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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.Narendra Modi Govt Is Avoiding Discussion On Tawang In Parliament
By Sushil Kutty Congress Member of Parliament Manish Tewari wants a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the ‘border situation’ with China, the Line of Actual Control, which is a euphemism for not having a recognized border. Tewari, who has established himself as a military affairs expert over the...
Amit Shah’s Warning To Bengal BJP Leaders Is Aimed At Containing Left Also
By Tirthankar Mitra West Bengal BJP leaders were caught on the wrong foot when Union home minister Amit Shah during his recent visit to Kolkata asked them the reason behind a rise in Left parties strength in the state. Complacent in the knowledge of being the Opposition party in...
Decoding The Work Of Great Documentarian Julia Reichert Who Died At 76
By Lindsey Bahr Julia Reichert, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker behind American Factory whose films explored themes of race, class, and gender, often in the Midwest, has died. She was 76.She died on December. 1 in Ohio from cancer, her family said through a representative. She was diagnosed with stage...
Modi Govt May Be Dusting Out Its Plan For One-Nation, One-Poll By 2024
By K Raveendran After taking on the Supreme Court for the impasse on Collegium, which he described as ‘alien’ to the Constitution, Law Minster Kiren Rijiju has played another bite from His Master’s Voice – prime minister Narendra Modi’s favourite simultaneous elections. Rijiju said in a written reply in...
2023 May Be Worse Than 2022 For India’s Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the Indian economic growth is set to decelerate in the financial year 2023-24 as per the latest estimates of all the national and international organisations, India’s job market is likely to deterioration. Employment opportunities would decline, new job opportunities will be limited, and job...
BJP Took Corrective Actions After 2017 Poll In Gujarat Resulting In Big Win In 2022
By Harihar Swarup Gujarat and Himachal have voted for two opposing national parties. While Himachali voters rejected the BJP and upheld the tradition of electing an alternate every five years, voters in Gujarat gave the saffron party its biggest victory ever and seventh straight term. With over 52 per...
Pentagon Is Deeply Worried At China’s Military Beef-Up In Next Two Decades
By Sankar Ray The Pentagon, headquarters of US military establishment, submitted to the US Congress a report, ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2022’ pursuant to the National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2000.It reflects Pentagon’s concern about China’s military beef-up as it poses...
Amitabh Bachchan’s Remarks At Kolkata Film Festival Have Big Significance
By Sushil Kutty Finally, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has spoken truth to power! And in the city where he spent a part of his youth…Kolkata! Then, early in his tinsel-town career, after moving to ‘Bombay’, when his screen roles demanded, he was the “angry young man”, who in real-life was...
Centre’s Operation Uproot Of Naxalites Will Be Helping BJP Politically
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent an unambiguous and loud message to the intellectuals, academics, social activists and leaders of the political parties of the country to fall in line or get ready to face the music. Though his government at the directive of the RSS...
Bangladesh Takes Up Power Sector Reforms Focusing On Green Energy
By Ashis Biswas With crippling power cuts continuing, Bangladesh Government is going all out to buy more power from its regional neighbours , and also examining the possibility of producing ‘green energy’ by using hydrogen, following recent measures taken in advanced Western countries. The ruling Awami League (AL) Government...
