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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.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,...
ILO Committee Takes Note Of Trade Union Concerns In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ILO’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has sought latest data and information from the government of India regarding the concerns raised by national and international trade unions regarding violation of international labour standards’ obligations. The ILO’s 2023 report of the...
Budget Shock Tricks Gold Trade, Imports Plunge To 32-Month Low
By K Raveendran Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget has played truant with the gold trade, which is in the throes of a crisis for what the finance minister has not done rather than any act of commission in her last full-fledged budget of her current tenure. The gold trade had been...
Marxist Economist Of Global Fame Dr. Paresh Chattopadhyay Is No More
By Bibek Sen Dr Paresh Chattopadhyay, arguably one of the most well known global Marx scholars, passed away somewhat unnoticed. In Canada recently, Marxist and left-liberal newspapers and magazines seem to have already forgotten his contribution to Marxian Studies. Not even EPW that carried scores of his pathbreaking papers...
BJP Is Facing Big Hurdles In Its Campaigning In Meghalaya Poll Against Its Ruling Partner
By Tirthankar Mitra Come February 27, Meghalaya will witness a curious electoral battle. Erstwhile allies are taking on each other and possibility of horse trading run high after the results are announced on March 2. Other curiosities mark the Assembly election in the “Abode of the Clouds”. Espousing divergent...
Muslim Bodies In Kerala Condemn RSS-Jamaat Talks
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Various Muslim organisations in Kerala have strongly criticized the dialogue the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) had with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) recently. The crux of the Muslim organizations’ argument was that the JIH was attempting to cosy up to the RSS out of fear. They...
No Adani Affairs Impact On Indian Power Supply To Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas There has been no negative impact in Bangladesh of recent disclosures made by the short seller US-based Hindenburg Research group, about an alleged stock market manipulation by the Adani group: A Bangladeshi Minister has confirmed that Bangladesh will receive its first supply of 750 Megawatts from...
Many Fake Registered Political Parties Indulging In Money Laundering
By Harihar Swarup About 3,000, registered unrecognized parties exist in India. Most of them are sham entities which rarely take part in any democratic exercise, but misuse legal exemptions offered to them and perpetuate huge scams ranging from tax evasions to money laundering, running into thousand crores of rupees....
