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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.Factors That Could Determine Sustainability Of Gold Bull Run
By K Raveendran The relentless rally in gold is clocking all-time highs almost on a daily basis, with all eyes focussed on when the ounce price will hit the $2,000-mark. It had already crossed 1,974 last week, rising continuously from July 20, although it seemed to have taken...
Time For Nuclear Weapons Abolition Has Come Now
By Dr Arun Mitra While visiting the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, one wonders how with the knowledge of destructive power of weapons could man build and then use the nuclear arms on human population. To watch the pictures of the destruction while going around the memorial and to...
Rajasthan Governor Has Not Been True To Constitutional Norms
By Harihar Swarup Blinking first in its battle of attrition with Governor Kalraj Mishra over convening the Rajasthan Assembly at short notice, the Ashok Gehlot government has settled for a special house session on August 14 instead of July 31 as originally demanded. Even though brisk horse trading...
NEP Stresses More On Centralisation Rather Than Democratisation
By Dr. Amit Dasgupta The new education policy, named as National Education Policy, 2020, like many other measures is being introduced among the Covid 19, pandemic. The Prime Minister gave a call to convert crises into opportunities while giving the call for making India “Atmanirbharshil”. Introduction of such...
U.S. Economic Crisis Poses A Major Challenge To Donald Trump
By Anjan Roy America today illustrates what economic distress can do to humble a proud nation. The land of democracy is facing the worst threat to the country’s basic political feature with the blow coming from none other than its highest guardian President Trump is proposing to...
Joining BJP Could Be One Of Sachin Pilot’s Limited Options
By Rahil Nora Chopra After Sachin Pilot’s move to dislodge the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan failed, the young Congress dynast has no option left but to join the BJP. In case he harboured any plans to float his own party, then he must know that in the...
August 5 – One Year Of Undermining Democracy In Jammu & Kashmir
By Prakash Karat August 5 marks the completion of a year since the infamous steps were taken in parliament to nullify Article 370 of the constitution that provided for special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir and the damaging legislation which dismembered the state and created...
Real Income Of Working People Began Declining Even Before Pandemic
By Prabhat Patnaik The pandemic and the lockdown are certainly causing an absolute shrinkage in the Gross Domestic Product of the Indian economy. But these tend to obscure something very serious that was happening even earlier, namely a real income decline for vast numbers of working people....
Job Losses Due To Pandemic May Cross 18 Million In Pakistan
By Sankar Ray The results of a nationwide economic survey in Pakistan, undertaken by IPSOS, Europe’s leading market research outfit indicate that the net job loss in the country due to pandemic, is feared to surpass substantially the estimate by the ministry of planning, worked out in April...
Privatisation Of Railways Poses A Big Threat To Indian Economy
By Dr K Narayana The BJP government has unleashed the process of privatisation of the public sector undertakings without considering the plight of economy in the country. Indian Railways, a government undertaking, has been the biggest industry in Asia with a12.3 lakh workforce is facing the disaster as...
Relief For Kerala Government In Gold Smuggling Case
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There has been no let-up in politics over covid 19 even though the dreaded virus is tightening its vice-like grip on the state. The Government, is, however, breathing easy because the widely expected arrest of the former principal secretary to the Chief Minister...
Covid Virus Infects Top BJP Leaders In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Corona Virus while spreading at a fast speed in Madhya Pradesh is not sparing the VIPs. It is a matter of coincidence and serious concern that it has affected both the head of the government and the head of the BJP organisation....
Trump’s Call To Delay Elections Signals The Opening Of A Coup Attempt
By C T Atkins Donald Trump’s proposal to postpone the 2020 election is nothing less than the opening act of a coup. The aim is not to actually delay the vote, as only Congress has that authority. Rather, this move is aimed at undermining confidence in the...
Doordarshan Must Not Be Used As A Political Tool Of BJP
By Binoy Viswam In the advancement of ultra-right politics propaganda plays a crucial role. The history of fascism has paraded innumerable instances of it. The Indian face of fascism represented by RSS controlled BJP has excelled the art in a comparatively short span of time. They believe that...
New Education Policy Suffers from ‘Back Focus Error’
By Gyan Pathak ‘Education is that which liberates’, says the core Indian philosophy of education in Sanskrit, and the ‘basic purpose of education is to make the mind creative and analytical’ says the Greek philosopher Plato. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in place of focusing on such...
Narendra Modi’s New Education Policy Has RSS Footprint
By Sushil Kutty The Modi Government’s new National Education Policy (NEP) for the children and youth of India is dressed in RSS khaki with shades of the intent of a multitude of saffron organizations hued into it. Don’t be surprised if India becomes ‘Bharat’ in more ways than...
Governors Acting As Pawns In BJP’s Power Game Against Opposition
By Arun Srivastava What has been happening in West Bengal and Rajasthan makes it crystal clear that the institution of Governor has lost its sanctity as the governors instead of relying on their own conscience and applying their mind were acting according to the briefs handed over...
Judiciary’s Response To Rape Cases Suffers From Colonial Hangover
By Revanta Solanki and Shivkrit Rai The Indian judiciary is facing a crisis. The judiciary’s response to rape cases, specifically, rape survivors seems to fluctuate between insensitive and thoughtless to sexist and misogynistic. Two recent incidents highlight this crisis. On July 15, 2020, it was reported that...
