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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.Imports Of Russian Oil Have Given Big Cushion To India In Reducing Fiscal Gap
By Subrata Majumder Given India’s stance as neutral and non-party to sanctions on Russia in the wake of Ukraine war, global critics raised eyebrows over India as protagonist for non-alignment movement and suspicion as strong supporter to the sovereignty of a nation. It demonstrated that India’s long standing original...
India-Bangladesh Railway Connectivity Projects Getting Delayed
By Ashis Biswas For some reasons, railway connectivity projects to improve Northeast India’s linkages with Bangladesh and the Indian mainland have been plagued by major delays. The situation spells concern for Tripura Government authorities, who have referred the matter to the Railway Ministry and the Prime Minister himself in...
India Has To Take Pro-Active Role In Formulating Health Strategy At G20 Summit
By Dr Arun Mitra The G20 Presidency to India has given ample opportunities to highlight the health problems facing the developing world in general and India in particular. This is also time to set the direction for global equity in health care. The Third Health Working Group (HWG) meeting...
Conservative New Democracy Party Gets Majority In National Polls In Greece
By Satyaki Chakraborty Greee’s conservative New Democracy Party led by the incumbent Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis achieved single party majority by capturing around 158 out of a total of 300 seats in Parliament in the repeat national elections held on June 25. Earlier, regular elections were held on May...
Patna Conclave Of Opposition Parties Is A Milestone To Defeat The BJP
By Arun Srivastava Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was politically correct in describing the opposition meet in Patna as a (Rajnaitik Navjagran) political renaissance. What was unprecedented was that all the fifteen participating political parties were unanimous in resolving to forge unity to defeat the BJP in the Lok...
Opposition Charting Out Its Roadmap To Oust Narendra Modi From Power
By Sushil Kutty The assumption is general elections 2024 will see people voting with their feet and it will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swansong whether he likes it or not. The plethora of opposition parties are sure Modi was on his last legs when he addressed the US...
Sharad Pawar Has Resorted To A Risky Gamble By Anointing His Daughter As NCP President
By Harihar Swarup Theatre has always been an integral part of politics as it now allows political leaders their private motivations and their public motivations. Sharad Pawar has employed all the skills, gathered over five decades of political experience, seamlessly to pull of three-act power play. Act one was...
U.S. Probe Against Adani Group Sours Taste During Modi’s White House Dinner
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be presumed to have done well in Washington despite a tinge of doubt in his response to pointed questions about Indian democracy and minority rights, but the embarrassing questions were not the only source of sour taste in the otherwise impressive...
Both Modi And Biden Had Their Eyes On 2024 Polls During The Indian PM’s Visit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India and the United States will witness national elections to choose the top executives next year. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek a third term in the government. President Joe Biden is seeking reelection in the USA, while reports...
Modi’s U.S. Visit Spotlights America’s Policy Choices
By James M Dorsey Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day red carpet visit to the United States constitutes a microcosm of what a 21st-world order century will likely look like. The visit spotlights the adjustments the United States faces in transitioning from a US-dominated unipolar world to a multipolar world...
Why Did Official Democrats Embrace The Far-Right Narendra Modi?
By Liza Featherstone Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a state visit to the White House this week, is one of the most significant far-right leaders in the world. His persecution of religious minorities has troubled even the US State Department, which has taken note of the...
British Labour Leadership Under Keir Starmer Is Isolating The Left Members
By Ben Chacko The relentless right-wing attack on the left within the Britain’s Labour Party continues unabated. Recent weeks have seen the elected mayor of the North of Tyne region barred from being considered as the party’s candidate for the next election and two further members of the Socialist...
Narendra Modi Has Achieved Success In Acquiring High Tech Defence Items From US
By Girish Linganna US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached an accord that is hailed by experts as “historic” and which will provide India with American drones and engines for combat aircraft, in an effort to confront China. Modi is attempting to expand the international standing...
Hegemony Of US Dollar Is Under Threat, Steady Decline May Follow
By Prabhat Patnaik How exactly is the dollar’s status as reserve currency related to imperialism? This question has two parts: how this status of the dollar is related to US imperialism, and how it is related to the overall imperialist arrangement. The dollar’s being a reserve currency makes it...
Only 1.25 Crore Jobs Creation Since 2014 Is Pittance, Not Massive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav’s claim of a massive job creation, 1.25 crore in the last nine years under PM Narendra Modi since 2014, is in fact pittance. About 2 crore people join the workforce every year in India, and in the...
Congress-Led UDF In A Confrontation Mood With Govt In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Opposition parties in the State upping the ante and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government launching a counter-offensive, the state is set for a protracted political slug-fest. Political mercury soared when the Government announced a crime branch probe against Kerala Pradesh Congress...
Mayawati Faces Challenge To Retain Seats Won In Last Lok Sabha Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BSP national President Mayawati is busy building party organisation while giving prominence to dalits, backward and Muslims to face crucial Lok Sabha polls in 2024.Former chief minister Mayawati has already made it clear her party would not be part of any alliance of opposition parties....
Despite Political Turf Wars, Mamata Greets Rahul On Birthday
By Rahil Nora Chopra West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated and greeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his birthday. “Heartiest birthday wishes to Shri @RahulGandhiji. Wishing you good health and a wonderful year ahead!” she tweeted. Though it is evident in the political circles that Mamata does not...
