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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.Dip In Demand, Tax Changes Prompt Price Cuts By Global EV Industry
By K Raveendran The global electric vehicles (EV) industry is facing a slow down after two years of vigorous growth. The trend is also getting reflected in the Indian industry. Globally, this is forcing manufacturers to cut prices and India does not seem to be an exception. According to...
G20 Meet In Bengaluru Must Focus On A Common Approach To Cryptocurrency
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The first meeting of the G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors under India’s presidency will take place from February 23 to 25 in Bengaluru. Among the range of important financial issues that will be discussed during the 3-day deliberations include a common approach to...
UAE Mastery Of Playing Two Sides Against The Centre Has Its Limits
By James M Dorsey The United Arab Emirates has mastered playing both sides against the middle. In the game’s latest iteration, the Gulf state earned significant brownie points in Washington this week by withdrawing a draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. The replacement of the...
US Based Sarod Player Alam Khan Mesmerised Music Lovers In Delhi
By Harihar Swarup In his centenary year, celebrating, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, reticent sarod legend, who took refuge in Hindustani classical music—a system that challenged him but rewarded him with stillness and equanimity. At the capital’s Shri Shankar Lal Concert Hall inside Modern School, Barakhamba Road, California-based sarod player...
Congress Needs A Composite Strategy To Take On BJP In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty The Congress is holding its three-day plenary session at Raipur beginning February 24. This conclave is going to be crucial for the party in framing its strategy for the coming Lok Sabha elections in April-May 2024 that are barely 13 months away. In the current round...
Uddhav Thackeray Has To Reinvent His Party To Take On Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena
By Sushil Kutty The party name ‘Shiv Sena’. The party election symbol bow & arrow. Both have gone to the Eknath Shinde Group in this fight to the finish. Now, the ‘Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Shiv Sena’ wants the Election Commission dissolved. And, why not? After all, it was the...
SP President Akhilesh Yadav Trying To Corner BJP Over Caste Census Issue
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has directed his party workers to corner BJP on the issue of caste census and launch state-wide agitation. Samajwadi Party national President himself raised the issue of caste census during current session of Uttar Pradesh Assembly and said it...
CPI(ML) Liberation Party Congress Ends With Clarion Call For Unity Against BJP
By Arun Srivastava At a time when the Indian left has been in a state of stupor and the sympathisers and supporters were looking for some impetus, the 11th Congress of the CPI(ML) Liberation gave a big boost to the left and democratic forces of the country to take ...
Bengal BJP’s Doublegame On Separate State Was Apparent In Assembly Session
By Tirthankar Mitra Integrity of the state is one of the most sensitive issues in West Bengal politics. Yet after the issue of a separate state out of West Bengal has been raised by some BJP legislators earlier, when a resolution was passed in the state Assembly recently against...
Formal Job Creation Declines Further In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The latest Employment Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) data reveals the great distress in which Indian labour market is presently undergoing. It shows that the formal job creation has been declining sharply, a ground reality, which is in sharp contrast to the PM Narendra Modi’s claim...
Veteran Journalist And Marx Scholar Sankar Ray Passes Away In Kolkata
By Bibek Sen Veteran journalist Sankar Ray who was closely associated with India Press Agency (IPA) for the last twenty years, passed away on Tuesday morning in a Kolkata nursing home. He was 82. He was recuperating from an injury. Despite his age and injury he was active till...
Return To Lok Sabha With Clear Majority May Not Be Easy For BJP In 2024 Polls
By Nantoo Banerjee Much of BJP’s chances to return with clear majority to Lok Sabha after next year’s national election may depend on how the party fares in eight state assembly elections during this year. They offer a big test for BJP. Only two of the eight states —...
Soros Gambit Is A Non-Starter In The Game To Checkmate Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty If putting an end to Narendra Modi’s rule for the “democratic revival” of India is the Opposition’s goal for 2024, then billionaire George Soros should be kept at a couple of oceans’ length. Soros might come with a certain reputation, but laying India on the mat...
Supreme Court Is Right In Setting Up Its Own Panel To Probe Adani Affairs
By Arun Srivastava This is the highest order of double talk. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju who in the past had on several occasions raised the issue of judicial accountability and transparency and had accused the Supreme Court of not following the ethics of transparency and probity in public...
BAFTA Winner “All Quiet On The Western Front” Is An Anti-War Film With German Twist
By Satyaki Chakraborty The German film “All Quiet on the Western Front” won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) on Sunday. This was expected as the anti-war theme of the film had its echo among the BAFTA members during the current raging war...
2023-24 Budget Has A Number Of Projects For Development Of North-East
By K R Sudhaman Come every budget, there is always questions raised if the union government is doing enough for the poorer states and particularly the hilly and bordering states in north-east India. This is a valid question and right from independence every government had claimed that its focus...
Why Indian Deobandis Are Quiet On Women’s Education
By Manish Rai It seems that Darul Uloom, Deoband, one of the most important and influential schools of Islamic Studies especially in South Asia, doesn’t have any time to shed light on women’s education. Multiple requests through the online fatwa portal and email correspondence to Darul Uloom on the...
Britain Is Experiencing Its Biggest Strike Actions In Recent History
By Ewan Gibbs Britain is experiencing the highest levels of industrial action in the lifetimes of many of the workers who have taken part in recent strikes. The Office of National Statistics recently reported that days lost to industrial action in 2022 surpassed all totals recorded in the 1990s,...
