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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.Telangana Witnessing Big Fight Between BRS And BJP Before Assembly Poll
By Sushil Kutty Politics is dirty business. A lot of dust and dirt sticks to politicians. BJP Telangana unit Chief Bandi Sanjay will testify. Bandi Sanjay was dragged on a road by uniformed police officers and taken into custody, yet another “casualty” of the ongoing war between Telangana Chief...
Deletions In School Text Books Indicate Partisan Approach Of Central Body
By Tirthankar Mitra Deletion of portions pertaining to aftermath of assassination of Mahatma Gandhi from class 12 students curriculum of their political science texts goes against the spirit of argumentative democracy of the nation. The chop and change of National Education Policy (NEP) goes against its promise to throw...
175 Years After The Publication Of Communist Manifesto, Issues To Fight Remain
By Krishna Jha For the first time we face the challenges against whatever we have held sacred till now. Our Constitutional values, our composite culture rooted deep in the society with all its beauty and love, our economy built democratically with a strong public sector, with rights to live,...
India Govt Must Oppose Dissolution Of SuuKyi’s Party By Myanmar Junta
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The recent dissolution of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the ruling party of Myanmar, has raised concerns about the country’s political stability and the ongoing conflict in the country. Myanmar, a neighbouring country of India, has long been a focus of attention for India...
Not Just Labour Party In Britain, Tories Are Also Hit By Factionalism
By Keith Flett The latest offensive by Keir Starmer and those around him to marginalise the left in the Labour Party has captured media headlines, and of course, the full approval of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times. Starmer, whose grasp of the dynamics of capitalism does not appear to be...
IMF Paper Recommends India’s Digital Infrastructure For Adoption By Other Countries
By K Raveendran An IMF working paper has commended India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI), which is known by the term India Stack, as a great success and recommended it for other countries, but with a rider that these countries may not have India’s enabling factors such as a vibrant...
Nitish Kumar’s Iftar Party With Delhi Background Posed A Challenge To PM
By Sushil Kutty Nitish Kumar with the flex facade of the ramparts of the ‘Lal Qila’ behind him, with the tricolour for maximum effect, told the story of things to come and a rattled Bharatiya Janata Party descended on the Bihar Chief Minister, aspiring to give Prime Minister Narendra...
India’s Judicial Institutions Are Operating In A Highly Inefficient Manner
By Arun Srivastava Functioning of the judicial institution has always been under scanner, but after Narendra Modi ushered the country and its judicial system into New India, after coming to power in 2014, the credibility of the institution has to witness the most embarrassing period. Like all his promises...
India-Japan Political Ties Have Got Strengthened Following Modi-Fumio Talks
By Girish Linganna The Indo-Pacific region has continued to be the focal point of diplomatic efforts in the last few weeks for Washington and its partners. During Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s India visit on March 20, Japan introduced its Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) Plan. Additionally, Australia, the UK...
WHO’s Call For Expansion Of Health Workforce Is Most Relevant For India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) global warning of a projected shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, chiefly in developing countries, has come at a time when India, the largest populated country in the world, is undergoing a severe crisis of shortage of doctors and...
