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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.BJP In Panick To Weaken AAP Before Crucial State Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty The CBI action against AAP excise and education minister Manish Sisodia is betraying uneasiness in the BJP. More so, after America’s ‘No.1’ newspaper, the New York Times, put Sisodia on its front-page, declaring him the world’s ‘No.1 education minister’. This, two days after AAP...
U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Are Leading To The Decline Of Dollar
By Prabhat Patnaik The hegemony of the US dollar was based on the fact that the world’s wealth-holders considered it to be “as good as gold”, even when it was no longer officially convertible to gold at a fixed rate, as it had been under the Bretton...
Labour Market In India Becoming More Elusive To Youth
By Gyan Pathak Labour market in India is becoming more and more elusive for youth. During the last six years their participation in the total workforce in the country has dropped from 17 to 13 per cent at a time when their population increased from 26 to 28...
Governor- LDF Govt Standoff Takes A New Turn In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRIVANTHAPURAM: The confrontation between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government of Kerala on the Kannur University issue has touched a new low. A protracted legal battle is in the offing with the Vice-Chancellor of the Kannur Varsity...
Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav Vows To Fulfil Old Jobs Pledge
By Rahil Nora Chopra With Tejashwi Yadav becoming the deputy CM of Bihar, media persons reminded him of his pledge of providing 10 lakh jobs. Seeing the political situation and Nitish Kumar’s prime ministerial aspirations, he played a masterstroke and announced that his government would create up to...
Next Round Of GST Readjustment To Lead To More Price Increases
By K Raveendran A brief respite in retail inflation registered for July may not be of much assurance about price stability as another GST readjustment is threatening to push up prices of items of mass consumption. Retail inflation was steady in June, although well above the...
Decoding My Seventy Two Years In Independent India: Part Three
By Nitya Chakraborty In 1984 Lok Sabha elections held during the national wave in favour of the Congress following the murder of Indira Gandhi, the ruling party got the maximum number of seats – 414. The BJP was decimated electorally with only two seats. The 40-year-old Rajiv Gandhi started...
Burgeoning Strategic Ties Of India With USA Is A Threat To Sovereignty
By Prakash Karat The Narendra Modi government is deepening strategic ties with the United States on all fronts. Three events which took place in the last few weeks highlight this growing proximity to the geopolitical designs of the United States. India has joined a new grouping called...
War Of Attrition Between Narendra Modi And RSS Intensifies
By Arun Srivastava The political spectre looming over the country points to bad days. The recent political actions of Narendra Modi without any ambiguity underline the threat of India turning into an authoritarian state. Modi has turned so self-aggrandizer that he is reluctant to stand to his...
Livestock Smuggling To Bangladesh Is Witnessing Changing Patterns
By Ashis Biswas While it has not been possible for the Border Security Force (BSF) and different state police authorities to reduce illegal cattle sales to Bangladesh to zero level, cow smuggling has declined sharply over the years. However, reports from Assam and West Bengal areas close to...
