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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.Congress Has A History Of Many Splits From Parent Organisation
By Harihar Swarup For a long time after the first general elections, most of the state governments were led by the Congress. In 2021t the Puducherry government has fallen, leaving the Congress without any government in South India after many decades. The opposition alliance is led...
Govt Has No Clues On Dealing With Impact Of Reverse Migration
By K Raveendran Urban migration has been blamed for many of the problems the country is facing today, both in the urban and rural India. But despite all the negatives, urban migration has pulled up large sections of rural populations out of poverty. This adds a new undetermined...
Government Facilities Not To Increase In Second Stage Of Vaccination
By Gyan Pathak In the second stage of the first phase of India’s vaccination drive commencing on March 1, 2021, the vaccines would be available for elders above 60 years of age, and the persons above 45 years with comorbidities in both the government and private hospitals...
Social Violence Is Adding To Political Violence In West Bengal
By Arun Srivastava West Bengal has been witness to political violence for decades. In fact the political violence has been endemic in the state. The worst phase of violence that the state observed was in sixties and seventies when hundreds of students and youths lost their lives...
Deep Sea Fishing Issue Damages Image Of LDF In Kerala On Poll Eve
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Self goals are not uncommon in the game of political soccer. But two self goals in quick succession? That rare feat has been achieved by the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF). It is as if the Government, which is facing the crucial...
President Biden Is Still Following Old Foreign Policy In Middle East
By C.J. Atkins An old dichotomy that’s haunted many Democratic administrations in USA—pushing ostensibly progressive economic and social policies at home, While pursuing imperialist aims abroad—has returned. In airstrikes characterized as “retaliatory action,” the U.S. military on February 25, bombed buildings in Syria near the Iraq border...
Opposition Parties Have To Look At Assembly Poll As Fight For Survival
By Nitya Chakraborty The stage is set for the crucial assembly elections to the four states West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry following the announcement by the Election Commission of the dates in March and April this year. This will be for...
Modi Government Becomes Gatekeeper Of Ditigal Content
By Gyan Pathak With announcement of the new rules, Narendra Modi government has effectively placed itself as gatekeeper and supreme arbitrator of digital content. Even conscience and ethics of an individual, group, or society will have to conform to the new government mechanism which will give direction to...
Fifteenth Finance Commission Recommendations
By Dr. C P Chandrasekhar The headlines suggest that the 15th Finance Commission (15th FC) has not let down the states when deciding on their constitutionally mandated share in the divisible pool of the centre’s tax revenues over 2021-26. It has more or less stuck with the 14th...
Poor Construction Of Private Players Led To Disaster In Chamoli
By Dr. Somu Disaster struck Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off. The sudden flood in Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda, tributaries of Ganga caused death of scores of labourers among others and several are still missing as they were trapped...
Demand Growing In U.P. Congress For Projecting Priyanka Gandhi As CM Candidate
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress General Secretary and in-charge of the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is working hard to mobilise farmers against farm laws and she has been visiting the state frequently to show solidarity with the farmers’ movement. Priyanka attended Kisan panchayat in Mathura,...
Americans Have Earned The Right To Look To A New Progressive Future
By David Trujillo The door is wide open now to the people in the United States. The opportunity for socialism is a serious option for a new political future. Let’s get real: The Republicans have abdicated democratic responsibilities. They have given up on our basic democratic values and...
Modi Govt’s Privatisation Programme Is A Loot Of Public Resources
By Prakash Karat The announcement of the privatisation policy of public sector enterprises (PSEs) in the union budget has been greeted with euphoria by the corporate media and rightwing economists. “Modi has changed”, “Extraordinarily bold” and “Real reforms at last” were some of the comments by these circles....
Modi Govt Wants To Bring Dark Days For Working Class From April 1
By Krishna Jha Dark Days are coming back, with new machines, new production process, new skills and also the corporates nourishing new levels in the evolution of finance capital. Shedding off the assertion of rights, criminalisation of any attempt to speak out against attacks on democratic ethos, thus...
Central Agencies And Police Are Enjoying Unlimited Powers Under Modi Regime
By Arun Srivastava The little girl Disha Ravi who was charged by the Delhi police of conspiring against the sovereignty of the country and placed in custody for nine days by the Delhi police has exposed the true colour of our law and order machinery.. While slapping sedition...
Can Metroman Sreedharan’s ‘Magic’ Work For BJP?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Metroman E. Sreedharan’s decision to join the BJP has given the party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Kerala a big boost. The big question, however, is: can the ace technocrat’s decision work wonders for the BJP? The ace technocrat’s announcement that he would...
Biden Immigration Bill Shows Promise On Several Fronts
By Chauncey K. Robinson The Biden administration has introduced a sweeping new immigration bill that stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s four years of attacks on undocumented workers and their families. The new bill is being seen by many as a bold step in a better direction,...
Tough Times For The Left In British Labour Party
By Richard Rudkin Recent events of the Labour leadership in respect of their treatment of the left is a little like Groundhog Day. The centrists apportion blame to the left for the election defeat, while completely ignoring their own role. And now, once again, the left is tasked...
