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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.Kejriwal Now The Front-Runner In The Opposition Ranks
By Amulya Ganguli In the race to be the first among the opposition leaders for taking on the BJP at the national level, it appears that Arvind Kejriwal has edged ahead of Mamata Banerjee for the moment. The reason is not only the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) impressive victory...
International Transgender Day Of Visibility Passes Unnoticed In India
By Gursimran Bakshi The International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual awareness day, celebrated on March 31. It honours the courage of transgender and non-binary people around the globe, who do not conform to the societal standards of heteronormativity. They have suffered systematic discrimination and prejudice based...
Rupee-Rouble Oil Deal Could Be Key Plank Of Putin’s Sanctions-Busting
By K Raveendran The proposed rupee-rouble trade for oil will be a key ingredient, along with Russian insistence on rouble payments from European gas customers, in Putin’s sanctions-busting programme. The Biden administration has obviously seen the implications of an India-Russia oil deal and it is no surprise, therefore, that...
Amit Shah’s New MCD Bill Spells Doom For Delhi Local Bodies
By Harihar Swarup Last week, Union house minister Amit Shah introduced a brand new bill within the Lok Sabha to unify the three municipal bodies of Delhi (MCDs). Whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says that the bill was brought to rid the MCD of its perennial monetary disaster,...
Three Months From Now To Prove Crucial For Workforce In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Three months from now will prove crucial for the workforce in India, since the Modi government is expecting to be fully prepared for implementation of the four controversial labour codes in the country by June end or beginning of July. This is precisely the period...
CJI N V Ramana Has Questioned Again The Credibility Of CBI And Other Agencies
By Sushil Kutty So there have been questions raised about the “actions and inactions of the CBI, regarding its credibility in some cases.” But even the Supreme Court of India cannot do much on its own on this serious institution required to run the country. All that CJI NV...
Fuel Price Hike Rekindles Debate On Balancing Direct And Indirect Taxes
By K R Sudhaman The Narendra Modi government may be elated at the ever increasing GST collections in recent months with the revival of the economy. A record GST collections of Rs 1.42 lakh crore in March this year is good and it also indicates that more and more...
Death Of A Doctor: Harassment Haunts Medical Profession
By Dr Arun Mitra Suicide by Dr Archna Sharma, a senior Gynaecologist of Dausa in Rajasthan has shaken the medical fraternity. A patient is reported to have died during a procedure after which the attendants reportedly under the patronage of a BJP leader created ruckus. The police instead of...
Delay In Release Of Prisoners After Bail: Case For Reform
By Deeksha Dwivedi The protection for individual freedom from arbitrary and unreasonable exercise of power, and authority of the State was sought to be secured by the Constitutional command that “no personal shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law”....
Covid Intensity Has Lessened But The Challenges Still Remain
By Dr. Gyan Pathak General decline in COVID-19 cases in India has emboldened several states in the country to remove curbs, even as in the morning of April 1, 2022 a slight increase in new infection were reported in the last 24 hours to 1335 from 1225 a day...
Centre Has To Opt For Alternative Pricing Mechanism For Petro-Products
By Prabhat Patnaik In the five days ending March 26, petrol and diesel prices in the country had been hiked four times, with more such daily hikes in the offing. On each occasion the hike had been by 80 paise per litre, so that the total increase during the...
Modi Government Is Using All Means To Curb The Powers Of State Govts
By Sushil Kutty The last time Union Home Minister Amit Shah stood up in the Lok Sabha to discuss the affairs of a state, that state was bifurcated and broken into two union territories. This time around, Shah has done the opposite—merged three municipal corporations into a single block...
No To NATO For Restoring Peace In Ukraine And Just World Order
By D. Raja Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, one organization has come to focus that is NATO. This organization can be seen all over the conflict. This infamous organization is the North Atlantic Treaty Association commonly referred to as NATO. Formed in the aftermath of the...
In Pandemic Period, The Injustices To The Underprivileged Have Increased
By Krishna Jha History is always a series of justice for one and the injustice for the other. It is the way evolution moves. Finding new ways amidst the darkest clouds, leaving them behind and move on. The days of March 28 and 29 were the similar days in...
Could Sharad Pawar Be Chosen As New UPA Chairperson?
By Rahil Nora Chopra After the bleak show put up by the Congress in the five recently held state assembly elections, lingering questions about its ability to lead the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) any longer have been doing the rounds. Sensing an opportunity, the NCP is pushing the candidature...
Israel Takes Centre-Stage Of Middle East Politics
By James M Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United States: Israel is key to the security of Gulf autocracies and continued US engagement in the Middle East. It may be...
Europe Is Replacing Energy Dependence On Russia With Reliance On Africa
By Eoghan Gilmartin In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this month the European Union unveiled plans to slash Russian gas imports by two-thirds over the next year and to cease all fossil fuel imports from the country “well before” 2030. Officials acknowledged that to meet such ambitious...
M K Stalin Is Now The Best Choice To Head A Revamped UPA
By Nitya Chakraborty Three weeks have passed since March 10 when the results of five state assembly elections were announced. From that very day, the winner in four states BJP, is preparing for the next round of elections scheduled in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat by the end of 2022....
