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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.Former Nepal Prime Minister K P S Oli Reelected Chairman Of CPN-UML
By Sankar Ray A disastrous spell as party chair and prime minister notwithstanding, reelection of 69-year old Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal –United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) at the party’s 10th General Convention on Tuesday, held at Sauraha, Chitwan, was a foregone conclusion –not...
Fraud In The Name Of Free Market: Fit Case For Court Intervention
By K Raveendran It is another instance of the diabolic game of giving by the left hand and taking by the right, the Modi government has played a prank on people by raising LPG prices. After all the hype and hoopla about the excise duty cut, though negligible in...
TRS Breaks Away From BJP, Now A Regular At Opposition Meets
By Sushil Kutty Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Member of Parliament Keshava Rao sat to the right of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who had a Covid-19 mask on. As far as the TRS was concerned, all masks were off, Keshava Rao was at the Opposition MPs’ meeting in Parliament with...
Trinamool Campaign Against BSF Is Extension Of Old Policy
By Ashis Biswas In West Bengal, the ongoing tirade against the Border Security Force (BSF) coming from the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) is essentially old wine in new bottle. Occasional sideswipes against the Centre-controlled paramilitary forces had always been a part of the political vocabulary of the ruling Left Front...
Vegetable Selling Emerges As A Survival Trade For Many
By Harihar Swarup There are many examples like Mahender Kumar, an autorickaw owner in Delhi. He has grown some 20 varieties of medicinal plants on the roof of his vehicle. He says it is his contribution to the efforts to improve Delhi’s air quality and weather. It also keeps...
Byju’s Post-IPO Market Cap: Something Is Wrong With This World
By Matein Khalid Every time I noticed a Garuda flight in Jakarta airport, visited the ancient Thai capital of Ayodhya or saw the Ramayana frescos in the royal palace complex in Bangkok or bantered with the Sikh ladies in Singapore’s Changi airport, I was reminded about India’s ancient civilizational...
Omicron: After-Effect May Be More Virulent Than Infection
By Anjan Roy Waves of new variants of the old accursed pandemic is bad news for the health of the planet. On top, the economic disruptions that these have been creating is a double whammy. The only silver lining is that people learn fast to tackle new situations, however...
Remembering Stormy WTO Ministerial Meeting In Seattle In December 1999
By Nitya Chakraborty From today November 30, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was scheduled to hold its 12th ministerial meeting for four days in Geneva to discuss a number of crucial issues for the developing countries including some waiver in respect of Trade Relates Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights...
CEL Is Second Victim Of Modi Govt’s Sell-Cheap Policy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The state run Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has become the second victim of Modi government’s selling spree of public sector companies this year. It was sold damn cheap at only Rs 210 crore to Nandal Finance, a company which has no expertise to run the...
Modi’s Great Fall: No More Gall In The Bladder
By Sushil Kutty If there is an Indian who can give coronavirus a run for its money, it is farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait. Now, in its Omicron avatar, coronavirus, with 53 spike proteins—meaning 53 mutations—is ‘stubborner’ than a mule, and Tikait a week and a half ago, unseated Prime...
Twitter Change Of Guard Marks A New Turn In Start-Up Ecosystem
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Jack Dorsey, 45, on Monday announced his resignation as the CEO of social media giant Twitter he co-founded in 2005. His resignation came almost abruptly although a media report had hinted at the possibility recently. Dorsey has been acting as the CEO of both Twitter...
State Laws For Domicile Reservation Of Job In Private Sector Are Unconstitutional
By Seema Sindhu Recently, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi announced that his government will soon bring a law to ensure that jobs in Punjab are reserved for Punjabis. Punjab will become the fifth state to join the “75 per cent reservation for locals” bloc. Earlier, Andhra...
Communist Yolanda Diaz Playing A Leading Role In Spain’s Coalition Govt
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Spanish Communist leader Yolanda Diaz presently serves as minister of labor and social economy in the coalition government of Spain headed by Pablo Sanchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE). It includes the United Podemos (UP) formation, with which Díaz’s own Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is...
Probe Into Vajpayee-Era PSU Sales May Delay Fresh Stake Sales
By Nantoo Banerjee The biggest economic achievement of the Atal Behari Vajpayee government was probably the sale of some of the country’s best known state-owned enterprises, almost all for a song. Vajpayee served three terms as India’s prime minister for a total period of 73 months and 13 days,...
Narendra Modi’s Four Labour Codes Are Substandard
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The four labour codes subsuming 29 labour laws that Modi government is vigorously pursuing to implement in the next fiscal 2022-23 are decidedly substandard, since it does not include a large number of standards that are already agreed by the international community. The codes primarily...
Leftist Xiomara Castro Set To Be The New President Of Honduras
By Satyaki Chakraborty Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro raced to an early big lead in the Honduran presidential election on Sunday November 28 positioning her to become the first female head of the Central American country. The wife of the former President Manuel Zelaya secured 53 per cent support...
Maharashtra Continues To Remain Hobsons’ Choice For BJP
By Sushil Kutty As Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray recuperated in hospital, recovering from a spine surgery, his three-legged Maha Vikas Aghadi government crept into its third year in power. It can be said, though, that the MVA dispensation could have done worse—it managed to stay afloat in the sea...
Tripura Civic Poll Results A Temporary Relief For Biplab Deb
By Sagarneel Sinha The civic polls results of the state have provided the relief that the ruling party BJP, particularly chief minister Biplab Deb was looking for. Since the start of the election campaign, the civic polls have been marred by allegations of political violence. Even on the polling...
