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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-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...
