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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.Kerala Govt To Move SC Against Centre’s Cut In Net Borrowings Ceiling
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a swift move, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala has decided to move the Supreme Court challenging the Union Government’s decision to drastically cut the State’s net borrowing ceiling(NBC) on market borrowings for 2023-24. This was one of the decisions taken at...
G7 Conclave Fails To Meet Commitment For Nuclear Weapons Abolition
By Dr Arun Mitra Much was expected from the recently concluded summit of group of seven countries the G7 which included USA, UK, France, Canada, Italy, Germany and Japan. Since the world is faced with serious threat of use of nuclear weapons during the on-going Russia Ukraine war, there...
Defection Of Lone Congress MLA In Bengal To TMC Angers Alliance Partner CPI(M)
By Tirthankar Mitra Congress-Left Front alliance in West Bengal received an unexpected jolt following the defection of Sagardighi MLA Bairon Biswas to ruling Trinamool Congress. The shake-up coming days before an Opposition meet against BJP in Patna has put the alliance forged in the summer of 2016 under a...
NITI Aayog Has Failed To Play Any Effective Role In Planning For Indian Economy
By Kalyani Shankar One of the first things Prime Minister Narendra Modi did soon after assuming office nine years ago was dismantling the Planning Commission with a legacy of 65 years and set up the Niti Aayog in January 2015. Even as the chief minister of Gujarat earlier, Modi...
Opposition Parties Could Not Meet Properly PM Challenge On New Parliament Building
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi bounced back from the brink and the opposition parties are together and singly to blame for the comeback. The Karnataka assembly election loss should have been the final nail as far as Modi was concerned, his Waterloo! But not three weeks later,...
Congress Dithering Over Supporting AAP On Ordinance Is Height Of Stupidity
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Penny wise pound foolish, is a well-known adage, applied to someone trying to save a penny while remaining ignorant of greater loss in that event. The Congress dithering over supporting AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal and his government in Delhi against the Delhi ordinance brought...
Bengal Congress Making Too Much Noise Over Sole MLA’s Defection To Trinamool
By Tirthankar Mitra Bairan Biswas, the lone Congress legislator from Sagardighi, Murshidabad, defecting to Trinamool Congress does not send a signal of unity in the coming days. The defection comes just ahead of a crucial meeting of Opposition parties at Patna to set the stage for an anti-BJP front...
An Isolated Imran Khan On No-Fly List Is Not A Bad News For The Captain
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have been put on the no-fly list by the government. According to reports, at least 80 of his party leaders are on this list. It comes after his arrest on May 9, which...
Massive Outreach Programme By BJP In Uttar Pradesh For 2024 Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP has launched massive public outreach program from May 30 for a month in all the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in view of the general elections next year. The public outreach programme is part of the national program of the party to celebrate nine years...
Fresh Manipur Violence Exposes Failure Of Centre And BJP State Govt
By Ashis Biswas As a fresh spell of mob violence on the night of May 28 shattered the fragile truce between warring non tribal Meitei community and the Kuki tribe in Manipur, official policy failures at several areas could be readily spotted. First, the BJP-ruled state administration led by...
India’s Triangular Relationship With Russia, China And The US Is Under Pressure
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has probably never faced such a situation as it is now to engage in a positive diplomacy with the world’s three warring super powers — the US, China and Russia. India is getting increasingly trapped in the international power tussle...
New Parliament Symbolises Hindutva’s Aim To Return To Monarchy
By Arun Srivastava In one stroke, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the basic character and image of India from being a symbol of pluralist, secular state having democratic, social, cultural and political ethics to a country exemplifying Brahminical culture and Hindutva ideals. Though India would continue to be...
Rajasthan Politics Turning More Complex Before Assembly Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rajasthan politics is turning more complex with infighting within both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. Infighting in the Congress came into limelight more sharply than the BJP, because Congress leader Sachin Pilot had given ultimatum to launch statewide agitation against CM Ashok Gehlot...
NITI Aayog Is Steadily Losing Its Relevance As An Useful Think Tank For Planning
By Sushil Kutty There was the Planning Commission, and there’s the NITI Aayog, supposedly a good enough name-swap. The Planning Commission became NITI Aayog in 2015, a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi did his first flat-out ‘shastang pranam’ in Parliament, the old one. Today, nine years and a...
Blockchain Is Getting Freed From Cryptocurrency Opening Up New Avenues
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav While cryptocurrencies may be getting embroiled in the regulatory issues, different other offshoots of blockchain technology is keeping the industry afloat, with some exciting news coming regularly. In a surprising turn of events, the highly anticipated auction of bankrupt Singaporean crypto hedge fund Three Arrows...
Remembering The ’Golden’ Days Of Media Persons In Old Parliament Building
By Anjan Roy The D-day had come and gone. The new parliament building was inaugurated By the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, however much boycotted. That means, the curtains had come down on the old Parliament House. What will happen to it, not yet certain. Some have...
Cold War-End ‘Peace Dividend’ Set To Go With New ‘War Tax’ After Ukraine War
By Girish Linganna Since the conclusion of the cold war in1991, when the erstwhile Soviet Union collapsed ending the global rivalry between it and the United States, a ‘peace dividend’ has been seen, allowing many countries to shift their resources from defence spending to other areas. However, this is...
The Curious Story Of Continuous Duel In US Congress Over Debt Ceiling Limit
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik When the world’s largest economy hit the debt ceiling then surely people are going to talk and write about it. The US hit the debt ceiling limit of $31.4 trillion on 19 January 2023 and the US treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed that the US...
