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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.Indian Authorities Have To Take Proper Lessons From Covid-19 Pandemic
By Dr Arun Mitra With the news that few cases of new Omicron variant which is said to have shorter incubation period and faster spread than the previous COVID infections is a matter of concern. However we have enough experience now from the past and should utilise that for...
Rajasthan BJP Going Ahead With Jan Akhrosh Yatra Despite PM Asking Rahul To Stop
By Arun Srivastava If the tone and tenor of Narendra Modi’s speech at the high level meeting held on Thursday to discuss the strategy to fight covid is any indicator, it is obvious that Rahul Gandhi would have to terminate his Bharat Jodo Yatra even before reaching Delhi, not...
After Himachal Impact, Congress Wants Pilot To Campaign More
By Rahil Nora Chopra Former deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, is now again in the limelight. After Congress snatched Himachal Pradesh from under BJP’s nose, the party wants to deploy him extensively in campaigns across the Hindi-speaking states like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, in addition to Rajasthan....
Bharat Jodo Yatra In Delhi On December 24 Will See A Battle Of Nerves Between Modi And Rahul
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasted breath warning Indians that “Covid is not over yet”. Who does not know that? Also, asking Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi to mask up was asinine. If nothing else, the Gandhi scion is clairvoyant. Rahul was the first politician to warn the...
India’s Creeping Industrial Stagnation Is The Result Of Neoliberal Policies
By Prabhat Patnaik There has been much discussion in public about the index of industrial production for October 2022 being 4 per cent lower than the index for October 2021; and quite rightly so, since no obvious explanations like a Covid-induced lockdown or even its residual lingering effects can...
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Daughter Worried About Threat To India’s Secular Ethos
By Sankar Ray Dr. Anita Bose Pfaff, daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Emilie Schenkl, has expressed her dismay at the erosion of secular values in India in the recent period and how her father had always fought for building India as a secular state. In an interview...
Kolkata International Film Festival Showed Movies Of Varied Nature
By Abhisek Roy Barman The 28th Kolkata International Film Festival has come too fast, only 8 months after its last incarnation in this year’s April, and this time it lasted seven days, between December 16 and 22. The promotional campaigns were intriguing from the outset: giant banners were installed...
RBI Governor’s Stance On Cryptocurrencies Is Alarmist Not Pragmatic
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Early this week, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made headlines in international media for claiming that the next global financial crisis will come on the back of cryptocurrencies. He added that any attempts to regulate and help cryptocurrencies grow will end...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Creates History By Discussing Nonconfidence Motion Till Midnight
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: History was created in Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on two counts – one not only for the first time a no confidence motion was admitted after a gap of more than 15 years but the government allowed opposition to speak. It was also for...
Narendra Modi Govt Has Stepped Up Its Attack On The Supreme Court
By Prakash Karat The Narendra Modi government has stepped up its attack on the Supreme Court. In the past few weeks, the union law minister, Kiren Rijiju, has been making a series of statements, both outside and inside parliament, criticising the collegium system of appointing judges as alien to...
Shortlisting Of Gujarati Film ’Chhello Show’ For Oscar Is A Great News For India
By Satyaki Chakraborty At long last, there is a big news for India’s film industry from the US Academy which organizes the Oscar awards. Director p Nalin’s Gujarati film ‘Chhello Show’ has been shortlisted for Oscar nomination in the international feature film category. Apart, Rajamouli’s RRR’s track ‘Naatu Naatu’...
Workforce World Over To Face Great Hardship In 2023
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Workforce world over would face greater hardship in 2023. IMF has already sounded alarm over the grim global situation in their latest World Economic Outlook. More than a third of the global economy is expected to slip into recession in 2023, while the three large...
BJP Is Worried At Likely Impact Of Rahul’s Yatra In Haryana, Kashmir
By Arun Srivastava Having failed in its design to malign and create hurdles in the path of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Narendra Modi has finally resorted to the strategy of hitting below the belt. As an obedient colleague, the Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya conveyed the directives of Modi...
G20 Under India’s Presidency May See Little Change In Its Policy And Programmes
By Krishna Jha The first meeting of Development Working Group under India’s G20 presidency has taken place in Mumbai. Members, guest countries and international organizations attended the conference from December 13 to 16, 2022, held at Jio World Centre in Bandra-Kurla complex. Eleven municipal wards that were to be...
Bangladesh-U.S. Diplomatic Relations Worsen Over Ambassador’s Visit
By Ashis Biswas As the year comes to an end, relations between Bangladesh and the USA remain as frosty as ever. Yet another diplomatic spat of sorts occurred a few days ago, over the US Ambassador’s intriguing visit to the Dhaka residence of a ‘disappeared’ opposition leader. The ruling...
After A Disappointing Season Gold Trade Hopes For Better Luck Next Year
By K Raveendran A relatively disappointing year-end and a possible less dramatic interplay between inflation and central bank intervention globally have India’s domestic gold trade keeping its fingers crossed over what could happen in 2023. November-December months have been less than reassuring for the domestic trade, with soft retail...
China’s New Covid-19 Outbreak Threatens The Rest Of The World
By Dr. Gyan Pathak China’s new COVID-19 outbreak threatens the rest of the world. Mathematical models predict one million or more deaths by early 2023, within 90 days from now. Epidemiologists estimate 60 per cent of the population of China and 10 per cent of the world are likely...
Why Union Health Minister Issuing Ultimatum To Rahul Gandhi To Suspend Yatra?
By Sushil Kutty Reports have been doing the rounds that Rahul Gandhi was planning a short break from the Bharat Jodo Yatra to mark Christmas. BJP spokespersons have been asking with sly grins what if Rahul Gandhi took a Christmas break and went to Bangkok? This, even as the...
