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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.Windfall Tax Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag Of Petroleum Companies
By K Raveendran It was an open secret that the oil companies have been minting money on account of the rising crude prices, although they have been dishing out doctored numbers to show losses. Now that the government has decided to enforce a windfall tax on the companies for...
Indian Policy Makers Facing Big Test In Dealing With Inflation In Current Fiscal
By Harihar Swarup The impact of the ongoing Russia—Ukraine war on energy and commodity prices has caused great global economic turmoil. Some countries are facing food shortage and all oil-importing countries have been adversely affected. The invasion has come at an unfortunate time for India. Just when we all...
Bhima Koregaon: NIA Court Rejects Plea To Use Mosquito Nets In Prison
By Sarah Thanawala On July 7, a special National Intelligence Agency (‘NIA’) court in Mumbai presided by Special Judge Rajesh Kataria, rejected the plea filed by Gautam Navlakha and Sagar Gorkhe, to use mosquito nets in prison. The court allowed Navlakha and Gorkhe to use mosquito repellant ointments and...
Uddhav Thackeray Is Right In Calling For Fresh Polls In Maharashtra
By Sushil Kutty Uddhav Thackeray’s challenge to the man who replaced him, Eknath Shinde, to hold fresh elections in Maharashtra hasn’t elicited response, and likely would not because the Shinde-Fadnavis dispensation cannot for all the money in the BJP’s war-chest hazard a guess on which alliance will win the...
Weak Credit Growth In Indian Economy Is Hurting Recovery Process
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India finds itself in an unenviable position. Choosing an option has become ever more difficult. Financial sector crisis continues and the country has been suffering from negative shocks to credit growth which pushes up the macro vulnerability and increases downside risks to the growth in...
Narendra Modi Govt Is Keen To Revive Pre-Nationalisation Days
By Dr. Soma Marla Taking clues from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s last year’s budget speech on the government’s intention to privatise a few PSU banks, media reports appeared last week on the government’s intention to introduce a Bill during the coming monsoon session to privatise them and relax the...
Shinzo Abe Played A Leading Role In Adapting Japan To Needs Of New Century
By Anjan Roy It is symptomatic of the ultra-nationalistic indoctrination of China under Xi that news of the attack on former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was greeted with celebrations on their internet social media. Shinzo Abe had reversed two of Japan’s self-inflicted restraints or flagellation. Shinzo Abe had...
Narendra Modi’s Sermons On Colonial Education Contain Half-Truths
By Sushil Kutty One servant to the other: Blame it on the British. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said July 7, that the education system India inherited was designed by the British Raj to create a “servant class”. The Prime Minister couldn’t have justified his ‘pradhan sevak’ title in a...
Search Begins For Joint Opposition’s Vice-Presidential Candidate
By Rahil Nora Chopra In a step forward, Congress is all set to look for a joint candidate of Opposition parties for the vice-presidential election. Congress has assigned the task to Mallikarjun Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, to communicate with the opposition parties and...
Nitish Kumar Is Blowing Hot And Cold In His Relationship With BJP
By Arun Srivastava It is not yet clear whether the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words would prove to be prophetic that Draupadi Murmu’s candidacy could become unifying factor in bringing together all parties, but one thing is certain that Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi have started the process of...
Social Protection For Rural Workers Remains A Dream
By Gyan Pathak Social protection for rural workers in ‘remains a dream’ though 80 per cent of the poor of the world live in rural areas. Inadequate safety at work, low wage, lack of stability and security, and excessive working hours are the grinding stones for them in which...
BJP’s Hyderabad Conclave Has Pushed For One Party Dictatorship
By Prakash Karat THE drive to establish one-party authoritarian rule was clearly expressed by the union home minister, Amit Shah, at the national executive meeting of the BJP held in Hyderabad on July 2-3. Moving the political resolution, Amit Shah said that the next 30-40 years will be the...
Boris Johnson’s Downfall Is Welcome But Tory Alternative Is No Different
By David Broder Boris Johnson’s downfall is the culmination of months of pressure on his leadership, punctuated by repeated scandals over his lying to the public and Parliament. Reports of sexual groping by deputy chief whip Chris Pincher — and Johnson’s knowledge of his past misconduct, before he appointed...
Italian Political Turmoil Deepens As 60 Deputies Split From Ruling M5S
By Nick Wright The weather is hot, tempers are short and, once again, government is in crisis. It normally is — and this one will not be settled while Italians are heading for the beaches. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has split from the populist Movimento Cinque Stella...
In India, Rules Are Meant To Be Obeyed By Leaders Of Opposition Only, Not Ruling Party
By Sushil Kutty ‘Why do we obey rules?’ asks The New Yorker and then stretches the answer till one of the rules is about how everybody has the right to let go of the rules too strenuous to live by. And, from what is happening in our own country...
Kerala Minister’s Resignation: Advantage LDF, CPI(M)
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a quick move which has blunted the edge of the Opposition’s criticism, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has secured the resignation of Culture and Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian from his Cabinet. Cherian has had to resign a day after he made the controversial remarks...
RJD’s Expanding Base Is Worrying Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Political signals emanating from Bihar are important for two major reasons – first, these could drastically alter the contours of politics in the state, and secondly, it could potentially impact the communal politics across the country. The most recent changes include defection in All India...
Former Bureaucrats Urge Supreme Court To Review Jafri Judgment Suo Motu
By Gursimran Kaur Bakshi Supreme Court’s judgment in Zakia Jafri versus State of Gujarat came under critical scrutiny by many former civil servants who form the well-known civil society group, Constitutional Conduct Group (‘CCG’) on Tuesday. According to CCG, it is not the dismissal of the appeal that has...
