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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.High Energy Prices Jeopardise Global Solar, Battery Industries
By K Raveendran Record breaking energy prices in Europe are threatening the global solar and battery industry, with manufacturing capacity facing a serious risk. The energy intensive nature of these manufacturing processes is leading some operators to temporarily close or abandon production facilities as the cost of doing business...
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Has Finally Gone National
By Sushil Kutty Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi turned national on Dussehra and is now the ‘Bharat Rashtra Samithi’ with Rao its prime mover and shaker, also the man who will replace Narendra Modi if a “BRS-led Opposition” wins big in 2024. With that K...
India Can Become A $25 Trillion Economy In Twenty Five Years From Now
By K R Sudhaman As India celebrates its 75th year of independence this year, several roadmaps are being laid for it to become a developed economy in the next 25 years when India would celebrate its 100th year of independence in 2047. Some of us might not be alive...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Dussehra Address Is Full Of Inconsistencies
By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh under the stewardship of Mohan Bhagwat has completely transformed; from an NGO claiming to undertake social work to a political outfit. Obviously with this modification the basic approach of the RSS to the prevailing issues and ideas have also undergone significant variation. The...
Kanam Rajendran Gets Third Term As Kerala State Secretary Of CPI
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cassandras have ended up with egg on their faces. The prophets of doom have been embarrassed beyond mention. Belying all dire predictions, Kanam Rajendran has been re-elected unanimously as the Communist Party of India (CPI)’s Kerala state secretary for a third term. The most...
Doctors Have To Care Of All Patients, Irrespective Of Religion And Colour
By Dr Arun Mitra During training as a doctor we are told to be empathetic, compassionate and caring for anyone who visits us for advice. This becomes part of the value system of most of the doctors. To treat, to care and to advise in a scientific manner to...
Ukraine Averting Negotiations As More And More NATO Supplies Arrive
By John Wojcik NEW YORK: News reports this week continued to say Ukrainian forces were advancing in the Kherson area in the south of Ukraine, but there were no specifics beyond those general statements or assessments about whether they would soon retake the city. Kherson fell to the Russians...
Rahul Gandhi Will Remain Central Leader Of Congress Irrespective Of President
By Kalyani Shankar Now that the Congress Party will have a non-Gandhi Chief, what happens to the three Gandhis- Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka? Will they continue to dominate? When a reporter asked about their future role, Sonia said, “Of course, you have to ask the party, I suppose.” But...
Politics On Freebies In Indian Economy Need A Fresh Look
By Dr. Gyan Pathak While targeting political parties in opposition, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had equated ‘subsidies and freebies’ as ‘reveri culture’ which he wanted to be stopped. His languages was politically surcharged in such a manner that game impression to the public that only political...
BJP May Again Sweep Gujarat In The State Assembly Polls By Year End
By Sushil Kutty One opinion poll places the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Congress and AAP in the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, slated for December 2022, with the BJP reportedly all set to beat both anti-, and pro-incumbency; perhaps, even another altogether different strain of incumbency if there’s...
Coach M Harikrishnan Has A Long Record Of Training Leading Athletes
By Harihar Swarup At the end of the fourth round of the triple jump finals at 2022 Commonwealth Games, Abdullah Aboobacker found himself in fourth position. A medal seemed unlikely at the moment. But Coach M. Harikrishnan, who couldn’t travel to Birmingham due to visa issue, knew exactly what...
RSS General Secretary Hosbale’s Comment On Economy Is An Indictment Of Modi Govt
By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s comments on rising poverty, unemployment and inequality is virtually of the nature of censoring the Modi government for its utter failure to provide a people oriented governance. Target the Modi government by Hosabale, next only to Mohan Bhagwat,...
Nobel Prize Winner Svante Paabo Has Revolutionised The Study Of Genomes
By Anjan Roy Svante Paabo the Swedish Nobel Prize winner in Medicine in2022 had proved through hiswork that modern humans shared some of their genes with the ancient and now extinct Neanderthals. This meant early humans had come into contact with these human-like species, the Neanderthals, and they interbred....
Polarised Brazil Poised For Run Off On October 30 As Lula Is Short Of Majority
By Satyaki Chakraborty Brazil, the largest populated country in Latin America, failed to elect its next President in the national elections held on October 2 as the front runner in opinion polls Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the left-wing former president got 48.4 per cent of the votes polled-slightly...
Bharat Jodo Yatra In Karnataka Is Crucial For Congress Before Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty The Congress ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has been in Karnataka since September 30. It rolled in from Gudalur in Tamil Nadu to Gundlupet in Karnataka. Add the third ‘G’, ‘Rahul Gandhi’, and it will be like the stars were in alignment. Rahul Gandhi started the Karnataka leg...
Rahul Gandhi Is Getting Massive Response In Karnataka During Yatra
By Arun Srivastava BENGALURU: Before Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi entered Karnataka on September 30 and is getting massive response. The disinformation unit of the BJP had tried to create the impression across the country ably assisted by the mainstream media, especially the TV news channels, that the...
Leading Marxist Scholar Ramkrishna Bhattacharya Passes Away In Kolkata
By Subhendu Sarkar Dr. Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, a renowned Kolkata based Marxist scholar passed away in a city hospital on October 2. He was 74. An unrepentant old-fashioned Marxist, Ramkrishna Bhattacharya preferred, for the most part of his life, to work for the ‘party in the broad historical sense’, as...
Congress Depending On Imported BSP Leaders For Revival In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With the decline of BSP in successive elections, Congress in Uttar Pradesh is now depending on imported leaders from that party to regain traditional dalit votes in 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Major political parties were surprised when Congress high command announced the name of BSP...
