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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.Assam Government Is Concerned At Declining Trend In Tea Production In The State
By Ashis Biswas Expert opinion in Assam remains somewhat divided regarding a recent declining trend in the state’s annual tea production. While the state government and researchers have warned of further drop in production in the short term, eminent planters and industry circles feel such fears are exaggerated. This...
Perumal Murugan’s Tamil Language Novel Is In International Booker Long List
By Harihar Swarup Pyre—Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s novel about caste—based hatred, along with 12 other books—made it to the long-list of international Booker Prize 2023. Murugan’s 2013 book was translated into English by Anirudh Vasudevan in 2016. The prize, worth Rs. 50 lakhs, is awarded annually for a novel...
Time Is Ripe For Reforming The Ways For Parliament’s Smooth Functioning
By Kalyani Shankar Just as we need reforms in many other areas, Parliament needs reforms urgently. Right now, both Houses remain paralysed. The Opposition is looking for public and media attention to embarrass the Government, while the Government is also in an aggressive mood.. The ruling party members are...
RSS National Meet Has Taken Firm Position Against Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava After the recent meeting of the RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) there is no ambiguity now that Narendra Modi or his ministerial colleagues or even the BJP leaders hardening their stand against Rahul Gandhi and seeking his apology are being ordained at the behest of...
Kisan Mahapanchayat Signals Bigger Farmers Movement
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Kisan Mahapanchayat, the Grand Assembly of the Farmers held on March 20 in Delhi, has signalled a bigger farmers’ movement on the cards. It was held after about four months of their beginning the second leg of farmers’ movement on November 26, 2022, when farmers...
Rahul Gandhi Has To Do Quick Followup On His Gains From Bharat Jodo Yatra
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a late bloomer. That said, he has been a Member of Parliament several times over and, therefore, cannot be reduced to a Johnny-come-lately. And after Amethi, he wasn’t a stranger to the voters of Wayanad. But it is hardly likely that...
Mamata Taking Direct Charge Of Trinamool Affairs In Birbhum District Indicates Cracks In Party Unit
By Tirthankar Mitra Many were surprised in the state though no eyebrows were raised in Trinamool Congress after chief minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee took charge of Birbhum unit of her party thereby unwittingly revealing an organisational weakness. For after Anubrata Mondal heading the district unit went behind...
The Bloodbath In Iraq Shows The US Can Never Be A “Global Policeman”
By Nadine Talaat “The idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country since World War II, nothing like that has happened,” said US president Joe Biden last month, referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Twenty years after the United States sent hundreds of thousands of troops to launch...
Looking Back At U.S. Attack On Iraq Twenty Years After March 19, 2003
By Peter Certo Most of us who were alive then remember where we were on the morning of the 9/11 attacks. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, I wonder how many also remember where we were that day. On 9/11, I was a Catholic school...
There Is No Scope For Pre-Lok Sabha Poll Total Opposition Unity To Take On Narendra Modi
By Nitya Chakraborty There are lot of discussions in the media about the recent meeting of the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in which both of them said that they would explore the possibility of bringing together the political parties opposed to...
