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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.Tripura BJP Is Plagued By Factional Fights Between Two Groups On Poll Eve
By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, the ruling BJP continues to be hit by factionalism and organisational problems, despite efforts made by senior Delhi-based leaders to improve discipline. As things stand, with parties gearing up for the 2023 Assembly polls ,senior BJP leader Mahesh Singh, who played a major role...
No Let-Up In Government-Governor Faceoff In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There are no signs of any let-up in the confrontation between the Left Democratic Front(LDF) Government and Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. If anything, both sides have toughened their stance with the Governor reiterating that the appointment of 11 Vice-Chancellors was “irregular, illegal and void...
‘Group Of 20’ Religious Meet Ahead Of G-20 Economic Summit In Bali
By James M Dorsey Religious leaders gather in Bali this week for their first Religion Forum 20 summit (R20) under the auspices of the Group of 20 or G-20 that brings together the world’s largest economies. The religious leaders are meeting two weeks before the G-20’s political leaders are...
Economic Slowdown Threatens Labour Market Recovery
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Economic slowdown triggered by multiple and overlapping economic and political crises has threatened labour market recovery across the world. Inequalities in the labour market set to increase further. Certain group of workers and firms are disproportionally impacted. Slowly recovering developing countries are now facing less...
Ashok Gehlot’s Praising Narendra Modi As Global Leader Is Mistimed
By Arun Srivastava Was it a coincidence or a deliberate attempt that on the day dalit student leader of University of Hyderabad Rohith Vemula’s mother extended solidarity to Rahul Gandhi by joining his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Telangana, the Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot was busy eulogising Narendra Modi...
New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Has To Show Results In Dealing With Economy
By Harihar Swarup Rishi Sunak has made history by becoming the first person of colour to become British prime minister. The biggest challenge for him, however is economic as the UK faces a looming economic crisis made worse by the Ukraine war. In his first speech after taking over...
Modi Government Plays Trick On Sedition In The Supreme Court
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Narendra Modi government has been misusing the sedition laws under section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code for quite some time. No amount of criticism from civil society could stop the BJP led governments at the centre and states from launching prosecutions against those...
Is Narendra Modi’s ‘Gujarat Model’ Collapsing Along With Morbi Bridge?
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Dr. Ajoy Kumar tweeted “Morbi bridge collapse is an ‘Act of Fraud’. God’s message to Modi ji”. New Twitter owner Elon Musk wouldn’t object, he is a free speech absolutist. But even he wouldn’t approve of “likes” garnered for being glib about 134 killed,...
Nitish Kumar Not Campaigning In Bihar Bypolls Due To Personal Issues
By Arun Srivastava The political developments are not shaping up in consonance to the desires of Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar. While he wants that Bihar should strive for bringing the opposition parties on a common platform, allies of his Mahagathbandhan are not putting so much...
Lula’s Victory Over Bolsonaro Has Restored Hope For Democracy In Brazil
By Olavo Passos De Souza On Sunday, October 30, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva achieved a historic victory over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. In the closest race since the restoration of Brazilian democracy in the 1980s, Bolsonaro became the first incumbent to ever lose reelection. The...
Latin American Pink Tide Peaks With Left-Wing Lula’s Win In Brazilian Elections
By Nitya Chakraborty In a development of historic significance for Latin American politics, the Brazilian voters on Sunday, October 30, ousted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro after just one term and elected the leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by a narrow margin. The Presidential runoff between the...
Time To Stabilise Indian Rupee To Make It A Global Currency
By Nantoo Banerjee Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T Ravi Sankar is absolutely right to say that there is no alternative to the internationalisation of Indian Rupee (INR) despite the domestic monetary challenges it will pose. The use of INR in cross-border transactions is expected to mitigate currency risks for...
Indian Banks Are Far Behind In Adoption Of New Digital Technologies
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Early this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 75 Digital Bank Units (DBUs) to mark 75 years of Independence. These brick-and-mortar digital banks one each in 75 districts of India aims to take the benefits of digital banking to every part of the country –...
BJP Is In Backfoot Over ‘Operation Lotus’ In KCR’s Telangana
By Sushil Kutty Some days you’re the bug, some days you’re the windshield! Of late, the Bharatiya Janata Party is the bug plastered all over India’s windshield. Before the ‘Bridge over River Machchhu’ in Morbi collapsed, there was ‘Operation Lotus’ going completely wrong in Telangana, making Chief Minister K...
Narendra Modi’ Talk Of ‘One Nation, One Uniform’ Has Dangerous Intent
By Arun Srivastava Except jabbing his jumlas and narrating his “man ki baat” that too once in a month, Narendra Modi is not known to be upfront in his expressions and usually refrains from conveying his thoughts and ideas to the people of the country. But whenever he speaks,...
Sayantan Basu’s Letter Exposes The Big Divide In West Bengal BJP
By Tirthankar Mitra Poised to emerge as ruling dispensation of West Bengal an year ago before state Assembly polls, state BJP hopes fell flat thereafter. And now the party finds itself to be a house divided with intra party squabbles, so far under the wraps is now in the...
Fast-Growing Indian Market Irresistible Attraction For Digital Payment Giants
By K Raveendran Violations and atoning for them are in the DNA of Google and its owner Alphabet. Google had to pay penalties of Rs 2,274 crore within the space of a week, in two orders issued by the Competition Commission of India for misusing its dominant position in...
States Are Lagging In Spending For Developmental Needs In 2022-23
By Harihar Swarup From a fiscal point of view, the state governments are in a strong position to emerge key drivers of economic growth this year. But while the availability of funds doesn’t appear to be a constraint, surprisingly, actual spending by states so far has been muted. Their...
