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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-Amit Shah Duo Have A Planned Strategy To Defame Opposition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “Up the ante” is a common tactics resorted to by some players in betting games, in which stakes are raised too high for the opposing players in the hope to win the game. What is Modi-Shah duo has been doing for quite some time is...
Bangladesh Working Classes Face Unprecedented Job Crisis
By Ashis Biswas For a Bangladeshi job seeker, securing any kind of employment is naturally preferable to joblessness. But, in the post-Ukraine war period, it does not make a world of difference, as before. Bangladeshi workers are currently facing their worst economic crisis in decades, with barely a glimmer...
With Pushpa Dahal Govt In Minority, Nepal Politics Plunges Into Fresh Crisis
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The political situation in Nepal continues to be fluid. Exactly two months since the new government was formed, it’s in minority. The largest partner of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, the CPN-UML, has withdrawn support from the government. Now, the government must seek a vote...
One Year On, Russia-Ukraine War Continues Amid Global Calls For Ceasefire
By Annie Domini On February 24, 2023, the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the People’s Republic of China came out with its official position on a “political solution” to the ongoing war. Its 12-point document calls for “respect the sovereignty of all countries”, “abandon Cold War...
Record Potato Production Puts Bengal Growers In Deep Distress
By Nantoo Banerjee Tens of thousands of potato growers in Bengal are in deep financial distress since the beginning of this year with traders forcing procurement prices to drop below Rs. 200 per quintal or around Rs.1.90 per kilogram. West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have witnessed record potato production...
BJP-AAP Political Battle In The National Capital Turns Ugly
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is nothing legally wrong when a government takes action against someone committing crime, but it does a great harm to the society when it takes action covertly on political consideration behind overtly lawful responsibilities. PM Modi led BJP-government’s getting Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister arrested...
Pakistan Needs Immediate Global Medical Help To Deal With Acute Drugs Shortage
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan is facing a major healthcare crisis. No, Pakistan is in an all-round crisis; health, wealth and whatever else comes to mind. It is like the Almighty has abandoned Pakistan, condemned it to fend for itself. And just across the Wagah, there’s this neighbor apparently doing...
Assam Chief Minister AND AASU Leadership Are In A Slanging Match Over Bribe Issue
By Ashis Biswas Even a decade ago, it would have been unthinkable for political parties and leaders in Assam to criticise the All Assam Students Union (AASU) for its stand on major political issues concerning the state, or even the Northeast region. Apparently, the times are a-changing in Assam....
Sanctions By U.S. And West Are Only Creating Suffering For Poor People
By Amiad Horowitz For decades, the United States government has used economic sanctions as a supposedly non-violent way of forcing supposed enemy states to capitulate to the will of the U.S. We are told that as opposed to open conflict, sanctions are less violent. At first glance, this might...
State Assembly Poll Campaign In Rajasthan Getting High Momentum
By Harihar Swarup For past 25 years, Rajasthan has oscillated between Ashok Gehlot and Vasundhara Raje. They are the most recognizable faces of their respective parties Congress and the BJP in the state, and are known to guard their turf zealously, even at the cost of defying their central...
Supreme Court Laments Loss Of Values, Morals As Major Failing Of Nation
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court this week pronounced a few home truths about the state of our nation. The ‘confession’ came by way of oral remarks in a petition seeking to debar persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from contesting elections. But the court’s...
The Curious Case Of The News Agency ANI Acting As Second PIB Of Modi Govt
By Sushil Kutty Only the best for the best. And as far as marquee political interviews go, that would be India-born Canadian Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At No.2 is ANI editor-in-chief Smitha Prakash, whose interview with EAM S. Jaishankar was the talk of...
RSS Has A Major Role In BJP Poll Campaign In Three North Eastern States
By Arun Srivastava The central leadership of the BJP has been focusing its attention on the north eastern states of the country since then coming into power of the Party in 2014 and in its expansionist efforts, the main vehicle has been the RSS. In the present phase of...
Indian Farmers Battling Price Crash After A Bumper Potato Harvest
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A bumper potato crop and a surplus from the previous year have led to a sharp fall in prices. And, it’s driving millions of Indian potato farmers to desperation in the main potato-growing states — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal....
Wage Negotiations For Coal Miners To Be Delayed Further
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the Calcutta High Court direction on February 10 to Coal India to allow Indian National Mineworkers’ Federation (INMF) to participate in the meetings of the Joint Bipartite Committee on Coal Industry (JBCCI) is a victory to the trade union, this humiliating order does not...
Draconial Bangladesh Laws Make Journalism Increasingly Risky To Practice
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In Bangladesh, unfortunately, journalism is becoming increasingly risky while a section of the state machinery has started seeing journalists as criminals and journalism as crime. Working journalists in Bangladesh are already in a state of extreme fear following introduction of ‘Digital Security Act’ which...
Ukraine War, If Continues, Has The Potential To Escalate Into Global
By Ben Chacko A year into the brutal war in Ukraine, we face a choice. We can continue to flood armaments into a deadlocked yet bloody conflict while prices soar and our governments claim there is no money for pay or public services. Or we can recognise that battlefield...
Bernie Sanders Gives Eight Lessons To The Americans In His New Book
By Yaseen Al-Sheikh It’s an exciting and frustrating time to be a socialist in the United States of America. On the one hand, the two presidential bids launched by Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020 helped precipitate a resurgence of anti-capitalist political organization and labour militancy, with organizations like...
