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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.No Extra Credits For India As Easing Of Inflation Threat A Global Phenomenon
By K Raveendran Inflation is showing signs of softening, providing much-needed relief to the government as well as the managers of the economy, not to speak of the common man, whose household budgets have been under a squeeze in view of skyrocketing prices. The improvement is reflected in the...
Both Assembly And Bypoll Results Expose BJP’s Faultlines Before 2024
By Arun Srivastava The myth that Narendra Modi is a “strong and charismatic leader” has been severely exposed and smashed. The elections to Gujarat and Himachal assemblies and Municipal Corporation of Delhi along with the by elections to seven assembly seats in states make it unambiguous that the edifice...
AAP’s Victory In Delhi Civic Polls Is Significant But BJP Is Positioned Well To Take On Next Time
By Harihar Swarup AAP’s victory in Delhi municipals polls is not a surprise. The exit polls were right for once, and the BJP’s undistinguished record in running the municipality made it easy to believe them for once. The margin of victory is lower than what was expected by many,...
BJP’s Outreach Efforts To Pasmanda Muslims Have Not Paid Dividend In Polls
By Sushi Kutty Much was made of the BJP’s, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s, great outreach to Pasmanda Muslims, said to account for up to 80 percent of the Muslim electorate. Talk of this emerging phenomenon started making headlines soon after the BJP won the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections...
Credential Committee’s Report Exposed Modi Govt At ILO Meeting
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi led ruling establishment have earned a “censure” for India during just concluded 17th Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) organized by International Labour Organization (ILO) at Singapore. It was held during 6-9 December 2022 to discuss and devise ways and means...
Samajwadi Party Gets Good Boost At The Bypoll Results Before 2024 Elections
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: By-elections results for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat and two assembly seats Rampur Sadar and Khatauli in western Uttar Pradesh have given clear message to BJP, Samajwadi Party and RLD to work hard and search for good alliance partners for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Riding on...
Xi’s Visit To Saudi Arabia Amounts To More Than Pomp And Ceremonies
By James M Dorsey Pomp and circumstance are important. So are multiple agreements to be signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week, his first venture beyond East and Central Asia in three years. No doubt, Xi’s reception will be on par with the welcoming...
BJP’s Big Victory In Gujarat Does Not Mean Any Sweep Of Narendra Modi In Lok Sabha Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the BJP to a massive victory in his home state Gujarat in the latest assembly elections. The Congress has faced its worst disaster in the state of Mahatma Gandhi in 2022 polls. Certainly, there are reasons for the BJP to...
Finance Minister Must Focus On Speedy Job Generation Through 2023-24 Budget
By K R Sudhaman World Bank has revised upwards its earlier GDP growth estimate to 6.9 per cent for India this financial year on the back of strong macroeconomic fundamentals and economic revival after Covid-19 mayhem. This is certainly music to the ears as India is perhaps a few...
Nepal Congress Led Coalition Is Set To Form Government After National Elections
By Sankar Ray Sixty-one per cent of 18 million voters of Republican Nepal reposed faith on the Himalayan state’s oldest social democratic party, Nepali Congress which won 57 of the 165 directly elected members of Nepali parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha. The NC-led five-party coalition and headed by the Prime Minister...
Congress Snatches Himachal From BJP’s Electoral Kitty
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Indian National Congress at last scored a decent electoral win this year. The Congress managed to pull Himachal Pradesh from under BJP’s nose, as it crossed the majority mark of 35 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state. Himachal maintained its tradition...
Organised Workers In Western Countries Are Fighting Fall In Living Standards
By Prabhat Patnaik A neo-liberal regime entails a spontaneous change in the balance of class power against the working class everywhere. This happens for a number of reasons. First, since capital becomes globally mobile while labour is not, such globally mobile capital gets an opportunity top it the working...
Corporatisation Of Ordnance Factories By The Centre Is A Failure
By C. Srikumar Despite the opposition by the Defence Civilian Employees of 41 Ordnance Factories and also in violation of the previous agreements with the federations, taking advantage of Covid-19 Pandemic, the Narendra Modi government took an unilateral decision to splinter the defence production industry with more than 220...
Hypocrisy Of The Rich Countries Harming The Programme For Climate Change
By Prabir Purkayastha The crux of the issue is that non fossil, or even a low fossil fuel path, will need grid-level storage costs to drop by a factor of 10 times what they are today! If they don’t, then the grid supply will become unreliable, with cascading costs...
India’s Heatwave Tragedy To Boost Cooling Business
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s heatwave tragedy may be devastating for common men and the ecology of several regions of the country, Modi government is yet to rise from its slumber to start framing of a comprehensive plan to deal with the likely devastation. Union Government has been treating...
Congress Win In Himachal Is A Positive Signal For Other Hindi Speaking States
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi Municipal Corporation polls results on December 7 and Vidhan Sabha election results of Himachal Pradesh on December 8 should enthuse Congress on several counts chief of which is the shadowing of electoral prospects of its prime rival BJP, which has performed well only in...
BJP Has Got Big Victory In Gujarat But That’s All Due To Congress Lapses
By Sushil Kutty Gujarat for Bharatiya Janata Party. Himachal Pradesh went to Congress. Does that spell equal=equal, overall, neither party won, neither party lost? Delhi’s ‘Big Boss’ Aam Aadmi Party failed at both places. And that will rankle. One day right on top of the world, the other day,...
BJP State Governments Have Started Communal Cleansing Of Educational Institutions
By Prakash Karat What has happened in the Government New Law College in Indore and some other places is a disturbing pointer as to how the deep communalisation and polarisation in society is now affecting the educational system. The worst incident has taken place in the Government New Law...
