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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.India Leads World Gold Jewellery Demand Recovery After Covid Blues
By K Raveendran India is leading a global recovery in gold jewellery. This is despite the fact that gold prices have hit a five-month high. The demand engine is driven by urban consumers, encouraged by a return to pre-covid levels of economic activity. Rural consumers were more cautious as...
Bengal BJP Not In A Position To Man Fully All Booths In 2023 Rural Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra With panchayat elections inching closer, West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party received a wakeup call. For all the sound and fury spouted by the state saffron camp leaders, the organisational strength of the state BJP is nowhere in a state to give ruling Trinamool Congress...
Light At The End Of Kerala’s Vizhinjam Tunnel At Long Last
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is light, at long last, at the end of the Vizhinjam tunnel. The peace agreement between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the Latin Church which spearheads the anti-seaport agitation has come as a big relief for the Government. But the Government cannot...
Neeraj Chopra, India’s First Gold Medalist Athlete Is An Icon In His State
By Harihar Swarup After he won independent India’s first athletics gold at the Olympics, Neeraj Chopra went home and put on 12kg. His coach, was miffed, but he knew his pupil would shed the kilos. Neeraj Chopra is not the one to rest on his laurels, of which there...
Qatar’s S World Cup Success Punctures FIFA’s Political Fantasy
By James M Dorsey If the Qatar World Cup proved anything, it’s that sports and politics are inseparable Siamese twins joined at the hip. Politics popped up at every twist of the World Cup’s road, whether related to the right of freedom of expression of players, sports commentators and...
U.S. And World Armament Companies Making Huge Money From Ukraine War
By John Wojcik The wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere have fueled skyrocketing U.S. and global arms sales. Those sales were already rising even before the start of the 10-month war in Ukraine. According to figures published this week, there have been seven straight years now of...
Rahul Gandhi Wants Bharat Jodo Yatra For His Long Term Battle Against RSS
By Kalyani Shankar Has Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s low-profile poll gamble worked? Rahul skipped the campaign in Himachal Pradesh and canvassed barely in Gujarat while concentrating on his Bharat Jodi yatra. Was it part of a strategy, or was it an ill-advised move? Could Rahul’s strategy be to save...
Western Price Cap On Russian Oil May Lead To Further Global Recessionary Pressure
By Anjan Roy The global oil market is entering a critical phase as the European Union’s price cap for Russian oils comes into immediate effect. The EU has set a price cap of $60 per barrel for Russian oils. Oil prices have hovered around $80 per barrel, and the...
Indian Elections Have Lost Level Playing Field Due To Faulty System Of Political Funding
By Mriganka M Bhowmick The ongoing slugfest between the BJP and opposition parties over the serial raids on opposition leaders may or may not have merits of witch-hunt. But one uncomfortable fact which is coming up before public eyes is that the Indian political system has been thrived on...
Bengal Congress Eager For Left Front Participation In Its Yatra
By Tirthankar Mitra After having found itself sans a single legislator in the West Bengal Assembly, the Congress seeks to draw Left to its side during a march from Ganga Sagar to Kurseong hills. Though the Left is in the same boat as the Congress as the representation of...
