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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.Kamala Harris Is Losing Her Earlier Lead, The Race Against Trump Is Too Close Now
By Sushil Kutty Indian origin Black African-American Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris faces imminent defeat unless former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, in one of his crankier moments, pulls out from the race before November 5, which is not a possibility unless a fourth assassin doesn’t miss the...
RSS Mobilises Fully Its Cadres For Poll Campaign In Both Jharkhand And Maharashtra
By Arun Srivastava If winning the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is crucial for the political survival of Narendra Modi, the electoral victory in these two states has wider connotation for the RSS, as it would reinvent the philosophical importance of its politics of Hindutva and reaching to...
Trinamool Congress Will Test Its Strength In Six Bypolls In Bengal On November 13
By Tirthankar Mitra With less than three weeks to go before November 13 when six Assembly segments will witness by-elections in West Bengal, the principal Opposition outfit BJP does not seem to have got its act together yet though they are contesting in all six constituencies. It applies equally...
Indian Railways For Onion Transport Amid Focus On Price Stabilisation
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Recently, the Indian government’s Department of Consumer Affairs announced that 1600 metric tons of onions procured by the National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India Ltd was shipped by the railway from Nashik to Delhi. The quantity of 42 BCN (Bogie Covered New) was enough to...
For Cuba, U.S. Presidential Elections Have Major Consequences On Economy
By W. T. Whitney Jr. and Emile Schepers NEW YORK: At the end of October, the United Nations General Assembly, for the 32nd consecutive year, will be voting on a resolution submitted by Cuba claiming “the necessity to put an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed...
हिंसा के मौजूदा माहौल में चिकित्सा पेशे के सामने बड़ी चुनौती
डॉ. अरुण मित्रा शायद हम तब तक यह नहीं समझ पाये कि हमारे समाज में नैतिक संकट खतरनाक स्तर तक पहुँच गया है, जब तक कि हमने कोलकाता में एक युवा महिला डॉक्टर के साथ बलात्कार और जघन्य हत्या की खबर नहीं सुनी। पश्चिम बंगाल में जूनियर डॉक्टर मुख्य...
With A Review Pending, Supreme Court Hardens Stand Against Enforcement Directorate
By K Raveendran Successive pronouncements by the Supreme Court have revealed a growing judicial sense against the potential for abuse in the draconian anti- money laundering laws. This has an important bearing on the pending petitions for the review of the apex courts verdict in the 2022 verdict...
Delhi Falls Into Red Zone, Severe Air Pollution Spreads
By Dr. Gyan Pathak People of India’s National Capital Delhi rose to see the city covered is such a suffocating thick layer of smog that almost all weather-monitoring stations fell into red zone in the morning on October 23, 2024. With it more areas moved into severe level of...
Supreme Court Judgment On Supply Of Arms To Israel Case Is Flawed
By Aman Kumar In 2019, M.K. Ranjitsinh Jhala, the renowned wildlife conservationist, joined hands with other conservationists to file a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India (SC) against the government of India regarding the protection of the great Indian bustard. They argued that the overhead transmission lines...
Nine Day India Festival Getting Huge Response In Riyadh
By Pradeep Kapoor RIYADH: The nine-day India festival organised here by the Ministry of Media under it’s Global Harmony Initiative will strengthen relations between India and Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Media, Saudi Arabia and the Global Entertainment Authority collaborated to organise an ambitious program under Global Harmony Initiative...
Centre Is Finding It Difficult To Work Out An Acceptable Peace Formula For Manipur
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: “We have no inhibition in socialising over a bowl of soup or a cup of tea or coffee; but thereafter it is ‘thus far and no further for us’. We have our long-standing demands and we are firm on pursuing those”, important Kuki and...
Political Instability And Floods Increase Bangladesh’s Economic Woes
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Months of unrest and violence leading to change of the government in Bangladesh is still taking a toll on its economy and its geopolitical neutrality. Recent floods in August and October have further pushed the country to the wall, making food prices rise by 20%...
M K Stalin And Chandrababu Naidu Are Bent On Increasing Birth Rate In Their States
By Sushil Kutty Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wants eligible Tamilians to have larger families. He said he was speaking in jest, but such childish jokes don’t draw genuine laughter. Who is Stalin to offer unsolicited advice, asking “why not have 16 children”? He wasn’t alone, his...
British MP Jeremy Corbyn Calls For Building United Front Of Left Forces In Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty Jeremy Corbyn, the British Member of Parliament and former Leader of Labour Party has called for building united front of Leftwing forces in Europe in order to fight the rightwing forces which represent racism and take position against the immigration. Corbyn elaborated on his idea of...
Medical Profession Facing Big Challenge In Present Climate Of Violence
By Dr Arun Mitra Probably we could not perceive that the moral crisis in our society has deepened to alarming levels until we heard the news of rape and gruesome murder of a young female doctor in Kolkata. The junior doctors in West Bengal are continuing their movement largely...
Palestinian and Israeli Communists Agree On A Free Palestine State
By Zo HaDerekh TEL AVIV: The Communists of Palestine and Israel have agreed that “Only by establishing a sovereign Palestinian state will there be peace and stability in the region. Stop the war in Gaza and Lebanon now!” That was the essence of a joint statement issued by the...
India-UAE-Israel Food Corridor Opens Potential For Extensive Business Partnership
By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to note that the proposed India-UAE food corridor has already roped in a third partner, Israel. The project is expected to eventually involve the United States as well. The US was a key initiator of the historic four-nation I2U2 virtual summit in July...
Process Of Selecting BJP’s New President Has Started Amidst Rift Between Modi And Bhagwat
By Kalyani Shankar Who will be the next President of the BJP? The suspense is building up as the current President, J.P. Nadda, is on an extension, and the party is looking for a new leader. The party has grown enormously, from its early days, when it had only...
