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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.Nothing New In Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s ‘A New History Of India’
By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, presently Chancellor and Professor of History at Ashoka University, is a well-known Indian historian who has done commendable work on different areas of the country’s history. His scholarship on the First War of Independence/Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, as also his sensitive understanding of...
RSS Has Taken Command Of BJP Preparations In Bengal For Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava The RSS has now emerged as the prime driver of the BJP poll campaigns in the elections and with the Lok Sabha polls scheduled in April/ May 2024, its role is getting expanded in the electoral strategy of the BJP. It was visibly evident in the...
Centre Has Initiated The Process Of Relaxation In Labour Laws
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the Centre and States are holding back announcement of roll out of the four controversial labour codes brought in 2019 and 2020 fearing adverse political fallout during 2024 general election in the country, India has already begun witnessing relaxation being given to employers. Several...
AAP’s Recognition As A National Party Has Special Significance For Indian Politics
By Harihar Swarup Politics is for the uneducated. Politics is a dirty game. It is impossible to survive in politics without corruption. These and other truism defined Indian politics for a generation of Indians who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. That the idea of honest, patriotic, and...
Turncoat Politicians Are Weakening The Very Root Of Parliamentary Democracy
By Mriganka M Bhowmick Indian politics nowadays revolves only around elections. As politics moves from one election to another, leaders also switch parties. Turncoat politics is a new normal, and, most disturbingly, it is accepted across the political spectrum. The upcoming Karnataka assembly election on May 10th has led...
Why Bengalurians Are Least Enthusiastic About Approaching Assembly Elections
By K Raveendran Silicon Valley is renowned for its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, and its infrastructure has been a major factor in the region’s success. The Valley’s infrastructure has enabled businesses to grow rapidly, and has helped create a vibrant and dynamic business environment. The region is home to...
India Can Get Demographic Dividend Only Through Improved Education And Skilling
By K R Sudhaman India has now surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with 1.43 billion people, the latest United Nations data says. China now has a population of 1.42 billion, making it the second most populous country. It may be an elation as India has...
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...
