bodies elections this week vindicating the opinion polls that the Labour under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer is set to form the next Government after the national elections scheduled in 2024 or...
‘The Kerala Story’ Won’t Further Sangh Parivar Agenda
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will the controversial film, “The Kerala Story”, further the propaganda of the Sangh Parivar? That is the million dollar question resonating in the political corridors of Kerala. Secular parties in the state say that the film seeks to portray Kerala, a bastion of secularism, as...
Deepak Joshi Finally Leaves BJP And Joins Congress Leading State BJP In Turmoil
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: All attempts of national and Madhya Pradesh leaders to persuade Deepak Joshi not to leave BJP failed. He finally joined the Congress on Saturday in the presence of PCC president Kamal Nath. He accepted the Congress membership along with large number of his followers....
Rise In Unemployment In India Again In April Is A Wake-Up Call
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rise in unemployment rate in India again in April 2023 should serve as a wake-up call for PM Narendra Modi led ruling establishment, since it shows the upward trend since the beginning of 2023, a year when both the domestic and global economies have been...
Syrian President Al-Assad Plays A Strong Hand In Diplomatic Poker
By James M Dorsey Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has put restoration of control of all of Syria at the core of efforts to manage multiple Middle Eastern rivalries that often play out in his war-ravaged country. Al-Assad’s demand means different things to different parties. For a group of Arab...
Public Sector Banks Have Contributed To Economic Growth In Last 53 Years
By C H Venkatachalam In any country, banking sector plays a vital role in shaping up the economy. Especially in poor, underdeveloped and developing countries, banks have a crucial role to play. Our country is no exception. Prior to independence, all our banks were in private hands, some of...
Present Acute Unemployment Crisis Can Not Be Dealt By Modi’s Neo-Liberal Agenda
By Prabhat Patnaik The data on unemployment brought out by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) present a grim picture. Not only has the unemployment rate increased sharply for some years now, starting from even before the pandemic, but the figure which had shot up during the...
