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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.Amit Shah’s Visit To Madhya Pradesh Focuses On BJP’s Preparations For 2023 Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Barely nine hour visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has helped to boost Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s prestige in his party and also in the politics of the state. In the course of his speeches at various programmes in Bhopal Shah paid...
The Importance Of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar In Bihar Politics
By Arun Srivastava Two decades back Lalu Prasad Yadav had stopped the Rath Yatra of L K Advani and now, once the protégé of Advani, the Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar is contemplating to stop the victory chariot of Narendra Modi. But there is vast difference between the two....
The State Is Punishing Lives, Not Just Deviant Behaviour Of The Accused
By Murali Karnam and Udit Singh Earlier this year, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of a convict to an imprisonment sentence of 30 years without remission. The court observed that the convict was denied fair opportunity to defend himself during the trial. While justifying the commutation, it...
French Far Right Has Lost In Presidential Polls But It Has Emerged Stronger
By C.J. Atkins For the third time in 20 years, the anti-immigrant far right has been blocked from winning the French presidency at the last minute, leaving many breathing a sigh of relief. But with Marine Le Pen scoring the highest total ever for the extreme right—41.5% against incumbent...
Union Government’s Price Indexes Are Not Reliable
By Nantoo Banerjee Indian consumers are reeling under high inflationary pressures. The costs of food, clothes, housing, transportation, medicine and healthcare have all gone up by 50 to 60 percent or even more since the middle of last year. The high fuel prices are impacting the prices of almost...
Chinese Yuan Gets Prominence In Global Trade In Wake Of War In Ukraine
By Subrata Majumder China was eager to introduce Yuan as reference currency for Rupee-Rouble rate. According to Global Times, official media of China, “India was reportedly considering Chinese Yuan a reference currency to settle the Rupee-Rouble trade”. Owing to sharp depreciation of Russian Rouble due to Ukraine invasion by...
Bulldozer Is The New Weapon Of The Ruling Hindu Right In India
By Amulya Ganguli Sharad Pawar was not revealing a state secret when he accused the BJP of creating a communal situation in the country. Ever since the hijab-halal-azaan row in Karnataka and elsewhere, the BJP’s intention of raising the communal temperature has been obvious. However, the purpose is unclear....
Nitish Kumar May Be Bracing For A New Turn In His Political Life
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The last one week has triggered a range of speculations regarding the direction in which Bihar politics is moving which included the claim that chief minister Nitish Kumar will be moving to play a greater political role in New Delhi and the counter claim that...
Medium And Small Enterprises May Soon Get Kisan Credit Card Type Facility
By K R Sudhaman MSMEs which formed the backbone of India’s industrial development, exports and job creation, may soon get credit card similar to Kisan credit cards to deal with their credit woes that is presently stunting the economic growth. This follows repeated recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing committee...
Bengal CPI(M) Gets A Chance For Emerging As Second Party Behind Trinamool
By Ashis Biswas Despite flickering signs of a revival of lost support for the CPI(M) in West Bengal , observers are not yet sure that the party is about to turn the corner in the short term. By no means unsympathetic to the CPI(M) or the Left in general,...
Republicans Are Waging A Cultural War To Win Mid Term Polls In November
By Debabrata Biswas BOSTON: America is having a midterm election for the Congress in November this year which will be very important for the future course of politics in this country and its impact worldwide. In this upcoming election, the Republicans, as it appears, under the present circumstances, have...
Saudis Rooting For A Republican Revival
By James M Dorsey Rather than push for an immediate improvement of strained relations with the United States, Saudi Arabia appears to be looking forward to a time when US President Joe Biden’s wings may be clipped. The kingdom seems to be betting on a better reception in Washington...
Congress Is Facing A Do Or Die Battle In Coming Gujarat Assembly Elections
By Harihar Swarup Elections in Gujarat have traditionally been direct fights between the BJP and the Congress. However, the 2022 Assembly polls expected to be held in November-December, are set to be different after Aam Aadmi Party announced it would contest all 182 seats. The ruling BJP is attempting...
Labour Market Recovery In 2022 Will Be Slower
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Economic outlook for all the countries across the world in 2022 remains fragile due to a range of issues including rising COVID-19 caseloads, higher inflation, and Russian aggression on Ukraine. Economic recovery has been assessed to be slower than the projected earlier, which will make...
Flippant Laws Make Life Full Of Risks For Common Citizens
By K Raveendran We have so many laws to be followed that it is virtually impossible to live for a moment without breaking one. It is a different matter that some of these laws had ceased to have any relevance ages ago, but these continue to fill the statute...
Hindutva And Mobocracy Are Running Side By Side In Indian Politics
By Sushil Kutty “The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it”, said somebody and most of us would not get the meaning right because calculating the ‘square root’ is not everybody’s forte. But in today’s climate, the...
CPI(M), CPI Rule Out Muslim League’s Entry Into Kerala Left Front
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a controversy that the CPI(M) could have done without at this crucial juncture. But that was not to be. The controversy erupted when newly-appointed Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener E P Jayarajan ‘invited’ the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), an ally of the...
Akhilesh Yadav Banking On Youth For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and national President Akhilesh Yadav have given call to party leaders and workers to prepare for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Significantly Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav visited Mainpuri and other places to interact with party leaders and workers and...
