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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 Infighting Continues In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: While the BJP finally has chosen its President for Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is still to resolve the issue. On the contrary rift between Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia has widened. Although the BJP finally selected its state President many in the...
AAP Victory Sets Agenda For BJP In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The spectacular victory of AAP in Delhi has set agenda for ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh where assembly elections are due in 2022. Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath must be under pressure as AAP won on the basis of work done by Kejriwal government during last...
Kejriwal’s Delhi Delivery Shows Rebirth Of A Successful Politician
By Harihar Swarup What could be impact of Arvind Kejriwal’s sweeping victory in Delhi elections in other states where polls are due? Firstly, it appears that the BJP is losing its appeal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma has been waning. No wonder if West Bengal goes the Delhi...
China Virus Attack Brings A Trade-Off For India
By K Raveendran After a brief scare, domestic petroleum prices are showing a declining trend. That is certainly a point of consolation for the Modi government, which is facing trouble for the economy on all possible fronts. But new analysis of the emerging global oil market suggests that oil...
Delhi Debacle Has Not Changed Amit Shah
By Arun Srivastava It was not simply like devil quoting the scripture. But more than that; the action that manifest change of strategy by the BJP. Amit Shah politically acknowledging that resorting to hatred slogans like “goli maaro” and using derogatory language against the Muslims during the Delhi assembly...
Afghan Terrain Proved Tougher For The Pentagon
By Sankar Ray After 19 years of the USA’s determined aim to punish the Afghan terrorists to avenge the ignominious and helpless surrender to the 9/11 invasion, the ground truth that the Washington has learnt bitterly is that it ‘never could have won war in Afghanistan’, candidly admitted Scott...
Irish Unification Back On Agenda After Election
By Conn Hallinan The victory by Ireland’s left-wing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic’s recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island’s two centre-right parties, it suddenly puts the issue of Irish reunification on the agenda. While the campaign was fought...
Supreme Court’s Order On Sabarimala Reference Is Disturbing
By Ashish Goel The Indian Supreme Court’s handling of the review petitions pertaining to the original Sabarimala judgment delivered in September 2018 is emblematic of the court’s scant regard for the principle of stare decisis in particular and the process of law in general. It does not take a...
No Move In Budget To Get Back Bad Corporate Loans
By C H Venkatachalam The second budget presented by Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman and the seventh budget of the NDA-BJP government is another disappointment but not all surprising. When our economy is admittedly facing a downturn and confronted with serious problems, it was expected that steps would be announced in...
After Delhi Elections, Focus Is On Bihar
By Rahil Nora Chopra With assembly elections in Delhi over, the political focus is slowly shifting in Bihar. The opposition is hopeful of the JD(U) chief’s return to the secular fold. Some opposition leaders maintain that a new political equation will take shape in Bihar before the polls scheduled...
Sanders Advantageously Placed In Nevada Primary
By Eric A. Gordon In the lead-up to February 22 Caucus Day in Nevada, early voting will take place February 15–18. Nevada is the third state in the country to hold caucuses or a primary election, and the first Western state, after Iowa and New Hampshire. Early voting is...
Johnson’s Cabinet Reshuffle Is A Sign Of Crisis
By Ben Chacko Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle indicates a deep crisis. The root of the differences between the prime minister and his chancellor – which resulted in the Sajid Javid resignation – lies in the particular character of Britain’s continuing capitalist crisis and the different ways in which the...
Supreme Court Judgment On Reservation Is Unfair
By D Raja The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have been provided with reservation in jobs and also in education in the government on the basis of constitutional and statutory provisions in order to address the problems of discrimination, inequality and deprivation caused by castes,...
Bodo Accord Raises Many Inconvenient Questions
By Barun Das Gupta Late last month the Centre signed yet another peace accord with several militant groups in Assam. Among these are the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Rabha National Liberation Front (RNLF), Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO), National Liberation Front of Bengalis (NLFB). Most of these were...
Assam: A Solution Worse than the Problem?
By Ashis Biwas With both central and state governments committed to implement Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam accord, intended to ensure the preponderance of Assamiya identity, culture and language, there are fears that non-Assamiya people, mainly Bengali Hindus and Muslims, will suffer a total marginalisation. Life for them,...
Indian Exports Suffering Even In South Asian Subregion
By Gyan Pathak In spite of great potential of Indian exports, the country’s performance has remained weak. India’s exports even in South Asia, where the Indian economy is relatively advanced and plays a significant role in shaping the economic and trade environment, are not encouraging. South Asia still remains...
Modi is trying to strenghten ‘Make in India’
By Subrata Majumder Economic prognosis says that Make in India has lost the steam. This was exemplified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence in the 72th Independence Day speech from the rampart of Red Fort on August 15, 2019. GDP growth plummeted. IMF forecasted a nine year slowest growth...
Sedition Law Has No Place In A Democratic Society
By Amritananda Chakravorty As Samuel Johnson had famously said in 1775, “patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”, it seems that the charge of sedition is the last refuge of the Modi regime. In the last three weeks, the Modi 2.0 Government, through different BJP-led State Governments or...
