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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.In UK, Public Sector Workers Are Striking Against Austerity
By Grace Blakeley Wage growth in the United Kingdom over the past twelve years has been dismal. In the period after the financial crisis, the country experienced the longest period of wage stagnation since the Napoleonic Wars. Then the pandemic hit, and wages collapsed as unemployment spiked. As the...
Split Between Venezuelan President Maduro And Communists Deepens
By Robert Griffiths CARACAS: Venezuela’s economy is likely to grow faster than most this year and next, according to Credit Suisse. GDP is forecast to have grown by as much as 20% this year (the IMF reckons 6%), up from around 4% in 2021 (the IMF claims 0.5%), before...
India Is Fast Emerging As World’s Major Pharmacy Hub
By Nantoo Banerjee Few manufacturing industries in India have done as consistently well as the drug industry over the last four decades. The Indian drug industry is currently ranked the world’s third largest in pharmaceutical production by volume. The production has been increasing rapidly supported by rising domestic consumption...
New Era For Congress Has Just Begun From Himachal Win
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Throwing out BJP from power in Himachal Pradesh by bagging 40 seats in 68-member Vidhan Sabha was indeed a spectacular performance of Congress, but far more remarkable feat achieved by the party leadership was after the results were out. Dexterity of the high-command melted its...
AAP Cannot Fight Both BJP And The Congress In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
By Sushil Kutty The AAP strategy is to make lots of noise and hope that it registers with the voters. It worked in Gujarat where it got 13 percent of the vote share to technically become a national party though in terms of impact it remains “regional” with the...
Rishi Sunak Has Taken Few Positive Steps In Stopping Economic Downslide
By Arun Srivastava Six weeks are certainly not the sensible time frame to judge a new prime minister’s performance, that is too in the case of United Kingdom, which has been suffering economic malaise that has turned endemic during the decade with Conservatives in the power. But still Rishi...
Elon Musk Is Showing Flexibility In Dealing With Advertisers In Twitter
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Co-founder Jack Dorsey’s departure as the CEO of Twitter in November 2021 and Tesla CEO Elon Musk buying the social media platform in October 2022 are the two most significant moments in Twitter’s history since its inception in March 2006. Dorsey was reportedly frustrated due...
At The World Cup At Qatar, Palestine Is More Than An Arab Cause
By Ramzy Baroud We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective struggles that consume most Arabs, everywhere. The ongoing celebration of Palestine and the Palestinian flag at the...
No Extra Credits For India As Easing Of Inflation Threat A Global Phenomenon
By K Raveendran Inflation is showing signs of softening, providing much-needed relief to the government as well as the managers of the economy, not to speak of the common man, whose household budgets have been under a squeeze in view of skyrocketing prices. The improvement is reflected in the...
Both Assembly And Bypoll Results Expose BJP’s Faultlines Before 2024
By Arun Srivastava The myth that Narendra Modi is a “strong and charismatic leader” has been severely exposed and smashed. The elections to Gujarat and Himachal assemblies and Municipal Corporation of Delhi along with the by elections to seven assembly seats in states make it unambiguous that the edifice...
