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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.West Banning Russia From SWIFT Is A Jolt To Putin’s Financial Muscle
By Anjan Roy Russia has been thrown out of what is called the “SWIFT” system, which is a kind of global gmail network among banks to undertake their funds transactions securely. Exclusion from this network would mean that Russian banks would not be able to carry out their normal...
When Diplomatic Allies Fight, It Is Unwise To Pick Sides
By Nantoo Banerjee Indian diplomacy has shown a great character and maturity by not taking sides in the Ukraine crisis in the face of a warlike situation there involving the US-led NATO and Russia. All the key actors engaged in building a highly belligerent situation over Ukraine are some...
Cryptocurrency Can Not Help Russia Much To Avert Financial Isolation
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the fierce battle between the two nations for the last 5 days have strengthened the worst fears of our times. It seems that a war is never a done thing; it’s always possible. But what’s truly devastating is the...
Ukraine War: Human Tragedy And The Bigger Economic Disaster
By Matein Khalid The Russian invasion of Ukraine is both a humanitarian tragedy and an economic disaster. Something is dangerously wrong in a world where its second largest oil producer is now a pariah state and will soon be crippled once its banks are ejected from SWIFT. Russia and...
Dangerous Inequalities In Workmen Need Urgent Redressal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The outcome of the Global Forum for Human-centred Recovery must be taken seriously by the Modi government which is preparing to roll out the profit oriented labour reforms in 2022, in the form of four labour codes, at a time when India urgently needs to...
Two National Parties BJP And Congress Are Marginal Powers In Tamil Nadu
By K R Sudhaman It is really amusing that there is a raging tug-of-war between two national parties, Congress and BJP over who finished poor 3rd or 4th in the recently held Tamil Nadu urban local body elections where none of the party made it to single corporation even...
Odisha Rural Polls Verdict Confirms Trends Of Regional Grassroots
By Sushil Kutty Rural Odisha isn’t wasting time on Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Instead, the grassroots voted for the Biju Janata Dal, the Odisha political party with a dead man’s name for mascot. Biju Patnaik was Chief Minister and incumbent Chief Minister Navin Patnaik’s father. But...
BJP Is Going All Out To Retain Power In Uttar Pradesh Defying Many Odds
By Harihar Swarup In Uttar Pradesh politics, predicting an electoral winner is difficult and foolhardy in equal measure. This is a state that has not given any chief minister a second chance at a full five-year term. It has an electorate that has long debunked the prophesy that whosoever...
Putin Pushing For A New World Order Through Ukraine
By James M. Dorsey Ukraine is about much more than the security of one sovereign nation. The battle for Ukraine is a battle for the new world order. In that battle, Russian President Vladimir Putin is living up to the worst expectations of Western policymakers and analysts. Unlike Chinese...
Gold Shines Again As Safe Haven As Ukraine War Intensifies
By K Raveendran The Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided yet another instance of gold proving its safe haven value. As Russian forces entered Ukraine and pressed towards Kiev, gold price surged to an intra-day high of US$1,974 per ounce on Thursday, corresponding to Rs 52,797 per 10 grams...
Centre Needs Some Emergency Planning To Deal With Impact Of Ukraine War
By K R Sudhaman India cannot be oblivious to the fact that any war in Europe will impact its economy and trade. It may not be direct but the consequences will be felt in different areas in different ways, more so because India is now a close ally of...
Rajasthan Govt’s Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme Is Commendable
By Richa Chintan Presenting the State Budget 2022-23, the Rajasthan Government, on February 23, announced the introduction of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme. This scheme guarantees 100 days of employment in a year to those families residing in the urban areas who seek work. After Himachal Pradesh,...
Ukraine War Is Adding To More Orphans After Staggering Number From Covid
By Sushil Kutty So, as Ukraine eats into our conscience and we shirk from thinking of Ukrainian children caught in the Russia-Ukraine war, which is increasingly beginning to look like a battle of egos of two individuals, one presiding over a war-machine with the second best ranking in the...
No NATO Membership Of Ukraine May Be The Basis Of Ceasefire By Russia
By C.J. Atkins Despite the slanted propaganda that passes for “news” in the mainstream Western media right now, the truth of the matter is that there are no good guys when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine. But depending on the day, some of the bad guys outdo...
BJP Wooing BSP Supporters In Fifth Phase Of Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: By praising BSP during fifth phase campaigning in Uttar Pradesh polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has not only attempted to confuse dalit and muslim voters but also hinted about post poll alliance in the event of a a hung assembly after March 10. Much...
KCR, Mamata, Pawar, Thackeray Inch Closer To Third Front
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political buzz around the formation of a third front is back. While talk of a third front has been recurrent, the key difference this time is that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party...
It Is Vladimir Putin’s War In Ukraine, Narendra Modi Can Have Little Role
By Sushil Kutty It is Vladimir Putin’s war and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot do zilch to make it come to an end though for some unfathomable reason the Ukrainian ambassador in New Delhi believes Modi can sway Putin from his decades-long resolve to reassemble the dismantled USSR...
Global Left Can Never Support Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine At This Hour
By David Broder Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sickening. Vladimir Putin had this Monday claimed that the “Kiev regime” refused any resolution of the conflict in the Donbas except through “military means.” The Russian president now claims to resolve it with far more bloodshed, already spreading beyond the...
