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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.2015 Minsk2 Agreement Is The Only Basis Now For Averting War On Ukraine
By Nitya Chakraborty The confrontation over Ukraine between Russia and the United States has reached a decisive stage with President Putin recognizing the two breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk and soon after President Joe Biden announcing strong sanctions aimed at crippling the leading Russian banks and the financial institutions....
Ukraine Tensions Bring Coal A New Lease Of Life In Energy Mix
By K Raveendran Tensions over Ukraine have combined with record-high gas prices to raise questions about the long-term security of gas imports through Russian-operated pipelines, giving coal a new place of importance in the energy mix. European countries have been gradually decommissioning coal infrastructure over recent years, as the...
Middle East Faces Spill-Over Effect From Ukraine War Threats
By James M Dorsey Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern states could prove to be a close second. That is no truer than for Turkey and Israel, whose management of the Ukraine crisis could determine their...
Russia-NATO Confrontation Over Ukraine Has Implications For Health System
By Dr Arun Mitra Whole world has suffered due to humanitarian crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic. The threat is not yet completely over as we are still not certain about the new variants of the rapidly mutating virus. Even though vaccination has given some respite, but glaring inequity in...
DMK Sweep In Tamil Nadu Local Body Elections Is A Mandate For Stalin
By K R Sudhaman The recent urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu held for the first time after 2011 has helped strong ruling DMK in the state to consolidated further decimating its rival opposition AIADMK. DMK won all the 21 corporations and unseated AIADMK in its traditional stronghold...
Make Healthcare System Strong Enough To Face Future Threats
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Circulation of all variants of coronavirus is declining, but it should not make the people and the public health authorities to put off their guards against the COVID-19. Government still needs to prepare the healthcare system ready to face any future threats, and people to...
The Unique Story Of The Pig Heart Transplantation Scientist M M Mohiuddin
By Sushil Kutty As the hijab controversy simmers and the Karnataka High Court hears the case whether wearing the hijab is essential practice in Islam, there are people who are asking if a recent breakthrough in heart transplants involving the heart of a pig does not tell a story...
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Is A Recluse Now
By Harihar Swarup Why former West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a hardcore Marist, declined to accept Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, bestowed on him by BJP-led Central Government? He put forward a feeble excuse for rejecting the prestigious award, saying he was not informed about it. This...
Forming Of A Federal Front Of Regional Parties Without Congress May Not Work
By Kalyani Shankar Will too many cooks spoil the Opposition broth? Many players in the national opposition camp are trying to come together ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against the BJP. You have Congress President Sonia Gandhi attempting to form a united opposition coalition. You have West...
Decoding CPI(M)’s Draft Political Resolution For 23rd Party Congress
By Nitya Chakraborty The CPI(M) central committee has just released its draft political resolution (DPR) for discussion and adoption at the 23rd congress of the party scheduled in Kerala in April this year. The last party congress was held in 2018 and this DPR assesses the course of developments...
Supreme Court Bench To Consider Interim Report On Pegasus On February 25
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice N V Ramana will be considering on February 25 the interim report submitted to the apex body by the technical committee set up by the CJI through his order given on October 27 last year to go...
Priyanka Gandhi Can Spring Some Surprises In Uttar Pradesh Elections
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Priyanka Gandhi with her strategy, road shows and public meetings in fourth phase constituencies in assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh on February 23, can give surprise results for the Congress party. Priyanka Gandhi worked very hard to save Nehru -Gandhi bastion in Rae Bareli and...
Kerala Govt Petition To Centre On Right To Recall Governor Makes Sense
By Sushil Kutty To expect the Modi Government to hand over powers to recall a governor to a state government is naïve. Governors are appointed and function at the pleasure of the Centre. They can be recalled only by the Centre, in which case “recall” is a synonym for...
Kerala Government’s Commendable Conflict Resolution
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a classic example of commendable conflict resolution in the face of extreme provocation. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s efficient handling of the explosive situation averted a confrontation with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. The confrontation came about when the Governor refused to...
‘Communist Manifesto’ Is More Relevant Now On Its 175th Year Of Publication
By Nadia Urbinati The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21 in 1848, doesn’t suggest that we should imagine the future. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels tell us that the future is harbored within things themselves, and that is why it is rational to desire it. So it makes...
Remembering Martyrdom In East Pakistan On Language Issue In 1952
By Sankar Ray Nearly four years before the martyrdom of Abul Barkat, Abdul Jabbar, Rafiquddin Ahmad, Abdus Salam and Shafiur Rahman on 21 February 1952, polymath Syed Mujtaba Ali, linguist and Bengali litterateur predicted dismemberment of Pakistan. At a meeting of Sylhet Sahitya Sangsad (Sylhet Literary Council on 30...
Bad Loans Of Indian Banks Leapfrogged In Last Seven Years
By Nantoo Banerjee Business is rarely risk free. So are bank loans. There is nothing unusual about non-performing loans or assets. They exist in every economy. But, when business promoters collude with bank management to manipulate loans in their personal favour, they become a matter of serious concern. And,...
Regional Chief Ministers Are Positioning For Post March 10 Scenario
By Nitya Chakraborty The non-BJP chief ministers belonging to the regional parties have become most active in the ongoing phase of the state assemblies elections getting the smell of a weakened BJP after the results are out on March 10.Telangana chief minister K C Chandrasekhar Rao has emerged as...
