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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.Remembering The Turn Around Of The Battle At Stalingrad 80 Years Ago
By John Ellison Eighty years ago, on February 2 1943, the Soviet Union’s sustained defence of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), ended with the surrender of 91,000 soldiers of the German 6th Army under General von Paulus. The battle for the city had raged since the previous September....
More And More American Congressmen Demanding End Of Economic Blockade Against Cuba
By Jacob Buckner Cuba is a terrorist state—at least in the opinion of the U.S. Department of State. In 1982, President Ronald Regan added Cuba to the U.S. roster of countries that supposedly promote international terrorism. That designation, stamped on Cuba in the midst of the Cold War, imposed...
2023-24 Budget Provides Big Boost For Industry, Tourism
By Nantoo Banerjee The massive boost in infrastructure spending proposed in the 2023-24 budget is expected to be the biggest growth driver of the county’s economy with several sectors such as steel, coal, power, engineering, automobile and banking are expected to do well. The infrastructure spending along with the...
Union Budget 2023-24 Is Not Fair To The Vulnerable Sections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “The fundamentals of the Indian Economy are sound as it enters its Amrit Kaal, the 25-year journey towards its centenary as a modern, independent nation. Policies pursued carefully and consciously to ensure …” was of course noisy and highly opinionated statement of the Economic Survey...
Last Full Budget Before 2024 Polls Has Potential To Help BJP In Its Campaign
By Sushil Kutty What does the 2023-24 budget mean for the BJP in fighting the coming polls, including the nine in 2023, and the one in 2024? A simple question, with a simple answer: Budget 2023-24 has been drafted as a saviour! The BJP wants to win as many...
Relatively Favourable Conditions Help Finance Minister Go For A Capex Boost
By K Raveendran Increased tax collections in view of a post-Covid pickup in the economy, easing of commodity prices as part of a global trend and lower subsidies on account of a reduction in food and fertilizer subsidy, apart from the withdrawal of Covid-related reliefs have given finance minister...
In The ‘Giveaway’ 2023-24 Budget, Nirmala Is Depending To Much On Good Luck
By Anjan Roy In the background of an economic calamity like the liquidation of the market valuation of Adani Group, the union budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 is almost like the “kalpabhriksha” of Indian mythology. Whatever you ask for from the mythological tree, your wish is...
Bitter Factionalism And Caste Rivalry Affect BJP Prospects In Karnataka
By Arun Srivastava BJP Chanakya, Amit Shah’s permeating focus on Karnataka and his frequent visits to the state just three months ahead of the assembly elections underscore the political implication of winning the electoral battle for the Modi government. The defeat of the Karnataka BJP government will prove to...
Global Tech Companies Laying Off In Thousands Despite Big Rise In Earnings
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Tech layoffs have left the employment scene bloodied. So far, Google has officially laid off 12,000 employees, Amazon 18,000, Meta 11,000, Salesforce 8,000, Twitter 4,000, IBM 3,900, SAP 3,000, and Coinbase 2,000. Microsoft is planning to reduce its headcount by at least 10,000 and Google...
Sukesh Chandrasekhar Has A Family History Of Cheating And Criminal Acts
By Harihar Swarup Sukesh Chandrasekhar knows how to make an entrance. With a supporting cast of 12 bodyguards and an expensive car fitted with red bacon, he is a Tamil Nadu politician’s son. He walked into Taj Connemara in Chennai brimming with confidence, only to stop in his tracks...
Economic Survey 2022-23 Too Optimistic With Downside Risks In Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Economic Survey 2022-23 is clearly optimistic on Indian economy with downside risks not getting proper focus in the analysis of the policy makers. Though it has projected India’s GDP growth at 6-6.8 per cent for 2023-24, has also cautioned that even as India’s outlook remains...
Bharat Jodo Yatra Is Over, Now The Real Battle For Challenging BJP Has Begun
By Sushil Kutty It’s over. Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, after 3750 km on the trot, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in 134 days. News agency Reuters headlined it ‘India’s Gandhi ends 135-day march to revive Congress party in snowy Kashmir’. So, did Gandhi revive the Congress party? Opinion is...
‘Son Stroke’ Singes Congress In Kerala Politics
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As if the plethora of problems plaguing the Congress in Kerala is not enough, the party has been hit by ‘son stroke’! The man in focus is, Anil Antony, son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony. Anil had to quit as chairman of the...
Samajwadi Party Is Set To Gain With Responsibility Given To Shivpal Yadav
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shown political maturity by giving key position to his uncle Shivpal Yadav as national vice-president in recently constituted national executive of the party. It would be worth mentioning here that Akhilesh Yadav sorted out his differences with his estranged...
Fasting Himalayan Activist Draws Scorn From Insensitive Modi Government
By K Raveendran Even the British succumbed to the moral pressure of Satyagraha, but that is not the case with the present day Indian rulers, who have responded to a fast by a Magsaysay award winner to attract the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the need to...
World Health Organisation Is Worried About Serious Threat From Nuclear Weapons
By Dr Arun Mitra The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently updated the list of medicines and drugs recommended to treat exposure to radiological and nuclear emergencies. Last time it was done in the year 2007. Maria Neira, the director of the WHO’s Department of Public Health and Environment...
All Focus Is Now On Coming Presidential Elections In Nepal On March 9
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s politics is chugging along pretty cutely! After Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”, with 32 members in the House of Representatives of 275 members, took oath as the Prime Minister on December 25, analysts who have been following the politics of the former Himalayan kingdom and...
Hitler’s Coming To Power In 1933 Has Many Lessons For Left After 90 Years
By Paul Scholl January 30, 2023, marks the 90th anniversary of the corporate-facilitated appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of a deeply-divided Germany. There is an alarming lesson in this disastrous development for a deeply-divided America today. Cutting deals with fascists to catapult a voraciously power-hungry politician to high...
