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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.Elon Musk Is Using His Social Media Platform To Throttle Liberalism
By Asad Mirza The recent seemingly eccentric and uncalled for comments by X’s owner Elon Musk against global leaders and governments, has once again brought the issue of setting the limits for Freedom of Expression, as per the democratic and decency norms of the society, not as dictated by...
Did Nitish Kumar Talk To Chandrababu Naidu About Joint Move Against BJP?
By Arun Srivastava Nobody except Narendra Modi knows Narendra Modi well, better than others. Leaders of almost all the political parties, even his BJP colleagues, are mythically in a state of confusion whether Modi would renounce Nitish Kumar and impose president’s rule in Bihar or Nitish would emerge on...
Digital Privacy Protection Must Avoid Pitfalls Of State Surveillance
By K. Raveendran The government has notified draft rules relating to the digital privacy protection law. Undoubtedly, this underscores a critical moment in the ongoing evolution of privacy legislation. The law, ostensibly designed to safeguard citizens, particularly children, from the darker corners of the digital realm, also raises profound...
Sambhal Issue Imparting A New Dimension To The Politics Of Uttar Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty Sambhal is an inflection point with many implications, some of which are already in play. One, there is a new ‘old Sambhal’ emerging before disbelieving eyes, the preserved remains of a long-lost town that existed much-much before the majority of those among today’s living were born,...
India To Witness Labour Reforms In 2025 In A Big Way
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The year 2024 saw the Union Government of India meticulously preparing the ground for proposed labour reforms, including the four controversial labour codes, and Employment Linked Incentive (ELI), though could not roll them out because of a range of issues, including hesitant attitude of India...
Politics Of Tariffs, Mass Deportation, Megalomania In New Year
By Matein Khalid Two tragic plane crashes in Azerbaijan/South Korea and now terrorist outrages in Las Vegas and New Orleans take the joy out of New Year’s Day but all we can hope that the world will be reinvented with a modicum of rationality when Donald Trump swears the...
Vietnam Emerging As The Best Performing Economy In South East Asia
By Nitya Chakraborty from Hanoi Vietnam, the Communist nation with nearly 10 crore population is presently the focus of the big investors of the world including the USA as the nation’s leadership has made a miracle in building a highly skilled youth brigade along with the creation of an...
Agricultural Marketing In India Once Again Is In The Eye Of The Storm
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Farmers have already been protesting against the Centre demanding legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their crops and also implementation of Swaminathan formula C2+50 per cent for calculating MSP so that they could gent remunerative price for their produce, where C2 is the...
PM Narendra Modi Has To Deal More With Hard Core Hindutva In 2025
By Sushil Kutty 2024 was a happening year. Happenstance, 2025 also will be. There was a new government at the Centre in 2024 — with the same old Prime Minister and a brand new Leader of the Opposition! In year 2025, there will be a new government in Delhi...
Centre Must Allocate Higher Funds In Budget For Healthcare And Education
By Dr Arun Mitra At the time of Indian independence in 1947 with GDP at 2.7 lakh crore that is 3% of the world’s total GDP, it was a big challenge and horrendous task to meet aspirations of all sections of the society particularly the marginalized ones. Since the...
Nitish Kumar Sending Ominous Signals To BJP Before Bihar Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled to be held in October-November 2025, the BJP has commenced playing Kaun Banega CM with its ally in Bihar, the JD(U) First it was Union Home Minister Amit Shah dispelled speculations that the BJP might push for a Maharashtra-like...
From Indigenous Warships To Maritime Security, Indian Navy Has Moved Ahead
By Aritra Banerjee India is witnessing a transformative era in its naval history. On January 15, 2025, the Indian Navy will achieve a historic milestone by commissioning three advanced combat platforms—Nilgiri, Surat, and Vagsheer—on the same day. These platforms signify technological advancement and mark a crucial step in India’s...
Greece’s Syriza Party, Once The Hope Of European Left, Is In Tatters
By Panagiotis Sotiris ATHENS: First as tragedy, then as farce, and finally as that final season of a mediocre sit-com when every possible trick, even if obviously ridiculous, is used to attract some interest from the audience. This is one way to describe the complete implosion of Syriza, a...
2025 Must See The Emergence Of Strong Movement Of Left And Secular Forces
By P. Sudhir The year 2024, which has ended, has been a tumultuous one both nationally and internationally. In India, the year began with the State-sponsored installation of the idol at the newly-built but incomplete Ram temple at Ayodhya, a signal from the BJP rulers that the era of...
2025 Throws Up Major Challenges To The Left Wing Regimes Of Latin America In Retaining Power
By Nitya Chakraborty The Left wing forces in the Latin American region will be facing major test in the year 2025 as crucial Presidential elections as also the polls to the parliament will be held in four countries, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Honduras. Out of the four, excepting Ecuador,...
In 2025, Left Must Confront A Dystopian Right Fighting For Unchecked Power
By Ben Chacko LONDON: As we enter 2025, the exhaustion of liberal centrism across the West is clearer than ever. The return of Donald Trump to the White House. The recent collapse of the governments of France and Germany. Britain’s own experience — a Labour government resting on fewer...
Indian Workers Will Face Decline In Living Standards Due To Fall In Rupee Value
By Prabhat Patnaik The Indian newspapers have been full of stories about the fall of the rupee vis-à-vis the US dollar in the last few days. Just over a month ago, on November 27, the value of the dollar was Rs 84.559; by December29, it had risen to Rs...
Why Are The Children Missing From The Education System In India?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Falling enrolment of students in schools of India for the second year in a row in 2023-24 is a matter of serious concern. The year preceding the shutdown of schools across the country due to outbreak of the COVID-19 in 2020, enrolment of students had...
