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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.India Economy Is On A Revival Mode But Next Fiscal Will Be Challenging
By K R Sudhaman The preliminary official estimates by Ministry of Statistics has corroborated multilateral and other rating agencies forecast that India’s economic growth would be around 7 per cent in financial year 2022-2023. This only confirms that Indian economy is on a revival mode. The projected GDP growth...
Taliban Regime In Kabul Is In Deep Conflict With The New Pakistani Govt
By Sankar Ray Pakistan – Islamabad camaraderie, built up after the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban and formation of a new Emirate in Kabul on 15 August 2021, faces a sanguinary breach. A conflictual discontent was simmering ever since the federal government had struck a ceasefire with the...
Row Over Kerala Minister’s Reinstatement
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Was the decision to reinstate Saji Cherian, MLA, as a minister in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in the state hasty? That is the question doing the rounds in Kerala’s political corridors. Cherian had been forced to step down as Culture and Fisheries Minister...
Eminent Academics Decry Centre’s Attempt To Saffronise History Text Books
By Sulagna Som Historians Ranabir Chakraborty and Aditya Mukherjee slammed the New Educational Policy of the present government at the Centre at the 81st session of the Indian History Congress, held at the Madras Christian College, Chennai, between 27 and 29 December 2022. They blasted the on-going saffronisation of...
Saudis Milking Ronaldo Move To Kingdom To The Hilt
By James M Dorsey Saudi Arabia isn’t wasting time to milk for what it’s worth soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to the kingdom. Neither are others in the Gulf eager to join the bandwagon. Playing for nine-time Saudi league champion Al Nassr FC for US$211 million over 2.5 years,...
Centre Is Making Use Of LG Of Delhi To Help BJP Get Control Of MCD
By Sushil Kutty The Lt. Governor, Delhi, VK Saxena, acts as if he’s a power unto himself. But everybody knows his loyalty to the Union Ministry of Home is absolute. The Delhi Government is at the mercy of frequent interventions, call them interferences. And if Delhi is suffering, it...
In Tripura, All National Parties Vying With Each Other To Woo Tipra Motha
By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, the main contending formations in the coming Assembly elections have stepped up efforts to secure an alliance with the pace-setting tribal Tipra Motha (TM) party. So far, the TM has maintained an equidistance from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)/IPFT alliance and the Left...
Gold Appears To Be Non-Stoppable In Its March Towards A Historical High
By K Raveendran 2023 may well be a year of gold. This is because despite several negatives the yellow metal has outperformed everything else. And with the New Year expected to unravel all that traditionally has worked in favour of gold, this asset class appears to be non-stoppable right...
India Can Do A Lot For Higher Production In International Year Of Millets
By Harihar Swarup The United Nation has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets. Since that was at the initiative of India, which also accounts for a fifth of the world’s millets production, Narendra Modi government would be expected to do something different this year to promote these...
Informal Employment Sans Social Security On The Rise In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The first week of 2023 has brought the signs of the beginning of even higher level of unemployment in India at 8.4 per cent than 8.3 per cent in December 2022 which was 15 months high. It is indeed a bad news, but not so...
