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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.Narendra Modi Government Should Ramp Up MGNREGS, Not Strangle It
By Subodh Verma Ever since the Modi government came to power in 2014, it has been trying to somehow strangle the rural job guarantee scheme (MGNREGS). Driven by its commitment to the discredited neoliberal dogma that public expenditure should be cut down in order to allow the private sector...
Nitish Kumar’s Call To The Congress For Opposition Unity Against BJP Is Well Timed
By Arun Srivastava Finally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar broke his silence on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha on his being convicted by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case and charged the Modi government with playing an “active role” in ensuring the “hasty”...
Global Banking Crisis To Further Hit India’s Problematic Tech Job Situation
By K Raveendran It is increasingly becoming clear that the crisis in global banking has not played out even a small part. While the immediate fallouts leading to bankruptcies and similar consequences appear to have been contained somewhat, fears are lingering. The prospects of a recession in the global...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Authoritarian Vision For India Has To Be Challenged
By Achin Vanaik In India, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for criminal defamation is capturing headlines. The “world’s largest democracy” does not treat defamation as a civil matter, and the Congress Party leader faced justice in a lower court in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. This...
Hike In Prices Of Essential Drugs From April 1 Is A Big Blow To Poor Patients
By Dr. Gyan Pathak From April 1, 2023, the existential crisis for poor patients is further going to worsen on account of 12.12 per cent rise in prices of essential drugs, which was also increase by 10.76 per cent from April 1, 2022. The price difference in 12 months...
Prime Minister Has Enough Reasons To Be Ecstatic At The Electoral Success Of BJP
By Sushil Kutty For Prime Minister Narendra Modi the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only pan-India party. The rest are all family-administered outfits. He forgot CPM and CPI which are not family-owned. But that is his won’t, strands of selective amnesia. And to think that he hopes the BJP...
Can Rahul Gandhi Gain From BJP Blunder, Ensure Opposition Unity?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It does not pay to be oversmart in politics. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to realize this sooner than later. The party’s desperate attempt to get the better of its biggest tormentor Rahul Gandhi has backfired badly. The BJP is under the impression...
Rahul Gandhi’s Disqualification As MP Is A Potent Campaign Fodder For Congress
By Tirthankar Mitra Rahul Gandhi’s ouster from Parliament following a court order of two years imprisonment can be used by Congress in its campaign in the poll bound states in the coming days. Even as a gloating BJP smirks, it seems to have unwittingly handed over to the Congress...
J&K LG Manoj Sinha Exposed His Lack Of Knowledge By Talking Of Mahatma Gandhi’s Education
By Arun Srivastava The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha mocking father of nation Mahatma Gandhi.” he does not have law degree” has certainly not come as a shocking surprise. Gandhi does not have moral or ethical or cultural importance for the saffron brigade. While Sinha’s comment...
Nikhat Zareen Has Made History By Winning Gold For India In World Boxing Championship
By Harihar Swarup Teary eyes and a roar toward the camera— Nikhat Zareen went through the full wringer of emotions after a closely—fought gold medal match that saw her emerging as World Champion for the second straight year. It was the culmination of an arduous tournament in which she ...
Governor Of Hindu-Majority Bali Puts Indonesia In A Tight Spot
By James M Dorsey A refusal by the governor of Hindu-majority Bali to host an Israeli soccer team at this May’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup puts the Indonesian government, football association, and foremost Muslim civil society movement on the spot. Wayan Koster’s refusal threatens to lead FIFA to deprive...
Rahul Gandhi’s Political Future Depends On Many Imponderables Before 2024 Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi politically finished after the recent court verdict and his subsequent dismissal from Parliament? Is it an advantage or a setback for him and his party? It is too early to predict as it is an evolving story. But experience says that...
A Contemporary Indian Narrative Of The Times Of Narendra Modi
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The contemporary Indian narrative of the times of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is full of confusing signals for the common men. On the one hand PM Narendra Modi and his government in all their appearance has been trying to be truthful, doing justice, and virtuous,...
Assembly Poll Campaign Picks Up In Karnataka As BJP And Congress Are In Battle-Mode
By Sushil Kutty Things are moving fast in Karnataka where assembly elections will be held in April-May, a matter of a few weeks. In the latest, after the BJP announced the scrapping of the 4 percent quota for the Muslim minority, the Congress vowed to restore it if it...
Central BJP Leaders Focusing On Madhya Pradesh To Retain Power After Assembly Poll
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: BJP is resorting to virtual ‘ghero’ of Madhya Pradesh. Besides several small leaders, two stalwarts of the party chose to visit Madhya Pradesh almost at the same time. While home minister Amit Shah visited Chhindwara, stronghold of Kamal Nath for more than four decades,...
Israeli Supreme Court ‘Reform’ Aims To Approve Erasure Of Palestinians
By Gershon Baskin At the demonstrations for saving Israel’s democracy, I carry a sign that says, “There is no democracy with occupation.” It is not very popular, and at every demonstration, some people feel compelled to tell me that it is not in the right place. My answer is...
Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer Has Started A War Against British Left
By Ben Chacko British Labour Party’s national executive (NEC) is due to consider a motion in Keir Starmer’s name on Tuesday confirming that Jeremy Corbyn will not be endorsed as a candidate for the party at the next election. Nobody will be surprised at this long-trailed development. From Corbyn’s...
Punishment To Rahul Gandhi May Have Been Disproportionate To His Offence
By Nantoo Banerjee The punishment meted out to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by the Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him by a BJP MLA over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remarks may have been considered by many as disproportionate to his sin...
