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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.U.S. Role In Creating Mideast Disaster Becomes Clearer By The Day
By John Wojcik Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued U.S. support to Israel Thursday even as its military devastated the Gaza Strip with air strikes and prepared for a possible ground invasion. As Palestinian civilians in Gaza search desperately for a piece of bread to feed their hungry...
Hamas-Israel Armed Conflict Brings Fresh Risks To World Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be a bit early to predict economic consequences of the ongoing Hamas-Israel armed conflict on the world economy, but India is bound to be impacted if the war continues for long and oil prices keep soaring through the coming winter months. The war is...
Developing Countries Have To Take Seriously Who Report On Possibility Of Deadly X
By Nilanjan Banik The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it Disease X. It does not exist now, but it is a concept floated by WHO to gauge the readiness of any country to fight a pandemic in the future. The model underscores the importance of vigilance, research, and preparedness...
G20 Adopts A Regulatory Roadmap For Cryptocurrencies On The Basis Of IMF Proposal
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Under India’s presidency, The Group of Twenty (G20) unanimously adopted a regulatory roadmap for cryptocurrencies at a meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, on October 13. The intergovernmental forum, comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union, and the African Union, accepted the proposals made in the joint...
Trinamool Congress Is Getting Maximum Political Mileage From Puja Festival In Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Come late September and October, kash flowers are in bloom in parts of Maidan in Kolkata together with a few more spots in the city yet to be invaded by concrete jungle heralding the arrival of the biggest festival of West Bengal – Durga Puja. Yet...
Mamata’s Bengal Global Business Summit Next Month Has Big Potential For Success
By Subrata Majumder West Bengal, once the epicentre for industry, has been fading in the industrial map of the country. At the time of Independence, it accounted for 30 percent of country’s industrial output. Now, it is 3 percent, according to official sources. Political belligerence, where political ideologies and...
Global Initiative Immediately Needed To Stop War In Israel And Palestine
By Dr Arun Mitra Violent attack by the Hamas on Israel which killed hundreds of civilians took the whole world by shock. No one can support the barbarian act of killing innocent children, women and men. They have violated all laws of warfare by killing people attending Super Nova...
Centre’s Coal Ministry Converting Waste Into Wealth Through Its Special Programme
By K R Sudhaman After successful swachhata campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government during the last 2-3 years to clean up government ministries and buildings by getting rid of musty files and condemned scrap furniture, Coal ministry has shown the way to convert this waste into wealth. “Kabad...
Strong Political Sentiments Blowing In The Country Favouring Caste Census
By Harihar Swarup On August 7, 1990, Prime Minister V P Singh, driven by his own set of political difficulties, announced in Parliament that the Mandal Commission’s recommendations for reservation of Other Backward Classes would be implemented. It was a turning point for Indian Political system, marking the advent...
Israel-Palestine Conflict Sends Ripples Through Shipping And Maritime Industry
By K Raveendran The Israel-Palestine conflict has sent ripples through the shipping and maritime industry, leading international companies to issue cautionary advisories and adapt their operations in the region. In view of the missile attacks and the incursion of opposing militias, the security of transporting goods through the port...
Mallikarjun Kharge Has Shown His Mettle In Nearly One Year Of His Congress Presidency
By Sushil Kutty Mallikarjun Kharge assumed the office of Congress President on October 26, 2022. He beat Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor in an election that was fixed to elect him. At the time Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was still on his Bharat Jodo Yatra and the entire...
Decoding The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Propaganda Versus Reality
By Arun Srivastava With Israel declaring war on the Gaza Strip after an unexpected attack by the terrorist Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, the global fraternity is straining to decode the real nature and reasons for the armed engagement. Apparently, there is no tangible reason for Hamas to...
Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin’s Work Has Big Relevance To Indian Policy Makers
By Anjan Roy Ukraine war and more immediately the Hamas-Israeli conflict had driven many things from out of the public view. One of these is the Nobel Prize in Economics in this year to a not widely known academic. Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to get a...
Workers Gearing Up For Bitter Struggle To Survive With Dignity
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has been witnessing a systematic weakening of Trade Unionism by the ruling establishment through adoption of labour policies that push the workers more and more into unorganized sector. The unprecedented sufferings that the COVID-19 crisis brought for the working class has made them accepting...
Tamil Nadu Govt Under Chief Minister M K Stalin Honours M S Swaminathan
By K R Sudhaman Contrary to the Dravida Model of sidelining Brahmins in Tamil Nadu as part of the caste politics under the garb of so-called social justice, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu led by Chief Minister M K Stalin has decided to honour father of India’s green...
An Attack On Israel Was Inevitable From Iran’s Perspective
By M A Hossain On October 7, 2023, Israel suffered its most devastating attack in decades, orchestrated by the Iran-backed Palestinian militant organization, Hamas. Notably, Hamas’s startling well-planned land-sea-air surprise assault from Gaza on Southern Israeli communities claimed the lives of hundreds and took approximately 150 persons hostage, both...
Afghanistan Needs Massive Assistance To Deal With The Earthquake Disaster
By Tirthankar Mitra Since 2021 after Taliban regime took over Kabul and rest of Afghanistan, links of this beautiful mountainous country with the rest of the world have almost been severed. If the powers that be in it chose isolation for itself, a chain of natural disasters striking it...
Netanyahu’s War On Gaza Risks Spiralling Into A Regional Catastrophe
By Branko Marcetic The human toll of the Israel-Hamas war has been truly terrifying. Israel has responded to Hamas’s murder of thirteen hundred civilians this past Saturday by launching a campaign of one-sided, vengeful slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians. Israel has killed more than fifteen hundred Gazans, at least...
