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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.WEF’s Global Risk’s Report 2023: What It Means For Indian Economy?
By Nitya Chakraborty As a part of the tradition of the global CEO’s body World Economic Forum (WEF), the annual five day jamboree at Davos has started and the Global Risk Report 2023 has been released mentioning both the existing risks as also the new dangers threatening the global...
China’s Population Dip In 2022 Has Long Term Impact On Economic Growth
By Anjan Roy China’s population has shrunk in 2022 for the first time in six decades. That has sent bells ringing about the prospects China should be facing henceforth. There is a long and tortuous history culminating in the phase when population is shrinking. China had imposed strict rule...
Union Budget 2023-24 Must Address Rising Inequality In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Budget 2023-24 needs to address the rising inequality in India that has acquired an alarming trend at a time when economic growth of the country is projected to decelerate during the next fiscal. The World Economic Forum in Davos 2023 (January 16-20) is in...
Another Middle-Class Focussed Budget Would Mean Raw Deal To Vulnerable Sections
By K Raveendran Finance minister’s ‘confession’ that she understands the pressures of the middle class as she herself belongs to that class of people and that she would continue to work for their welfare leaves hints to the direction in the Modi government’s last full-fledged budget before the 2024...
KCR’s Move For Opposition Front Against BJP May Not Have Many Takers
By Sushil Kutty On August 31, 2022, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, a.k.a ‘KCR’, travelled to Patna and met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar calling for a ‘BJP-mukt Bharat’. Kumar and KCR weren’t comfortable with each other at a presser, as KCR called for the unity of all...
Uttar Pradesh Congress To Start Hath Se Hath Jodo Yatra From January 26
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The tremendous response to Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi in Western UP in particular and rest of country in general has boosted the morale of Congress leaders and workers in Uttar Pradesh. The participation of minorities, Dalits, farmers and other sections of the society...
Golden Globe Winner M M Keeravani Is A Great Music Talent In Film Industry
By Harihar Swarup When M M Keeravani won the Golden Globe award for the best original song for S Rajamouli’s film RRR on January 11, he was fulfilling his destiny. As a 4-year—old in Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh, he had walked up to his father; Koduri Siva Shakti Dutta, and...
Davos Meet Of Global Capital Bosses Has Always Been A Big Talk Shop
By Grace Blakeley At the start of each year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) — organizer of the annual Davos conference currently underway in Switzerland — releases its list of the “global risks” expected to dominate over the following twelve months. This year, researchers at the WEF decided that...
Political Parties Must Arrive At A Consensus On The Role Of State Governors
By Kalyani Shankar Decades ago, the first DMK chief minister C.N. Annadurai compared the post of a governor to a redundant goat’s beard. It was after Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dismissed the E M S Namboodiripad government on the recommendations of the then Kerala Governor on July 31, 1959....
BJP National Executive Is Only Concerned About Opposition ‘Maligning’ Modi
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s kilometre-long roadshow in the heart of the national capital with PM Modi hanging out of the black SUV’s front-door! If anybody missed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, fret not. He was at the BJP national executive discussing the health of the Bharatiya...
