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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.Dibrugarh Town Is On High Security Alert As Amritpal Singh Is In Jail
By Ashis Biswas The state of Assam, especially the Dibrugarh town has been drawing big attraction now as the Sikh secessionist leader Amritpal Singh has been lodged in this jail alongwith the other pro-khalistani Sikhs who were arrested earlier. The town is totally under the control of the security...
Sudan’s Internal War Has No Signs Of Ending As UN Remains Helpless
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The ongoing conflict in Sudan has intensified further, leading to countries sending in emergency planes to evacuate diplomats and their citizens. American fighter planes reportedly carried evacuation of diplomats throughout Monday night. The situation in Sudan is rapidly deteriorating, and the world is watching with...
RSS Is Strongly Opposed To Adoption Of Caste Census At National Level
By Arun Srivastava RSS which claims to be the nation’s conscience keeper and beholder of the highest order of morality utterly lacks moral conviction to explain the reasons for its strident opposition to the caste census which basically aims at ascertaining the correct socio-economic position and to reflect on...
Once Again, The Rioters In 2002 Gujarat Massacre, Go Scot-Free
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The acquittal of all living 67 accused in a Special Court in Ahmedabad has clearly showed that the riot victims of Naroda Gam massacre have been served injustice in place of justice. As the case stands now, prosecution has miserably failed in producing evidence against...
More Fund Transfers To The Working Poor Can Boost Growth In Ailing Indian Economy
By Prabhat Patnaik Government officials never tire of repeating that India is currently the fastest growing major economy in the world. What they never mention is the fact that India had witnessed perhaps the sharpest absolute drop in GDP among the major economies of the world in 2020-21 because...
Suspension Of Earlier Land Reforms Measures Has Adversely Affected Rural India
By Dr Soma Marla In India, landownership is crucial for the upliftment of the rural poor. Even after seven decades of independence from British colonialism, the rich landed sections occupy vast tracts of land while the small and landless, who form 80 percent of the farmer community possess only...
China Dominates Global Wheat Market With Its Record Stocks In 2022-23
By Amitabha Sen The World’s second largest economy, China is currently holding more than half of the global wheat stocks leaving much behind the combined stocks of the US and the European Union’s 27 member states. If excluded China, the global stocks can take care less than two months...
Congress Demands Caste Census, Opposition United To Take On BJP
By Rahil Nora Chopra In an attempt to bring back the politics of social justice before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have raised the demand that the Union government should go ahead for a caste census with immediate effect....
Nepal Prime Minister’s Coming Three Day Visit To India Has Special Significance
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” is set to embark on a three-day visit to India starting on April 28, 2023, in what is seen as a significant step in strengthening bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries. So far, India-Nepal relations have either...
China Emerging As The Prime Mediator In Easing Tensions In Middle East
By Satyaki Chakraborty The United States of America is steadily losing its diplomatic battle in the Middle East against China as more and more warring nations in the region are looking to China for acting as the facilitator for establishing peace in the region. After the big success of...
Opposition Parties Must Work On A Clear Cut Alternative To Fight BJP
By Prakash Karat There is much talk about opposition unity these days. Such talk has gathered momentum after a series of meetings of various leaders of opposition parties. This comes in the background of the united stand of eighteen opposition parties in parliament during the second half of the...
Who Will Be The Ultimate Winner In Currency War? Dollar Or The Yuan?
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Recently, numerous articles have been written on the demise of the dollar. The argument is that China, the second largest economy after the US, is increasingly convincing the world’s largest suppliers of energy, including Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela to trade in Chinese Yuan....
Fact Check Unit Of Modi Govt Will Be The Super Editor Under Amended IT Rules
By Krishna Jha In 1938, there were public bonfires of forbidden books in Italy. Militia was always present in such events to help keeping alive the flames and restrain any interruption. In fact, Mussolini had contended that “fascism requires military journalism”. In fascist Italy, the role of Mussolini as...
Innovative Policy Is Needed To Extract Demographic Dividend As India Pips China In Population
By Anjan Roy Few will now remember there was a time when family planning and population control were highly visible policy platforms. Of all people, highly respected industrialist, JRD Tata, then heading the Tata group, was one of the leading figures to talk about the need for population control....
Will The Twitter Spat Between Jaishankar And Siddaramaiah Impact Karnataka Polls?
By Sushil Kutty The Hakki-Pikki!, who are they? The 2011 census put the Hakki-Pikki population at 11,892. The last decade must have seen the number rise. Suffice to say that the Hakki-Pikki are in the news because 31 Hakki-Pikki are stranded in strife-torn Sudan amid allegations that India’s External...
Despite A Deep Reverence For Cows In India, 5 Million Are Now Strays
By Girish Linganna There are around 5 million stray cattle roaming the streets of India. The cow is a sacred—and revered—animal in Hinduism. But stray cattle, primarily abandoned males, cause havoc in the country. Cattle have been reported to attack people, cause traffic accidents and spread diseases. During the...
Oil Supply By Russia At Concessional Rate Is A Big Shield For India Against Inflation
By Subrata Majumder Recently, OPEC and some non-OPEC countries, including Russia, announced oil output cut of around 1.16 million barrels per day. This move will bring the total volume of oil cut by OPEC + to 3.66 million bpd, according to Reuter’s estimation. Eventually, the output reduction could lift...
French President Ignores All Round Protests By Passing Pension Bill
By Marlon Ettinger With its validation on April 14 by the Constitutional Council, Emmanuel Macron’s government has finally passed its legislation to raise the pension age to sixty-four. Its controversial passage into law has prompted vast opposition: refinery workers have held petrol shipments hostage, dockers have blocked deliveries, and...
