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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.Cryptocurrency As Democratic Force In Myanmar’s Political Upheaval
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Just when the world seemed to conveniently forget the military rule in Myanmar and the oppression, torture, and killing of pro-democracy protesters over the last 10 months, the indomitable spirit of freedom has spoken up. The shadow government in Myanmar has accepted Tether’s stablecoin USDT...
Congress Is Not Fully Prepared To Take Forward Rahul’s Battle Against Hindutva
By Arun Srivastava Aggressive Rahul Gandhi in his exertion to expose the allegory of Narendra Modi of being the real face of Hindu and Hindutva got himself ensnared into the trap laid down by RSS. Rahul should have realised that Congress’s stand for soft Hindu or Hinduism would not...
For Congress, Defending Rahul’s View On Hindutva Is A Big Challenge
By Sushil Kutty Comparing whether Rahul Gandhi got his Hindu and Hindutva right or did Yoga guru Baba Ramdev laugh too soon at Rahul’s distinction is an exercise in futility. Neither can claim expertise in semantics, let alone in Hindu and in Hindutva. But leave aside all that and...
Price Rise And Inflation Are Going Out Of Control In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Wholesale Price Index based inflation rose to the highest in the present series that begun in 2011-12 to 14.23 per cent in November 2021, simply put, it is 12 years high. The figures are even highest since April 2005 if we compare it to...
RBI Panel Says Physical Channel Lending Will Soon Become Obsolete
By K Raveendran The Reserve Bank of India has been cautioning public about the risk of falling victims to ‘one-click-loans’ of fancy amounts promised by apps. Email and text messages to this effect have been proliferating, especially during and post-pandemic phase, which has seen family budgets as well as...
Jay Chaudhry, A Serial Disrupter Is Now 45th Among Richest Americans In 2021
By Harihar Swarup Jay Chaudhry is a serial disrupter. Born in a small scale farmer in Himachal Pradesh, he went on to found and sell four high-tech firms before starting his fifth, Zscaler, a cyber-security behemoth that has made him the wealthiest Indian American, and put him #45 overall,...
Cuba Defeats Covid-19 With Learning, Science, And Indigenous Expertise
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Education is central to Cuba’s brand of socialism. The revolutionary government’s dedication to scientific knowledge and healthcare for all shows up now as Cubans cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States is not so lucky. Cubans have wholeheartedly carried out masking, social-distancing, testing...
A New International Forum Of Radical Artists Has Been Formed In Britain
By Ben Lunn Almost since the day the fight for socialism became organised, artists in Britain have looked for ways to use their talents in the aid of this great vision. In the 1930s Alan Bush founded the William Morris Music Society as an organisation for artists to discuss...
Parliament’s Winter Session Is Having The Same Fate As Last Two Years
By Kalyani Shankar Former President Pranab Mukherjee, as leader of the House, vexed with the unruly behaviour of the Opposition (then it was BJP), observed that only three ‘Ds’– Discussion, Debate and Dissent – have a place in Parliament and not the ‘fourth ‘D’ -Disruptions. Unfortunately, both the houses...
Both China And U.S. Are Fighting In Bangladesh For Political Loyalties
By Ashis Biswas It’s official. In Bangladesh, China backs the ruling Awami League (AL) firmly Western countries, led by the US and the EU, are becoming increasingly more supportive of the main opposition outfit, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Ironically, it was during the BNP’s tenure in 1991 followed...
Anatomy Of The Governor-Government Standoff In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The standoff between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over ‘political cronyism’ in university appointments is most unfortunate. What is causing grave concern is the fact that the government-Governor spat is occurring with...
Lockdowns In 2020 Could Not Contain Crimes In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lockdowns and containment measures imposed in 2020 to contain COVID-19 had greatly impacted all sectors of the country except crime which registered and increase. Crime like theft accounted for 76.6 percent of all offences against property, perhaps driven by a pressing need to fill the...
Our Prime Minister Is Forgetting Some Omicron Is On Prey In Varanasi Also
By Sushil Kutty The friendly neighbourhood coronavirus ‘Omicron’ has claimed its first kill in the developed West—an unfortunate person in the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this in London when in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi was setting an example by going mask-less in the company...
Narendra Modi Government Caught In A Dilemma Over Crypto Bill
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Narendra Modi government seems to be caught in a dilemma over the crypto bill that is scheduled to be introduced during the ongoing winter session of parliament. It has maintained a rigid posture throughout the current year by letting out that a ban on...
Gauhati High Court Setting Aside Many Decisions Of Foreigners Tribunals
By Gauri Anand The Gauhati High Court has set aside multiple orders of Foreigners’ Tribunals in the span of one month. The tribunals had declared individuals to be foreigners in all of these cases in an erratic manner, with little substantiation of its process, indicating the need for a...
U.S. And NATO Play With Fire In Their Latest Anti-Russia Campaign
By John Wojcik Major media, led by the New York Times and MSNBC, are stepping up a campaign that could result in military action by NATO and the U.S. against Russia. They apparently want to add an anti-Russia campaign to their ongoing attacks on China. If these corporate press...
India Needs Strong Military-Industrial Manufacturing Base
By Nantoo Banerjee Russia’s continuing support to help India build modern military ware, from guns to fighter jets, missiles and submarines, despite its growing critical defence supplies and technology tie-ups with China, is a clear example of the fact that the Indo-Russian relationship is unshakable by changing global power...
Rahul Gandhi’s Positioning As Hindu As Against Hindutva Has Been Timed
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is not afraid—the ‘Hindu’ in him has taken over, and he is not scared of ‘Hindutva’. Gandhi travelled to Jaipur to clarify this division. Some would call it a “division of Hindu votes”, but Rahul Gandhi was on a larger point—the Gandhi...
