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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.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....
India-Japan Economic Relations Set To Improve Fast In The Coming Years
By Subrata Majumder Till Mr Shinzo Abe took Japanese Prime Minister-ship for the second term, India-Japan relation was confined to economic cooperation on bilateral issues. Given the bonhomie between the two Prime Ministers, the relations reached deeper on geopolitics to downplay China’s global influence. Many political and economic analysts...
Time To Recall T T Krishnamachari’s Resignation In 1958 Over Mundhra Scam
By D Raja On February 18, 1958, T T Krishnamachari (TTK), the then finance minister of the Union government, resigned from his cabinet position. What led to his resignation was the LIC-Mundhra Scam, in which the newly formed Life Insurance Corporation of India invested Rs 1.26 crores in the...
Battle For The Next Chief Minister Candidate Is Picking Up In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Who will be the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh? This question is being asked in political circles – both in the BJP and Congress. While this question is almost settled in BJP the issue is still open in Congress. While it is certain that...
BJP Focussed On Winning Raebareli, Congress Wants Amethi Back
By Rahil Nora Chopra After conquering the erstwhile Congress bastion of Amethi, the former constituency of Rahul Gandhi that he lost in 2019 Lok Sabha elections to Smriti Irani, the BJP now is solely focussing on Raebareli and started preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh....
Finance Minister’s Statement On Transfer Of Resources To States Is Misleading
By Prabhat Patnaik Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a misleading statement the other day that is not expected from a responsible member of the union cabinet. Talking about the resource transfer to the states in the recent budget, she said that the magnitude of transfer had been raised “sharply”....
Bringing Down Inflationary Pressures Will Be Difficult In Next Fiscal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With a prospect of India’s economic growth rate to decelerate from 7 per cent in 2022-23 to about 5.5 per cent with further downside risks, reigning in inflation in the country seems to be difficult in 2023-24 or beyond amidst global uncertainties and economic downturn....
Huge Infra Budget Funds Help Big Companies But Fail To Create Jobs
By Dr. Soma Marla The 2023-24 Union budget has allocated Rs10 lakh crore (121.0 billion US dollar) as capital expenditure for 2023-24. Nearly one-fourth of the capital outlay will be spent on constructing new roads and highways and another quarter on railways for running new high-speed trains (like Vande...
