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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.Shape Of Anti-BJP Front Of Regional Parties Is Not Clear Yet
By Rahil Nora Chopra In the midst of efforts by opposition parties to build a united front against the BJP for the next Lok Sabha elections in 2024, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Third Front is not possible without the Congress. However West Bengal Chief Minister...
India May Face Serious Fiscal Challenges Due To Energy Transition
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at the Glasgow UN climate change conference that India will meet a target of net-zero emissions by 2070. This means that India will face major energy transition challenge moving away from fossil fuels, which accounts for significant share of Indian...
Hostile Policy Drives Crypto Investors Away From Indian Exchanges
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India is making all the wrong noises on the cryptocurrency front! In the 10 days beginning April 1, transaction volume on top Indian crypto exchanges such as WazirX, CoinSwitchKuber, CoinDCX, and ZebPay, have declined by over 90 percent, normalized to last year. For context, WazirX,...
Remembering Charlie Chaplin On His 133rd Birthday On April 16, 2022
By Chauncey K. Robinson Saturday, April 16 this year marks what would have been the 133rd birthday of one of the most iconic entertainers in modern history, Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin’s career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era to the late 1970s. From the...
Remembering Dr B R Ambedkar On His Birthday On April 14
By D. Raja Dr. B R Ambedkar’s apprehensions that minorities would be tyrannised have come true. His remedy that Hindus should come forward to solve it needs urgent attention in our times. “Minority communities may be crushed. If not crushed they may be tyrannized and oppressed. They are sure...
Fire Of Hatred Spreading Faster Dividing The Nation
By Dr. Gyan Pathak What has been happening in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand now is a clear indication that the fire of hatred is spreading faster than we can douse. It has become a political tool and the major beneficiary is the BJP which is not only ruling these...
Contractor Santosh Patil’s Suicide Exposes Corruption In BJP Regime In Karnataka
By Sushil Kutty Civil contractor Santosh Patil took his life in an Udupi lodge, accusing Karnataka Rural Development Minister KS Eshwarappa of driving him to suicide. An FIR was lodged naming Eshwarappa as the prime accused. The “Others” included all his lackeys. But the gallows joke doing the rounds...
India’s Abstentions From Voting On UN Resolutions On Russia Make Sense
By Aman Kumar Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has not taken any position at the United Nations . In all of the voting, India has abstained. The recent abstention is regarding a resolution suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council. The Resolution “Express(es) grave concern at...
AMLO Wins Mexico’s First Ever Recall Election With 91.86 Per Cent Votes
By Kurt Hackbarth The outcome was never in doubt: Andrés Manuel López Obrador was going to win Mexico’s historic recall election on Sunday, April 10. And he did, with 91.86 percent of the vote — or 15.1 million out of 16.5 million votes cast. The election is important on...
United Nations’ Double Standards For Russia On Ukraine War
By James M Dorsey Russia’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council was long overdue, even without the mass killing of innocent civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. A country that poisons or otherwise does away with its critics at home and abroad and stifles freedom of...
Inflation Eating Away Earnings And Wages Faster Than Expected
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The erosion of about one per cent of value of rupee in the consumer market within a month was too great a shock for people to absorb. It was felt by everyone in March 2022, and the workers, senior citizens, women and children were among...
India’s Healthcare Policy Needs A Paradigm Shift To Serve The Commoners
By Dr Arun Mitra Healthcare today is faced with several challenges right from medical education, primary prevention of disease, delivery of healthcare, funding for healthcare, scientific inputs, drug pricing etc. In the ancient times promotion of good health was learnt through day-to-day experience, so developed the concept of developing...
There Are Many Lessons To Learn From Sri Lanka’s Economic Collapse
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On Tuesday, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal announced that the country would default on international debt payments until it receives a $3 billion bailout package it has asked for from the IMF. Sri Lanka’s external borrowings amount to $51...
Strong Case For Raising Retirement Age, Not Lowering
By K Raveendran Attorney General K K Venugopal has been a strong advocate of raising the retirement of judges as he feels 65 years is too early an age for anyone to retire. Serving as India’s AG at the age of 90, there is no one else who can...
Telangana Chief Minister Is Positioning Himself For National Role Before 2024 Polls
By Sushil Kutty This time, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao chose to travel to “national capital” Delhi. The last time it was to Mumbai, India’s commercial capital. Then, he sat with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to plot the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi come 2024. This...
CPI(M) Leadership Takes Cognisance Of Caste Politics At Party Congress
By Arun Srivastava It took 58 years for the CPI(M) to change its ideological compassion to induct a dalit leader Ramchandra Dome into its politburo the highest political and ideological decision making forum of the party. Besides Dome, the party also admitted four tribal leaders into the central committee....
Basavraj Bommai Is An Unusual Chief Minister In Karnataka With Socialist Past
By Harihar Swarup For an. unlikely Chief Minister, Basavraj Bommai, 61, got off to a good start. In the second month of his tenure, on September 2, 2021, he got a leg up when Union Home Minister Amit Shah—on his first visit to Karnataka after Bommai took over— endorsed...
Republicans Are Making Full Use Of Religion Defying U.S. Constitution
By Debabrata Biswas BOSTON: The American constitution in its 1st amendment adheres the principle of separation of Church and the State. It says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise there off.” The delegates to the 17 87 Constitutional Convention blocked...
