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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.India Getting Ready With Digital Base As Part Of Labour Reforms
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is moving fast with its intention of implementing the next phase of labour reforms. Digital bases are being put in place, that may ultimately pave the way for smooth transition to new labour code regime, implementation of which is likely to be announced soon,...
Another Mandir-Masjid Dispute Is Disturbing Peace In Uttar Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty Five Sambhal residents, alive and kicking till yesterday (November 24), are now dead, from bullet wounds, in violence that raged at Sambhal in western Uttar Pradesh over a mosque-over-mandir dispute. This mandir is said to be that of ‘Bhagwan Kalki’, the next god avatar of Lord...
CPI(M) Win In Chelakkara Bypoll Is A Morale Booster For LDF In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) scored a morale-boosting victory in the Kerala by-elections by retaining its sitting Assembly seat, Chelakkara and increasing its vote share in Palakkad, a Congress stronghold. Expectedly, Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi won from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency – her maiden election...
Modi And Bhagwat Are Patching Up After Maharashtra Victory
By Arun Srivastava Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attributing the BJP victory in bye-elections in his state to Narendra Modi and hailing him as the visionary leader leaves no space for any doubt that the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Modi have opted for cease fire in the...
Serious Differences Between BNP And Dr Muhammad Yunus Affect Bangladesh Interim Govt
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In Bangladesh, interim Chief adviser to the caretaker regime, Dr Mohammad Yunus has tasted success in an entirely unintended manner: He has succeeded remarkably in bringing about a political unity of sorts. Defying conventional wisdom and analysis, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...
New Climate Deal At COP29 Pledging $300 Billion Annually Till 2035 Is A Positive Development
By Asad Mirza Finally, it seems the developed world has realised its omissions and at COP29 meeting in Baku, most western nations agreed to a new Climate Fund to save the planet from catastrophic climate changes due to harmful emissions. However, India, Malawi, Bolivia, and Nigeria have rejected the...
Lower Middle Class And Poor Students Are Suffering Badly Due To Steep Rise In Education Costs
By Tirthankar Mitra Even as India aspires for inclusive growth and development, the rising cost of higher education in the country threatens to undermine this wish. Once considered a key to upward mobility, higher education is increasingly becoming out of reach to many middle class and lower middle class...
Trinamool’s Sweeping Victory In Six Bypolls Has Given A Big Boost To Mamata’s Standing In INDIA Bloc
By Satyaki Chakraborty The sweeping victory of the Trinamool Congress candidates in the by polls held to the six assembly constituencies in Bengal on November 20, has surpassed even the wildest expectations of the TMC leadership. Out of the six seats, one Madarihat seat was with the BJP while...
US Action Against Adani A Telling Testament To Modi Govt’s Crony Capitalism
By K Raveendran The US chargesheet against the Adani group and the arrest warrant issued against Gautam Adani are the strongest indictment yet of the crony capitalism that has been playing out on the sides under the Narendra Modi government. The new developments shed light on the group’s rapid...
COP29 Came Out With New Draft Finance Deal Disheartening Stake Holders
By Dr. Gyan Pathak COP29 came out with a new draft finance deal on the last day of the summit on November 22, but it frustrated the stakeholders so much that they dubbed it a ‘slap on the face’. It had proposed $250 billion yearly, but left out specifics...
Devendra Fadnavis Is Getting Ready For Chief Ministership After Big BJP Show In Maharashtra
By Sushil Kutty Devendra Fadnavis, likely to be appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister, tweeted ‘Ek Hai toh safe hai’ as the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance was heading for sure-shot victory, concluding with ‘Modi hai toh Mumkin hai’. This, as celebration broke outside his residence and women in pink (the colour of...
JMM Led Coalition Wins Big By Capturing 56 Out Of 81 Seats In Jharkhand Assembly Poll
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Voters in Jharkhand has rejected outright the contention of the BJP top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that infiltration from Bangladesh has been changing the demography of the state’s tribal areas and that they should overwhelmingly vote for BJP as it alone...
Finland’s Conservative Coalition Opts For Reversing Earlier Pro-People Measures
By Otto Kyyrönen HELSINKI: In Finland, the liberal-conservative National Coalition Party and the far-right Finns Party, whose members together add up to nearly 90 percent of the current government, have united around a shared political project: authoritarian neoliberalism. The right-wing government is taking from the poor to give to...
Who Is DOJ Of US Government To Demand Arrest Of Gautam Adani?
By Anjan Roy The real import of the US department of justice (DOJ) indictment of Indian billionaire, Gautam Adani, on counts of corruption and bribery has been somewhat lost on the wider public. It is the geo-economics of US dominion over the rest of the world that has to...
Narendra Modi Should Now Agree To Opposition Demand For Setting Up JPC
By Sushil Kutty Media should stop using “alleged” when reporting billionaire Gautam Adani’s many exploits. Why will someone so stinking rich need to bribe and commit fraud? “Alleged” robs the seriousness of the charge, and partially exonerates the man, who has friends in high places, which is all the...
Political Posturings In Delhi Turns Interesting, Turncoat Takes Centrestage
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After elections are over in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, the next electoral battlefield Delhi has come into focus, where election is scheduled to be held early next year before the term of its Vidhan Sabha expires on February 23, 2025. Political posturing of the major political...
Results Of Nine Bypolls In Uttar Pradesh To Set The Tone For 2027 Elections
By Rahil Nora Chopra The results in the by polls for nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh are geared to be a commentary on the battle of rhetoric between the BJP chief minister Yogi Adityanath (batoge toh katoge or if you stand divided, you will be slaughtered) and the...
Huge Shortage Of Skilled Personnel Hits India’s Renewable Energy Sector
By Tirthankar Mitra India’s aim to achieve 500 Giga Watt (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2030 is facing a roadblock. At this critical juncture it is faced with a shortage of 1.2 million skilled workers in the renewable energy sector. This target is pivotal for the meeting of...
