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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.Corruption Issue Dogs Bommai Administration As Karnataka Assembly Polls Are Nearing
By Sushil Kutty Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, before she left for the United States to defend the Narendra Modi government on a number of charges levelled against the nine-year-old government, spent some time in poll-bound Karnataka and explained the special bond her party and her government shared with...
IMF And World Bank Must Work For Price Stability Globally, More In Poor Countries
By Anjan Roy The bi-annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington when the policy wonks of these institutions for meet with finance ministers of the participating countries are important occasions for findings solutions to the world’s economic ills. This year’s meet, currently being...
B S Yediyurappa Is The Main Campaigner In Karnataka Poll After Narendra Modi
By Harihar Swarup Wearing a spotless white safari suit and a dot of vermillion on his forehead, B S Yediyurappa walked out of the puja room through the corridor of his Bengaluru home. He glanced at the verandah and meeting rooms full of people, but headed straight to the...
Fractional Ownership, Blockchain Democratise Property Investment
By K Raveendran Fractional ownership of real estate is catching up fast in India, particularly among the tech-savvy investors. As a concept, fractional ownership has democratized real estate investment in that it has given small investors access to commercial properties which otherwise remained the exclusive domain of high and...
Unnecessary Legal Squabbles Are Wasting Supreme Court’s Precious Time
By Ashish Khetan No constitutional democracy can sustain without a constitutional dialogue between the non-judicial forces. American legal scholar and constitutional expert Alexander Bickel, in his work The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics (1962) referred to a “continuing colloquy” between the Supreme Court,...
Sports A Potential Bellwether Of How Middle East States Manage Their Differences
By James M Dorsey Renewed controversy over Saudi ownership of English Premier League club Newcastle United suggests the kind of opposition the kingdom may encounter as it bids for hosting rights to multiple global and regional sporting mega events. The controversy may also become a bellwether of how Saudi...
Getting National Party Status From Election Commission Is A Big Boost To AAP
By Kalyani Shankar When Arvind Kejriwal launched his Aam Admi Party in 2012 and bid for power the following year for Delhi assembly in 2013, no one thought he would find political space and sustain himself for long years. Now, on Monday, the Election Commission has granted AAP national...
Amit Shah’s Strategy To Gain Majority Seats In Bihar In Lok Sabha Polls Floundering
By Arun Srivastava “We will win all the 40 seats” is the clarion call of the BJP Chanakya Amit Shah to his cadres and sympathisers in Bihar. But the task ahead is arduous. Riding on the shoulders of the RSS, Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Shah may talk of...
Positive Vibes At G20 Meet In India’s Northeast, But With A Twist
By Ashis Biswas There has been a mixed diplomatic response from various foreign countries attending the recent G20 sessions in different states of India’s lush-green Northeast. Most among the attending foreign ministers and diplomats preferred discussing local/regional development and tourism-related matters. This was in consonance with the generally agreed...
Ten Govts Of Latin America To Meet In Havana For A Joint Economic Strategy
By Satyaki Chakraborty Ten national governments of Latin America including a few left wing regimes are having discussions to evolve a common strategy in dealing with the economic issues facing the countries. Most of the countries are facing the problem of high prices of essential commodities and there are...
India Needs To Be Worried About Its Children
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian children have fundamental right to education and the number of incidences of violation has crossed 12.5 lakhs in the form of out of school students during the education session 2022-23 just ended. Equity and inclusion thus remain important issues, apart from quality and relevance...
Differences Surface In Bengal BJP Over Functioning Of Governor Bose
By Tirthankar Mitra No stranger to intra-party squabbles, BJP leaders of West Bengal unit have often differed over internal matters of the party. But fissures are now discernible in the state saffron camp leadership over actions of governor, CV Anand Bose in the recent communal violence which erupted in...
Growing Unrest Among Hard Hindutva Camp May Spoil BJP’s Grandiose Plans
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in for a couple of 2024 surprises when the country goes for yet another general election. The surprises will come courtesy the hardcore cache of the Hindu electorate that the BJP and the Modi government have been taking for granted during...
India’s Merchandise Imports Continue To Grow Big
By Nantoo Banerjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to substantially boost India’s manufacturing industry has impacted little on the country’s growing dependence on merchandise imports and large trade deficits. It is no wonder that the government and its commerce minister say little on the country’s growing annual merchandise imports...
Supreme Court Must Come Out With An Interim Stay On The Sale Of Electoral Bonds
By Nitya Chakraborty The 26th tranche of the electoral bonds is on sale from April 3 and it will continue till April 12. Karnataka assembly elections are scheduled on May 10. The principal beneficiary of the electoral bonds, will be in a position to make full use of the...
AI Triggers Rapid Labour Market And Workplace Transition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rapid advances in the development and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have also triggered a rapid labour market and workplace transition. At the labour market level, it is likely to increase productivity and create new jobs, but at the same time it is likely...
Split Among Hindutva Fanatics Bodes Ill For BJP In 2024 Lok Sabha Election
By Sushil Kutty Last weekend a piece in a top newspaper asked “who will challenge Narendra Modi?” implying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no alternative other than himself. However, even as the post posed the question, the answer had been out twisting in the wind for months. A...
Unlocking India’s Vast Potential To Be A Leading Player In World’s Space Sector
By Girish Linganna Expansion of the nation’s space industry and the promotion of innovation have been driven by deregulation and incentivization; however, there is still a significant amount of work to be done in order to guarantee the commercial sustainability of creating a worldwide space hub. Recently, a significant...
