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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.BJP Intensifies Its Efforts To Maintain Dominance In Bihar And Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava Barely thirteen months before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, which together contribute 120 seats out of the total of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the political campaigning and organizational activities are most manifest in the BJP camp while the Bihar Mahagathbandhan ...
Collapse Of US Banks Is Reflective Of Systemic Contradiction Of Capitalism
By Prabhat Patnaik There is nothing mysterious about the reasons for the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and the Signature Bank in the United States. There is also nothing mysterious about why the entire banking system of the capitalist world has come under a cloud: once some part...
Mamata, Akhilesh Push For A Third Front; Court Patnaik, Kejriwal
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political buzz around the formation of a regional front has been gaining ground, especially after the much anticipated meeting of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, in which both of them discussed about exploring the possibility...
15th National Conference Of IPTA Calls For Protecting Composite Culture
By C. Adhikesavan The grand old organization of Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) concluded its three- day 15th national conference successfully in Daltonganj in Jharkhand deciding to preserve communal harmony, unity in diversity and peace throughout the country. The conference also highlighted that it is the need of the...
Financial Institutions Like Silicon Valley Bank Fund The US Weapons Industry
By Corey Payne The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week sparked a number of debates. Was SVB “too big to fail?” Was the Biden administration response a “bailout?” Are the libertarian-leaning tech CEOs hypocrites? Is this a sign that the Fed’s interest rate hikes should come to an...
Why The Delhi Policemen Are Swooping On Posters Against Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty They hate his guts, and that was reason enough to plaster the walls in Delhi with posters demanding ‘Modi Hatao/Desh Bachao’. Tens of thousands of these posters carrying the message appeared overnight in the city where Prime Minister Narendra Modi lives, and rules from. The BJP...
Annual Income Of Poorest 20 Per Cent Of India Continuing With Its Decline
By Krishna Jha India has entered one of its darkest phases of deprivation when the annual income of the poorest 20 percent has fallen by 53 percent and still continues to fall from the level of 2015-16. Since last three decades, economy was evolving at the rate of seven...
Rising New Covid Cases Again Puts India On High Alert
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rising new COVID-19 cases again chiefly due to a new variant XBB.1.16 have put India on alert. The seriousness of the threat has been noted even at the Prime Minister level who chaired a review meeting on March 23, the day on which a single-day...
Modi Government’s Dealing Of Adani Issue Is A Denigration Of Parliament
By P Sudhir After seven days of disruption of parliamentary proceedings, the government is now planning to cut short the second half of the budget session by guillotining the demands for grants and passing the finance bill without any discussion. The peculiarity of this decision stems from the fact...
Mamata Banerjee Starts Corrective Action To Deal With Dissatisfaction Of Minorities
By Tirthankar Mitra After what promised to be a cakewalk turned into a shock defeat for a Trinamool Congress nominee at Sagardighi by-election, party supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee had reshuffled the Muslim leadership of her party. Pulling up the socks at what appeared to be the first...
ICC’s Arrest Warrant Against Putin Has Little Impact On Russian Actions
By Raushan Tara Jaswal In what can be termed a historic move, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against the Russian President, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. This is the first time that an arrest warrant against a head...
Emmanuel Macron’s Constitutional Coup Has Thrown France Into Crisis
By Harrison Stetler It’d been hanging over France’s retirement reform fight from the beginning — a reminder that, come hell or high water, President Emmanuel Macron intended to have his way. Last Thursday, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced that Macron’s government would “commit its responsibility” (the terse wording for...
Choksi Challenges The Might Of Indian Nation To Get Himself Struck Off Red List
By K Raveendran Post-1947, life in jail during independence struggle was considered a decoration for any politician or even common citizen. After Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, it was a jail term during the dark days that recognized one’s political mettle. During Modi’s era, the attribute of a good opposition politician...
Paradigm Shift In Kerala Politics In Offing?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The statements by two influential bishops of the Catholic Church on rubber prices and support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have taken the political parties in the State by surprise. If the offer is backed by various Christian bodies, it could signal a paradigm...
Putting Democracy On Hold In Delhi Is A Dangerous Play
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Putting democracy on hold in the National Capital Territory of Delhi by Modi government is not new. We have been witnessing it for the last nine years since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India in 2014, but his party has been kept out of...
Rahul Gandhi Has The Right To Offer A Personal Explanation In Lok Sabha
By Sushil Kutty “You bring me the man, I’ll find you the crime.” That was Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the Soviet secret police, boasting during one of his more expansive moods. After Rahul Gandhi returned from London, it seems like there’s an Indian Lavrentiy, who has found a crime...
China’s Saudi-Iranian Mediation Spotlights Flawed Regional Security Policies
By James M Dorsey The Chinese-mediated Saudi-Iranian reconciliation potentially casts a spotlight on fundamentally flawed security policies of regional powers, including not only the kingdom and Iran but also the United Arab Emirates. While much of the discussion in recent years has focused on Iran’s strategy of creating a...
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...
