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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.Narendra Modi’s Birthday Celebration Will Be A Mega Event For BJP
By Kalyani Shankar Who does not want a birthday bash, particularly politicians? It has been in vogue for many years, particularly among the famous and populist leaders. There are dedicated birthday functions for Nehru (November 14), Mahatma Gandhi (October 2), Indira Gandhi (November 19), Ambedkar (April 24), and so...
Indian Left Faces A Massive Task To Fight The RSS-BJP Regime At Centre
By D. Raja The Communist movement in India is almost a century old now and remains an important actor in the Indian political scene. From fighting the British imperialists to the inequalities of the Indian society, the Communist Left is one force which was at the forefront of these...
Yogi Adityanath’s Anti-Muslim Slur Has Reached Its Lowest EBB
By Sushil Kutty Is it time to hold Yogi Adityanath’s feet to the fire? This man often forgets he’s “respectable” Chief Minister. Besides, how many more months does Yogi Adityanath have as Chief Minister of UP? Max 6 months; perhaps seven or eight months. There are folks who say...
Custodial Death Of A Tribal Angers People Against Shivraj Ministry
By L S HERDENIA BHOPAL: Can a senior leader describe his own party’s MPs, MLAs as ‘Nalayak’ (inefficient or undeserving)? But this unusual episode has happened in Madhya Pradesh. Murlidhar Rao, central BJP observer used ‘Nalayak’ epithet to describe his party leaders. Addressing party conclave he said that during...
Kerala BJP Rebels Up The Ante, Seek Change Of Guard
By P. Sreekumaran The dissidents in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit in Kerala have upped the ante, after a long lull, by forcefully demanding a change in the party’s state leadership. The core committee meeting of the BJP in the state, which met in Kochi the other day,...
New Regional Alliance Emerging In North East To Combat BJP Led NEDA
By Sagarneel Sinha After BJP came to power for the first time in Assam, the saffron party, to strengthen itself and to counter the Congress, formed an alliance in the year 2016 by bringing non-Congress parties together. It was named the NorthEast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and BJP’s strongman in...
Rethinking Is Needed Over High-Speed Railways In India
By Gyan Pathak COVID-19 struck India in early 2020, and the country was put under general lockdown on March 24. The passenger traffic on railway tracks was immediately stopped. On May 1, India restarted running first special passenger train for migrant workers. One by one, special trains restarted, but...
Twenty Years Ago, Saudi Government Got Away With Their Crime
By Branko Marcetic One of the still unsolved mysteries of the September 11,2001 attacks is how the foreign government that was by far the most responsible for that atrocity got off completely scot-free — and, in fact, proceeded to be lavishly rewarded by Washington for years to come. If...
China Is India’s Top Import Source Despite Boycott Calls
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s massive annual imports from China are known. But, little is told about India’s large unclear imports from the communist neighbour, a global nuclear heavyweight. Last year, India’s second largest category of import from China was under the grouping of nuclear reactors, boilers and machinery. The...
Modi Govt On Backfoot In Supreme Court Hearing On Pegasus Issue
By Nitya Chakraborty The Narendra Modi Government on Monday refused to file a detailed affidavit on its stand on the Pegasus snooping issue annoying the Supreme Court judges who reminded the solicitor general Tushar Mehta that the Court had earlier given opportunities to the centre to file affidavit twice...
Modi’s Experiment With CM Change Before Polls, Covers Gujarat Now
By Sushil Kutty Nobody outside Gujarat knew there existed a Bhupendra Patel in the Gujarat assembly till the other day. Then, this man with a fringe of grey running a half-circle round the back of the head, is handed the baton by outgoing Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who had...
Election Campaign Starts In Bhowanipur Constituency Of Mamata
By Arun Srivastava The TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has to win the by election from the Bhowanipur assembly segment for her political existence. Though the prevalent political scenario and equations strongly project her as the eventual winner, even a politically naïve would count ten points favouring her victory, like...
Beijing Has Reasons To Be Worried At The Fate Of BRI Under Taliban Rule
By Nilanjan Banik & Guido Cozzi Recent weeks have been unsettling for the people in Afghanistan. A devastating bomb blast, on August 26, outside Kabul airport, killed United States soldiers besides injuring Afghans. Not the first of its kind, the region has seen umpteen number of bomb blasts, including...
American Defeat To Taliban Is The Burial Of Biden’s Liberal Intervention Doctrine
By Anjan Roy Twenty years back on September 11 evening, I was in the news room of a leading newspaper, on Delhi’s Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. Following the normal rhythms of a newsroom in the evening, journalists were sitting down to slog on their copy, discussing news items, someone...
PLI Scheme Is A Welcome Move To Push Jobs In Pandemic Period
K R Sudhaman Productive linked incentive scheme to stimulate and revive the covid-hit Indian economy is very thoughtful and a welcome development as it weaves in job creation in Modi government’s Atama Nirbhar Bharat. This critical factor that is usually lost while analyzing the possible impact of the scheme...
Over 2.57 Lakh People Evicted In India During The Current Pandemic
By Sumedha Pal Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the Indian government has demolished over 43,600 homes and forcibly evicted over 257,700 people; or at least 505 people per day; or 21 people every hour. Over 173,300 people lost their homes in 2020 alone as a...
As Long As There Are Laws, Nobody Is Free From A Raid Under Modi Govt
By K Raveendran The so-called ‘survey’ by the IT sleuths at the offices of news websites is as ominous as all other raids routinely conducted by government agencies against those who refuse to toe the official line. Any questioning is responded with a raid or survey, the fancy name...
Indian Households Under Unprecedented Unemployment And Debt Crisis
By Gyan Pathak All indicators point to an unprecedented unemployment and debt crisis in India, both in urban and rural areas. Households are reeling under the crisis that has been crippling their growth and well being. The latest data sets, for unemployment and debts, released by National Statistics Office...
