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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.Present Sedition Law In India, A Colonial Legacy, Needs Immediate Relook
By Abhinav Chandrachud The arrest of young environment activist Disha Ravi and the attempts by Delhi Police to apprehend two other activists, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk, have once again brought the law of sedition into the spotlight. Carrying a term of life imprisonment, section 124-A, which...
Government Squanders Chance To End Job Aspirants’ Stir
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan Government bungled badly, yet again, and squandered an opportunity to end the agitation of the job aspirants figuring in the Public Service Commission (PSC)’s rank list. In protest against the Government’s failure to settle the issue amicably, the job aspirants...
American Investors Are Upbeat In India About Business Prospects
By Subrata Majumder While USA-based investors are euphoric about India, Japanese are morose. Both are major foreign investors in India. During pandemic, FDI from USA boomed. It increased by over 230 percent in the first half of 2020-21 – from US $ 2,151 million in April-September 2019-20 to...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Is Trying To Opt For Independent Policy
By Barun Das Gupta India-Sri-Lanka relations under the presidency of Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be interesting to follow. It may be recalled that when Gotabaya became the president of Sri Lanka in November, 2019, there was palpable unease in the South Block. Both he and his brother Mahinda (former...
Many Hydroelectric Plants In The Himalayas Are At Landslide Risk
By Nantoo Banerjee The recent disastrous glacier outburst at Joshimath in Uttarakhand may have caused a big damage to life and property, including at least four hydroelectric projects in the region, but it is unlikely to slow down the government and industry’s bid to tap the massive potential...
BJP’s Golwalkar Birth Anniversay Celebration Is Significant
By Amulya Ganguli There are two probable reasons why the BJP is celebrating M.S. Golwalkar’s birth anniversary with such fanfare. In the last six and a half years of its rule at the centre, the party’s reticence on the saffron brotherhood’s most controversial ideologue was noticeable. In fact,...
Over 240 Corona Virus Variants Have Surfaced In The Country
By Gyan Pathak Surfacing of over 240 new corona virus strains across India has put the country under new threats causing a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths despite the inoculation drive being underway since January 16, 2020. The disquiet on this account has greatly increased since...
Resentment Against BJP Is Growing In Northern States Amongst Kisans
By Arun Srivastava Usually the results of the panchayat and municipal elections do not reflect the real mood of the people. But miserable defeat of the party, rather absolute route, in the municipal elections in Punjab and incidents of villagers chasing and boycotting the state leaders in Haryana,...
Bombay High Court Bail To Dr. Varavara Rao Will Have Big Impact On Others
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Bombay High Court order on Monday granting six months medical bail to the 82 year old poet and Bhima Koregaon case accused Dr. P V Varavara Rao, is set to have a big impact on the other accused in the same case who have...
India’s External Affairs Ministry Should Have Averted Twitter War On Protests
By Harihar Swarup We are now witnessing the second phase of the farmers’ sit-in; the consistently peaceful protest was unfortunately and deeply wounded by the violent events on Republic Day at the Red Fort and Delhi Police has already made some headway in the investigation. The prime minister’s...
India’s Energy Mix Will Be Unrecognizeable In Three Decades
By K Raveendran Even as coal is coming back with a vengeance to peak India’s energy mix in the next 15 years, the country’s clean energy outlook is also brightening. As the government pushes ahead with green energy initiatives, an energy think-tank estimates that by 2038, however, all...
AJP-Raijor Dal Alliance To Hurt Both NDA And Grand Alliance In Assam
By Sagarneel Sinha The upcoming assembly polls in Assam are primarily going to be a fight among alliances. The ruling BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) includes Assam Gana Parishad (AGP), United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and Gana Suraksha Party led by Lok Sabha MP Naba Sarania....
Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 Eyes Ten Million Viewers
By Papri Sri Raman The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown since March 2020may have wreaked havoc for the travel and the publishing industry, and been generally dystopian but lit fests all over the world have seen dramatic rise in attendances, says Sanjoy Roy, the curator of the Jaipur...
Protests Against Privatisation Of Vizag Steel Plant Mount
By B Tulasidas The Modi government’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant has resulted in widespread protests from across the state of Andhra Pradesh. A relay hunger strike camp was staged by the Visakhapatnam Steel Conservation Struggle Committee (VSCSC) near the main gate on February 12. Dr...
UN Report Slams U.S. Economic Sanctions Against Venezuela
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Belarusian lawyer and academician Alena Douhan, who in 2020 became the United Nations “Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures,” visited Venezuela from Feb. 1-12. She was there “to assess the impact of unilateral sanctions on the enjoyment...
BJP’s Electoral Fortunes May Get A Jolt In Coming Assembly Elections
By Rahil Nora Chopra The widespread farmers agitation against the new agricultural laws passed by the Centre had its impact in the civic body Elections in Punjab where the ruling Congress recorded a landslide victory. Though Punjab is at the epicenter of the farmers protest and the results bear...
Farmers Agitation Is A Big Challenge To Hindutva-Corporate Alliance
By Prabhat Patnaik The farmers’ struggle represents a major step towards undoing the dominance of the corporate-Hindutva alliance that has characterised India in the last few years. The peasants, other petty producers like craftsmen, artisans and fishermen, have been among the worst victims of neoliberalism, which has progressively...
Unemployment Rate Is Still Volatile, Recovery Not Satisfactory
By Gyan Pathak The despair on the job front has slowly been replaced by hope. The year 2021 has well begun. A significant fall in unemployment rate has been recorded in January, while employment rate rose though not so impressive. The gains can be consolidated, but would...
