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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 Eulogy To Yogi Adityanath Is Meant For Assembly Elections
By Arun Srivastava The prime minister, Narendra Modi’s eulogy of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath as visionary and efficient administration and attributing “unprecedented” success to him in tackling the Covid second wave and endorsing his handling of law and order, particularly crimes against women/ ought to be...
Haryana Administration Desperate To Demolish The Farmers’ Protest
By Arun Srivastava It appears that the Haryana police is a bunch of officials and constables who are either deaf or dumb, or do not know the basics of the legal system or nurse strong hatred and aversion for the judiciary. In its quest to assuage the hurt feeling...
Farmers Will Launch Modi Gaddi Chhodo Agitation From August 9
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Atul Anjaan CPI national secretary and All India Kisan Sabha general secretary announced that farmers would launch Modi Gaddi Chhodo agitation to commemorate Quit India day on August 9. Atul Anjaan said that decision was taken at a meeting of representatives of more than 30...
Delimitation In J&K May Empower Deprived Scheduled Tribes
By Sant Kumar Sharma On June 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of all parties of Jammu and Kashmir in Delhi where he talked of delimitation, elections and then grant of statehood back to the Union Territory (UT). Just 10 days later, Delimitation Commission headed by retired...
Modi Has Effected Corporate Hindutva Alliance To Implement Neo-Liberal Agenda
By Prabhat Patnaik There has of late been an upsurge of extreme right-wing, fascist, semi-fascist or neo-fascist parties all over the world in a manner reminiscent of the 1930s. Fascist governments invariably serve the interests of monopoly capital in general, and of the newer, less “liberal” and more reactionary...
Unemployment, Decent Work Deficits And Inequality Worsening
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “Ministers, In your meetings in 2019 and 2020, you expressed support for the principle of a human centred approach to development. Now is the time to convert these aspirations … into concrete action,” ILO head said while addressing the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting...
Kareena Kapoor Khan’s ‘Pregnancy Bible’ Creates A Big Storm
By Sushil Kutty Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan is under fire, again! Every time she gets pregnant, she delivers a bombshell, so to speak. Naming her firstborn ‘Taimur’ got her into the bad books of Hindu Indians. Now, after she delivered a second boy, a bunch of Christian Indians are...
Prashant Kishor Meeting Congress Bosses Sets Stage For Poll Battles
By Rahil Nora Chopra As Congress’s Punjab drama continues to play out, election strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra amid speculation that he was involved in finalising a truce deal between Punjab Chief Minister Captain (retd.) Amarinder Singh and his...
Labour, Allies Hail Biden Order Cracking Down On Corporate Greed
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON: The Communications Workers, the National Consumers League, and Public Citizen are leading the cheers for President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive order to federal agencies telling them to crack down on corporate greed and monopolistic practices that drive down workers’ wages and drive up prices. Biden’s...
Prashant Kishor’s First Task Is To Frame Winning Strategy For U.P. State Poll
By Nitya Chakraborty The ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor has finally entered the national arena of Indian politics, ready to advise the opposition parties for framing a winning strategy against BJP for both the state assembly elections in 2022 and 2023 and the Lok Sabha elections in April/May 2024....
India Should Be A Part Of Regional Collective To Deal With Afghan Crisis
By Prakash Karat The situation on the ground in Afghanistan is changing fast. With the US troop withdrawal more or less complete, the last few weeks have seen the Taliban advancing all across the country. The Taliban have claimed that 85 per cent of the territory is now under...
Uttar Pradesh Population Bill Is A New Agenda Of Far Right
By Binoy Viswam The RSS-BJP led Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is set to register its place in the far right Hindutva politics in the country. The population policy of UP proclaimed on the world population day signifies the new agenda of the political Hindu right. Several weeks...
Yogi Adityanath’s Nod To Kanwar Yatra Sends Ominous Signal
By Sushil Kutty ‘Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ is his name. But let’s just leave it at ‘Tedros’. Easier on the tongue. Easier to forget! Tedros is WHO chief. And the WHO says we’re in the early stages of Covid-19 third wave. As if it’s a milestone! Nothing like that. There...
Bank Credit Deployment Insufficient For Revival Of Corona-Hit Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bank credit deployment in the economy have been one of the key measures for economic revival of India ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 and announcement of general lockdown on March 24, 2020, but the level of deployment is still lower than one year before...
Time Is Ripe To Promote Litigation Funding In Covid-Hit India
By Kundan Shahi Several companies are insolvent or either staring at bankruptcy amid the economic downturn, caused by Covid-19. Even law firms with ample cash reserves have a bleak outlook and could face a financial crunch. In this dire situation, legal financing (also known as ‘lawsuit funding’) has become...
Sophistry In Court Proceedings Amounts To Negation Of Justice
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has issued yet another verdict, in which it has shown that when it is time to take sides, it will stand for the common man. In a postscript to its judgment, refusing to strike down the Delhi Assembly’s summons to Facebook India head...
Nepal Political Situation Is Unstable But Things Are Looking Up For India
By Barun Das Gupta The political kaleidoscope has turned again in Nepal, throwing up yet another government. The Nepal Supreme Court on Monday restored Parliament which was dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 21, after Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli lost majority in the House. The...
Reopening Of Schools Needs Foolproof Follow Up Measures
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Education for millions of children is still disrupted. As of today, almost about 18 months after the closures of educational institutions, primary and secondary schools are shuttered in 19 countries affecting over 156 million students. The losses children and young people incur from missing out...
