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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.Nobody Can Be Deprived Of Liberty Or Property Without Due Process Of Law
By V. Venkatesan The Supreme Court held on Wednesday that nobody can be deprived of liberty or property without due process, or authorization of law. The recognition of this dates back to the 1700s to the decision of the King’s Bench Court in Britain in Entick vs. Carrington (1765)...
Sri Lanka A Template Of Risks In Chinese Debt Trap Diplomacy
By K Raveendran The emergence of Sri Lanka as a template for the fallout of infrastructure development with Chinese funding will save thousands of diplomatic man-hours for India in checkmating the Chinese ‘String of Pearls’ agenda. New Delhi has tried to counter the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative with...
CPI Greets The 23rd Congress Of CPI(M) In Kannur Which Began On April 6
By D. Raja On behalf of the Communist Party of India, I extend REVOLUTIONARY greetings to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). I express my sincere thanks for inviting me to the inaugural session. The 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) is taking place in Kerala,...
Trinamool Congress Worried At AAP’s Expansion Plans In Bengal And North East
By Ashis Biswas In the fight for the pole position among regional outfits, the Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by Mr Arvind Kejriwal has opened up a sizable lead over early front runner Trinamool Congress (TMC). What’s worse for TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, present trends do not favour her...
Akhilesh Yadav Galvanises Samajwadi Party Cadres To Fight Yogi.2 Regime
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav who took over as Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly after the recent state assembly elections, is now in an action mode monitoring every step of Yogi government and taking decision accordingly. Soon after taking over as...
New Strategy Required By Centre To Overcome Pandemic Risks
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even as the new COVID-19 infections are declining and countries across the world are withdrawing the curbs they had imposed, including the mandatory requirement of wearing mask and physical distancing, a latest IMF working paper says that the pandemic is not over, and the health...
Hefty Crypto Taxes From April 1 Have Led To Massive Drop In Transactions
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After the brand new crypto taxes came into effect on April 1, the digital asset exchanges serving Indian market have reported a massive drop in transaction volume and domain traffic. As per a research and rating firm, the fall in transaction volume in the first...
Raghav Chadha’s Rise From Anna Movement To AAP’s Punjab Win
By Harihar Swarup It was the fag end of the ‘India Against Corruption’ movement, led by Anna Hazare. Raghav Chadha, who was 22 back then, began his practice as a chartered account. He sought an appointment with Arvind Kejriwal, the prime mover of the campaign. And the rest is...
Football World Cup: Qatar Puts Its Best Foot Forward
By James M Dorsey This is Qatar’s year to put its best foot forward. A major producer of natural gas, the tiny Gulf state is under the magnifying glass as it enters the final phase of hosting the 2022 World Cup later this year and emerges as a potential...
CPI(M)’s 23rd Party Congress Must Help Unite Seculars Against Saffrons
By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is holding its 23rd Party Congress in Kerala this month, from April 6 to 10. The delegates attending this five-day session will be deliberating on both the national and international situations, and, on the final day, will be adopting...
Centre Has To Extend All Possible Assistance To Beleaguered Sri Lanka
By Kalyani Shankar The ongoing Sri Lanka crisis finds echoes across the Palk straits in Tamil Nadu as refugees have started arriving in the state over the past fortnight. Since the Eelam war ended in 2009, this is the first time refugees have arrived on the Tamil Nadu coast....
Imran Khan Has Pushed Pakistan Into A Major Constitutional Crisis
By Sankar Ray Pakistan’s Prime Minister Kaptaan Imran Khan is in an existential crisis that pushed him personally into a political quagmire. His stature worsened further following the crucial observation by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial during the hearing of a suo moto matter following the...
The Task Is Cut Out For The CPI-M At Its 23rd Congress
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: All eyes are riveted on Kannur in Kerala, where the 23rd Party Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is set to begin on April 6. Strengthening the party at the national level to make it politically more relevant. That will be accorded top...
India And China To Be Most Exposed Due To Stranded Assets
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India and China would be the most exposed countries in the world to shutting down of fossil-fuel infrastructures in the mitigation pathways to climate change, and if the existing units would continue to be operated as historically, they would entail CO2 emissions exceeding the carbon...
Putin Type Authoritarianism Gets Approval In Hungary, Serbia
By Sushil Kutty The West is agreeable so long as the world runs by its wits though the world for the West is limited to the United States, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and the Nato-wired European Union. The rest of the planet can go to hell, or...
Public Mental Health In India: A Case Of Misplaced Priorities
By Mukul Bhowmick and Sangeeta Rege In 2017, President Ram Nath Kovind stated that India was facing a “possible mental health epidemic” and asserted the need to provide accessible mental health services by 2022. Almost prophetically in India’s Union Budget for financial year 2022-23, mental health found a...
RBI Has Failed To Check Surging Inflation
By Nantoo Banerjee Prices are bubbling up. Food, fuel and fertiliser costs are surging almost daily. Inflation seems to have got a free pass in India. The country’s wholesale price index, which tracks goods at factory gates, rose almost 13 percent from a year earlier in January. The gauge...
Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka Turns Into A Major Political Imbroglio
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After an economic crisis, Sri Lanka has plunged into a political crisis now. On Monday morning, news reports said that the entire Sri Lankan Cabinet has resigned. There were also rumors that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had resigned or would resign soon but his office...
