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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.Implementation Of The Four Labour Codes Is Well Neigh Stalled
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Implementation of the four labour codes in the current financial year 2023-24 has well neigh been stalled. BJP’s debacle in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election, the result of which came out on May 13, has changed the priorities of the party and RSS, where they have...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is The Biggest Loser In Karnataka Assembly Elections
By Sushil Kutty Yes. The verdict in the Karnataka assembly polls announced on May 13 is emphatic. The Congress has won majority in the 224 member house comfortably. The Congress winning figure is around 139 seats as against 62 by the BJP and 20 by JD(S) around afternoon. The...
Congress Victory In Karnataka Polls Augurs Well For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Harihar Swarup Congress has romped home in Karnataka convincingly ousting the BJP in the state assembly elections held on May 10. This means there will be no presence of BJP in south India in any state government and it will remain only a North Indian party. If this...
Congress Regains Karnataka But Harder Tasks Ahead For Battle 2024
By S. Sethuraman True to predictions, Karnataka goes back to the Congress and its spectacular margin over ruling BJP not only reflects the strong anti-incumbency factor but also the negativity of all serious efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with bombastic roadshows for a turnaround. The third force in...
BJP Gives Its Reply To Karnataka Defeat By Sweeping Civic Bodies Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP has consolidated its position in Uttar Pradesh with capturing of four mayor seats and leading in remaining 13 seats out of total 17 seats. Significantly BJP won mayor seats in Lucknow, Jhansi, Ayodhya and Ghaziabad and was leading in rest of seats which not...
Supreme Court Sees Through SEBI’s Delaying Tactics In Probe Against Adani
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has thwarted a move by market regulator SEBI to delay its investigation into the alleged manipulation of shares by the Adani group and issues that have been raised against the group in the wake of the Hindenburg report, which saw the share price...
Moderation In Inflation May Lead To Pause In Interest Rate Hike This Fiscal
By K R Sudhaman The welcome development in Indian economy is that Inflation, riding on base effect, has moved below five per cent mark in April this year. But worrying factor is slowdown in Industrial and consumer goods production as IIP growth decelerated to 1.1 per cent in March...
BJP Leaders’ Vote Bank Politics In Manipur Contributed To Ethnic Conflict
By Ashis Biswas Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah’s belated announcement assuring that no official decision would be made regarding a proposed alteration in the status of Meitei tribespeople in Manipur state without a comprehensive discussion among all concerned groups and stakeholders is most welcome. However, the violent Manipur...
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Is On Front Foot In Politics Again
By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when hearts beat faster whenever Imran Khan charged in to bowl or looked the way the red ball moving at him as he raised his bat to send it to the ropes or outside the stadium. One does not recall too many occasions when...
Current Events May Be Showing Pakistan Heading For Greater Civil Unrest
By Manish Rai The dramatic arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inside a courthouse in the capital Islamabad by security forces has escalated political tensions in the country to new heights. The chain of events that followed this arrest was somewhat hard to imagine in Pakistan. Khan’s...
Narendra Modi Govt Must Now Desist Using Governors As Its Pawns
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the light of the unanimous judgement of a constitutional bench of the Supreme court of India delivered on May 11, 2023on powers of Elected government of Delhi, Narendra Modi government must now desist from – usurping the legislative and executive powers of the states...
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Has Genuine Reasons To Remain Unattached
By Sushil Kutty Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who heads the Biju Janata Dal, can make a salutary contribution to the combined opposition’s goal of ousting Prime Minister Narendra Modi only if his party makes a clean sweep of Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats in 2024. That being said, Naveen...
Remembering Film Director Mrinal Sen On His 100th Birth Anniversary
By Nitya Chakraborty Mrinal Sen, the ace film maker who depicted both the political turmoil of Calcutta in 1960’s and 1970’s along with the selfishness and cowardice of the Bengali middle class through his 28 feature films, steps into his 100th year of birth on May 14 this year....
Opposition Unity To Solidify After Karnataka Results
By Rahil Nora Chopra Only after the declaration of results in Karnataka assembly polls, opposition unity is expected to acquire a definitive shape. The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has been working hard and moving across the country to meet the opposition leaders of various states to bring...
Uddhav’s Moral Victory Following Supreme Court Verdict Is Booster For MVA
By Tirthankar Mitra None of the sides who sought the Supreme Court verdict relating to the political upheaval in Maharashtra in June last year were pushed off the ledge by the apex court judgement. The Eknath Shinde government continues albeit with a question mark; Uddhav Thackeray has been provided...
Charles Darwin Gets Excluded From School Syllabus
By Dr. Soma Marla Several scientists, educators raised serious concern last week about NCERT removing theory of evolution from science syllabus in class X curriculum of CBSE. The letter said, “Understanding the process of evolution is crucial in building scientific temper”. And depriving students of this exposure is depriving...
Twin Tragedies Traumatise Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two tragedies in quick succession – a boat accident in Malappuram district which claimed 21 lives and the brutal murder of a house surgeon in Kollam district – have traumatised Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has swung into quick action by ordering a...
Latest Poll Results In Chile Is A Wake Up Call For Latin American Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty The results of May 7 elections in Chile on the issue of Constitutional changes, have led to far right victory and big defeat for the Chilean presidency including the Left signalling a period of big turmoil in the political transition of this South American nation. The...
