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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.Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra Culminates In An Emotional Crescendo
By Annie Domini It was snowing hard in Srinagar, capital of Jammu and Kashmir, when the concluding ceremony of Bharat Jodo Yatra took place on the morning of30 January, 2023. Rahul Gandhi was finally donning a pheran, the traditional Kashmiri coat, as he delivered an emotionally rousing speech, delineating...
Narendra Modi Govt’s Last Full Budget On February 1 May Have Some Surprises
By Kalyani Shankar One of the important businesses in Parliament is the annual budget presentation. This year too, on February 1, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the 2023 budget. Why is a budget important? It gives a bird’s eye view of the government’s fiscal policy and how...
Hindenburg Exposure Underlines Patronage Of Ruling Govt To Adani Group Companies
By Arun Srivastava In one stroke the empire of the world’s third richest till the other day, Gautam Adani, which he had built on the edifice of dishonesty and crony capital has been crashed. The assault has come from the US-based Hindenburg Research which charged the Adanis of being...
India’s Imports Of Components From China Are Finally Coming Down
By Subrata Majumder Chinese official English daily “Global Times” reiterated recently in its column that India’s policy initiative to reduce imports from China would backfire. It said “India needs integration, not protection”. In another argument, given the Apple’s Inc shifting to India, Global Times jeered, “Apple, facing softening demand,...
All India Survey On Higher Education Reveals Many Faultlines
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 by the Union Ministry of Education does not give a clear picture of the status of higher education in India, one can easily see through behind its hedgy screen the dire consequences that are on our...
Pathaan’s Big Success Is A Big Slap On The Face Of Fringe Elements Of Sangh Parivar
By Sushil Kutty There were calls to ban ‘Pathaan’ if the song ‘Besharam Rang’ wasn’t removed. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra warned the makers of ‘Pathaan’ action would be taken. People believed him. Those for and against ‘Besharam Rang’. ‘Pathaan’ released and the song sang along in ‘besharam...
Split In Tribal Votes Gives Relief To BJP, CPI(M) And Congress Before Polls In Tripura
By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, with only days left for the Assembly polls, the tribal vote remained set for a split between new entrant Tipra Motha(TM) party and the IPFT(Indigenous Peoples’ Front of Tripura).This followed the failure of a major effort made by TM leader Mr Pradyot Debbarma during...
God Can’t Save Pakistan From Its Present Predicament, Only IMF Can
By K Raveendran ‘Insha Allah’ is a term used extensively by Arabs and Muslims across the world to mean ‘god willing’. But according to Arabic linguists, Insha Allah means ‘only if god willing’. There is a subtle difference between the two usages, the former denoting a lot more optimism...
‘Development’-Driven India Has Abandoned Its Adivasi Brethren
By Harihar Swarup No stock-taking of India is complete without an assessment of social, economic and political condition of the Adivasis, India’s ancient citizens. No section of the Indian community has been more affected by independence and democracy than the Adivasi. Democracy is neither new to them, nor a...
Serious Distortion In Indian Job Market Needs Urgent Redressal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi’s assertion during his very first “Rozgar Mela” of 2023, that opportunities for employment and self-employment are continuously improving, was made in contradiction to the facts. There’s a serious distortion in the Indian job market which needs urgent redressal, instead of hollows claims...
Humiliating Amartya Sen Aimed At Silencing The Global Intellectual
By Arun Srivastava The delirious, deranged joy of taking a dig at Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen is so addictive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government that his protégé, the Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University, Professor Bidyut Chakraborty, has gone to the extreme of slandering Sen,...
Pakistan’s Economic Collapse Is A Culmination Of Long Neglect
By Sushil Kutty Flood ravaged, economically bankrupt and politically panned. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has found a scapegoat. God Almighty! Dar cut to the chase, saying that because Allah created Pakistan, Allah will have to get Pakistan out of the hole, make it prosper and help it develop....
Kerala Is Now Attracting Large Number Of Investors
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no mistaking it. Kerala has erased its image of being an investment-hostile State despite the campaign of misinformation being peddled day in and day out by the Opposition parties. Two recent developments have knocked the stuffing out of the argument of the Cassandras...
Vietnam Remembers Historic Victory Over American Imperialism
By Amiad Horowitz January 27th marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the agreement which ended the American War in Vietnam, or as it is known in the United States, the Vietnam War. From 1955 to 1973, the United States waged one of...
2023-24 Budget Proposals Must Be Aimed To Tilt Distribution In Favour Of Masses
By Prakash Karat The union budget for 2023-24 is to be presented before parliament on February 1, 2023 at a time when both the Indian as well as world economies face a grim situation. Notwithstanding the tall claims of the Modi government, India’s economy is yet to recover from...
‘Emergency’ Behind Banning The Exhibition Of BBC Documentary By Govt
By Arun Srivastava The alacrity with which the Modi government used the law that cites ‘emergency’ provisions to stop Indians from watching the BBC Documentary “India: The Modi Question” — a narrative of the Gujarat pogrom that was carried out in 2002 by Hindutva bigots and the role of...
‘Mood Of The Nation’ Survey Is All For The Third Term Of Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty The results of yet another ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey is out and the summary is, if elections were held today, the Bharatiya Janata Party will rule again. That is standard gravy for those on the BJP gravy-train. Doesn’t matter that the hostage media no matter...
Lessons For High-Speed Rail Development In India Amidst Defects
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is now the most populated country in the world with a very high rate of urbanization that is expected to reach 41 per cent by 2030 according to the latest estimate of the World Bank in 2022. In 2021, the urbanization rate was 35...
