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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.Decoding Dissanayake’s India Visit: Are Delhi-Colombo Ties Back On Track?
By Girish Linganna Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent trip (15-17th Dec 2024) to India is an important moment in strengthening the ties between the two neighbouring countries. This visit highlights the growing bond and cooperation between India and Sri Lanka. This was his first official trip abroad...
Centre’s ‘One Nation One Poll’ Bill May Not Pass The Opposition Test
By Kalyani Shankar The introduction of the controversial bill, ‘One Nation One Poll,’ has created more hullabaloo than acceptance. The BJP has been talking about it, but now after introducing it has sent it to the joint select committee of the Parliament. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a...
India Yet To Meet Forest Cover Goal, 35 Years After National Forest Policy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is still struggling to meet the target of the National Forest Policy set 35 years ago in 1988. In 2023, it could attain a forest and tree cover of only 25.17 percent against the target of a minimum one-third (33.3 percent) of the total...
Saudi Arabia And United States May Part Ways Over Security Agreement
By Asad Mirza As the Biden administration prepares to relinquish power next month, it may leave without accomplishing a much-discussed diplomatic goal: the normalisation of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, accompanied by a formal US security agreement with Saudi Arabia. The future of a formal US-Saudi security agreement...
Can Pakistan Economy Be Bailed Out By IMF’s USD 7 Billion Package?
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif securing a $7 billion package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September was accompanied by a commitment to break Pakistan’s longstanding reliance on bailout programmes. Since 1958, it has taken recourse to it 20 times. The country is struggling with...
New Waste-To-Energy Plant In Bawana Threatens Lives Of Delhiites
By Shalaka Chauhan, Abdul Shakeel A new waste-to-energy incineration plant is set to be established in Bawana to burn 3,000 tonnes of mixed municipal solid waste daily per day. Currently, Delhi burns 7,250 tonnes of garbage daily across plants in Okhla, Tehkhand, Ghazipur, and Bawana, with plans to expand...
How Progressive Civil Society Became Professional NGO Culture
By Anthony Nadler The Democratic Party has failed to earn the support of what was once its working-class base. This ought to be a moment of reckoning for the party. The anger it faces is justified and necessary to intensify pressure to abandon its tepid political strategies and overreliance...
New Delhi’s Dilemma: Pro-Modi Trump Policies Are Blatantly Anti-India
By K Raveendran While Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘friend’, the US President-elect Donald J Trump, is set to move into White House, once again, it need not be particularly beneficial for India. If anything, Trump can be said to be “anti-India” even while remaining “pro-Modi”. The camaraderie contrasts starkly...
The Communist Party Of India: A Century Of Struggles And Sacrifices
By D Raja History of the Communist Party of India in the last 100 years is a glorious saga of struggles and sacrifices for our country and its people. History of our freedom movement and our progress after independence are incomplete without the blood and sweat of communists all...
India’s Decent Job Creation Flagship Programme Goes Off-Track
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s only decent job creation flagship programme announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 has gone out of track. Though supposed to be launched on August 1, it is now likely to be launched in January 2025, since details of the programmes are not yet ready....
Making The MGNREGA Toothless Has Been Neoliberal Modi Govt’s Goal
By Prabhat Patnaik The aim of all fascistic governments is to disempower the people and the Modi government is no exception. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which promised one member in every rural household a maximum of 100 days of employment per year, was a...
Did Amit Shah Deliberately Target Ambedkar? The RSS Believes So
By Arun Srivastava The situation has gone out of hand. The tiger nurtured by the RSS has tasted blood. And RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat giving the impression he can goad the monster is nothing but a blinkered attempt to fool the people. The RSS claim that it’s a cultural...
Tripura’s Tribal Body Faces Fund Crunch, Will 16th FinCom Take Up Cause?
By Rabindra Nath Sinha Will the 16th Finance Commission, which has begun its exercise, be more sympathetic to India’s tribal areas than its predecessor? Will the commission, mandated by the Constitution and whose recommendations hold good for five years, devise ways to alleviate the chronic fund crunch of these...
Can Revised EU Product Liability Directive Serve As Blueprint For India?
By Harsh Gour On December 8, 2024, the European Union (EU) implemented the revised product liability directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853). This brings in a significant change in product liability rules. This update expands on the concepts outlined by the 1985 guideline. Nonetheless, it amends them to handle the difficulties...
UK Economy Seeking To Strike A Balance Amidst GDP Decline
By Tirthankar Mitra Consecutive monthly decline in GDP marking the first back to back contraction since the Covid-19 lockdown are signals to UK economy policymakers to clear the decks for a precarious balancing act. This is necessary to stabilise short-term economic performance while fostering long-term growth. Systemic vulnerabilities are...
Centre’s New Agri Policy Would Reincarnate Three Aborted Farm Laws
By Dr. Soma Marla The Union Ministry of Agriculture recently circulated a new draft for a policy framework concerning agricultural marketing. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, additional secretary in the ministry, proposed the draft to revamp the existing framework. According to the government, the proposed universal tax on agricultural produce will...
Humanity Needs Urgent Protection From Onslaught Of Artificial Intelligence
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Things in the course of development of Artificial Intelligence have come to such a pass that the General Secretary of the United Nations António Guterres had to warn the world about the impending danger to the entire humanity. And any delay in putting in place...
Parliament Fracas A BJP Plot To Arrest And Jail Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava It is a disease called ‘Rahulphobia’, which afflicts the Gujarat duo. The phobia is a proven strategy to defame Rahul Gandhi and possibly send him to jail. On Thursday, the Makar Dwar of Parliament saw violent scenes, unprecedented in the history of parliamentary democracy in India....
