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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.Corporatisation Of Ordnance Factories By The Centre Is A Failure
By C. Srikumar Despite the opposition by the Defence Civilian Employees of 41 Ordnance Factories and also in violation of the previous agreements with the federations, taking advantage of Covid-19 Pandemic, the Narendra Modi government took an unilateral decision to splinter the defence production industry with more than 220...
Hypocrisy Of The Rich Countries Harming The Programme For Climate Change
By Prabir Purkayastha The crux of the issue is that non fossil, or even a low fossil fuel path, will need grid-level storage costs to drop by a factor of 10 times what they are today! If they don’t, then the grid supply will become unreliable, with cascading costs...
India’s Heatwave Tragedy To Boost Cooling Business
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s heatwave tragedy may be devastating for common men and the ecology of several regions of the country, Modi government is yet to rise from its slumber to start framing of a comprehensive plan to deal with the likely devastation. Union Government has been treating...
Congress Win In Himachal Is A Positive Signal For Other Hindi Speaking States
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi Municipal Corporation polls results on December 7 and Vidhan Sabha election results of Himachal Pradesh on December 8 should enthuse Congress on several counts chief of which is the shadowing of electoral prospects of its prime rival BJP, which has performed well only in...
BJP Has Got Big Victory In Gujarat But That’s All Due To Congress Lapses
By Sushil Kutty Gujarat for Bharatiya Janata Party. Himachal Pradesh went to Congress. Does that spell equal=equal, overall, neither party won, neither party lost? Delhi’s ‘Big Boss’ Aam Aadmi Party failed at both places. And that will rankle. One day right on top of the world, the other day,...
BJP State Governments Have Started Communal Cleansing Of Educational Institutions
By Prakash Karat What has happened in the Government New Law College in Indore and some other places is a disturbing pointer as to how the deep communalisation and polarisation in society is now affecting the educational system. The worst incident has taken place in the Government New Law...
Agriculture Is Contributing In A Big Way To India’s Employment Growth
By Krishna Jha Driven by good performance compared to other sectors during the pandemic, agriculture has absorbed an additional 11 million workers over the last three years while the rest of the economy lost 15 million jobs, said the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Jobs apart, the question...
Jagdeep Dhankar Is Carrying Out Modi’s Mission To Have Pliant Judiciary
By Arun Srivastava A person like Jagdeep Dhankar, holding the coveted office of the Vice President of India, launching vitriolic against the Supreme Court on the issue of appointment of judges, even while the Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in all sincerity has already been carrying on the mission to...
India Govt Must Come Out Early With A Definite Policy On Crypto Currency
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has revealed that it has tracked nearly 3,300 crypto accounts from April to November 2022 for illegal activities such as wildlife smuggling, drug trade, money laundering, and funding social unrest. The total illegal transaction through these accounts amounted to nearly...
AAP’s Big Win In Delhi Municipal Poll Gives A Boost To Its National Ambitions
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi Municipal Corporation poll results have further brightened the stature of rising political star – Arvind Kejriwal, which has unnerved not only the BJP, but also shadows its national prospects and may lead to some churning before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls Unsettling of BJP...
