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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.Public Discourse On Hindu Rashtra Has Gone Too Deep In Large Parts Of India
By Sushil Kutty Just as we were getting disabused of misplaced notions like the one about earth being flat comes this assertion that the first man on the planet was native to the subcontinent! It is being spread that “Abul Bashar Sayyed Adam” appeared on Adam’s Peak in Sri...
Mexico’s President Aims For Global Alliance Against Cuba Blockade
By W. T. Whitney Jr. On the occasion of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s visit recently to Mexico, that country’s leader, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, (AMLO) raised the possibility of many nations cooperating to oppose the U.S. blockade of Cuba. AMLO has become Cuba’s champion in the international arena,...
Governors Are Being Appointed By The Centre To Act As Agents Of BJP
By Prakash Karat The recent appointment of six new governors by the president of India has revealed a lot about how the post of governor is viewed and cynically misused by the Modi government. The appointment of Justice S Abdul Nazeer, who had retired from the Supreme Court just...
All Economic Data Indicate That The Real Wages Of The Poor Are Falling
By Krishna Jha It was the continuing process of instability in the economy that was more obvious with CMIE data showing the country’s unemployment rate touching a four month high, at 7.9 percent in December, 2021, the urban employment rate rose from 8.21 in November 2021, to 9.3 percent...
Poll Campaigning In Karnataka Gets Challenging For Ruling BJP
By Arun Srivastava During the last one month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited poll-bound Karnataka three times, notwithstanding the top leadership’s consistent reiteration that the state leaders would design and spearhead the campaign. Union home minister Amit Shah is also not far behind PM Modi. Shah has visited...
With An Eye On Polls, BJP Giving Special Emphasis On Eastern Nagaland
By Tirthankar Mitra Even as Nagaland goes to the state assembly election on February 27, with an eye on the polls, BJP has unfolded its game plan to pre-empt trouble in its sensitive area- eastern Nagaland. Party president, JP Nadda made some promises for its development while releasing the...
India Must Use G20 Presidency For Its Creative Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s creative economy is large, but its untapped potential is even larger. India therefore must leverage its G20 Presidency to put creative economy concretely on the global agenda. It is the recommendation of a recent ADBI working paper titled “Creative India: Tapping the full potential”...
For Indian Diaspora, Nikki Haley’s Bid For US Presidency Is A Big Booster
By Sushil Kutty “Nikki Haley for President!” That was the talk of the town in the United States. This Haley is no comet. But if she breaks the glass ceiling then it will be meteoric. Hillary Clinton tried, but failed. Vice President Kamala Harris has a chance provided President...
Western Garment Companies Trading With Russia Through Third Countries To Avoid Sanctions
By Ashis Biswas As the war in Ukraine is about to roll over into its second year, Bangladeshi garments exports to Russia have suffered a major drop. A number of Western firms active in the Russian market also downed their shutters within weeks of the Russian offensive launched in...
There Is No Glory In War, It Brings Only Misery, Death And Destruction
By Jeremy Corbyn It was 20 years ago on February 15 2003, that I stepped on to the huge stage in Hyde Park. I immediately realised this was no ordinary rally. I had never seen one million people in one place; in every direction there were people, people, people....
