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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.Dialogue Between States Is The Only Way To Contain Border Tensions In North East
By Sagarneel Sinha Often the northeast region of the country is clubbed together but the fact is the states of this region are different from each other in terms of tribe, language, food, clothing, culture and history. These kinds of cultural differences are seen inside these states too. This...
1991 Economic Reforms Steered Growth But Fruits Could Not Be Shared
By Subrata Majumder 1991 reforms triggered growth. Economy leapfrogged 7-8 percent for two decades, the second highest growth in GDP, next to China. India became the sixth largest economy in the world. It emerged the net major exporter of oil refinery products, notwithstanding being the third largest importer of...
Congress Workers In Uttar Pradesh Want Priyanka As CM Face Before Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: At a time when majority of Congress leaders and workers want Priyanka Gandhi to be face of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, she is busy in building the organisation to give it new look. There is no doubt that the recent visit of Priyanka Gandhi boosted...
Indian Sailors ‘Banned’ To Enter China Ports
By Nantoo Banerjee It is shocking to note that the Government of India, one of the world’s major suppliers of seafarers, is silent on a very serious complaint by the All India Seafarer and General Workers’ Union that China is not allowing ships with Indian crew to enter...
Unorganised Workers Are Being Sucked By Uncertain Labour Market
By Gyan Pathak Millions of unorganized labours are being sucked by the quicksand created in the uncertain labour market in India. Only few jobs are available that makes the market exploitative, losing the means of survival due to no money in hand, and losing hope fast because they...
India’s ‘Democracy Deficit’ Under Narendra Modi Is Now Globally Known
By Amulya Ganguli By now, New Delhi’s mandarins must have prepared a standard list of denials of accusations by foreigners about the increasingly frayed nature of Indian democracy. The visits to India of both the US defence secretary, Lloyd James Austin, and the secretary of state, Antony Blinken,...
Shah Gaga Over Yogi Adityanath’s Broken Law & Order Record
By Sushil Kutty There’s the flip side to the coin and the one tossed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s law & order record is a flipping miracle. Shah says Uttar Pradesh under the Yogi topped in maintenance of law &...
ABVP Members Disrupt Webinar On Achievement Of Scientific Temper
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: July 30, 2021 will be recorded as a day of shame in the history of Dr. Gaur Central University of Madhya Pradesh. On this day the RSS affiliated Vidhyarthi Parishad directed the University to remove the names of two eminent scholars from...
Pandemic Further Worsens Living Conditions In Urban India
By Tikender Singh Panwar The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the hollowness of the urban development trajectory in India. Since the last few decades, especially after the economic reforms in the 1990s, the city development models have been for-profit maximisation through privatisation of utilities, monetisation of land and corporatisation for...
South African Communist Party Observes Centenary Of Its Founding
By Satyaki Chakraborty The South African Communist Party (SACP) reflected on a centenary of “unbroken struggle” on August 1 as it celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. At a hybrid conference, held virtually and in person, the party’s general secretary Blade Nzimande said it continues to...
Pegasus’ Legendary Thunderbolt Strikes Modi Govt
By K Raveendran Pegasus, the winged horse, is supposed to carry thunderbolts as per Greek mythology. It seems one of these bolts has struck the Modi government, which is in a real predicament over the use of the Israeli spyware to snoop on people in India. Whether such use...
Home Minister Amit Shah’s Failure In Assam-Mizoram Dispute Is Glaring
By Sushil Kutty Amit Shah! If there’s a ring of authority to the name, it’s because ‘Shah’ spells ‘Amit’, like in the ‘Rishtey mei toh hum tumhare baap lagte hain, naam hai Shehanshah’, which is a ringtone that sounds like ‘The name is Bond, James Bond!’ But this is...
Battle Against Pandemic In India Is A Long Drawn One With Twists And Turns
By Harihar Swarup Despite improvements in daily vaccination numbers and the promise of increased supply, challenges persist in India’s vaccination drive. First, there is a sharp rural-urban disparity (which, to be sure, is narrowing) in per capita vaccination numbers, and second, there are intermittent “dry” days in some parts...
Safely Reopening Of Schools Is Now Possible
By Gyan Pathak Reopening schools after closure of about 16 months since the lockdown from March 24, 2020 is being felt necessary, but the fear of COVID-19 infection has made the government indecisive on reopening and parents hesitant about sending their children to schools, though we have seen in...
Mamata Banerjee Has Maximum Capability To Unite The Opposition Parties
By Arun Srivastava Mamata Banerjee’s task to bring together the entire opposition on a common platform and evolve a unity model is more arduous and daunting than the challenges being faced by Rahul Gandhi. For accomplishing her mission she has not only to make agree the opposition parties to...
South Asian Nations Have To Meet Challenges Of Covid And Health Care
By Dr. Arun Mitra Use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945 respectively led to a situation where the common man was struck in dismay; even the military strategists of Japan could not imagine that such a powerful and devastating weapon had already...
New Emigration Bill A Step Forward, But Indians Need More
By Vasanth Adithya. J India is a labour intensive nation with the largest diaspora in the world. According to a United Nations report, “Migration 2020 Highlights”, close to 18 million (1.8 crores) Indians live and work outside the country. Several independent investigative reports have highlighted the grave exploitation of...
Mamata Banerjee’s Talks During Delhi Visit Have Formed The Basis Of Opposition Unity
By Nitya Chakraborty West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s talks in Delhi during her five day visit beginning July 26, have helped in a big way in facilitating the process of an understanding in principle that the Congress has to be a major partner in the proposed front of...
