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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.PM Throws To Winds The Collective Responsibility Of Union Cabinet
By Chidambaram N As the year 2019 is nearing a close, the year will be remembered for the continuing rejection of RSS-BJP in the elections to the state assemblies, the last lap of the year being Jharkhand verdict, and disowning of a Union home minister by the prime...
NPR Is The First Stage For Promoting Rss Agenda
By Arun Srivastava Announcement of the formal rollout of the National Population Register (NPR), in the middle of the nationwide storm over the contentious citizenship issue and conflicting signals from the Centre on the status of NRC have simply deepened the concern and shaken the trust of the...
More Accurate Data Would Help Overcome The Economic Crisis
By Gyan Pathak Getting the word out on India’s true fiscal stance could yield significant benefits for policymakers and the Indian economy. A more accurate picture would better inform decisions regarding how much stimulus should be provided in a cyclical downturn. The government of India could increase its...
Police Can’t Enter Hospitals Without Permission
By Dr Arun Mitra Several medical organizations including the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH), the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) and others have taken a strong note of police brutality on doctors and the paramedical staff in Highland hospital...
Congress’s Massive March In Bhopal Unites Secular Forces
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, with the active co-operation of his ministers and party colleagues, put up a massive show against the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC. The most significant feature of this show was the support lent to it by the...
Jharkhand Results Show Modi-Shah Magic On The Wane
By Kalyani Shankar The impressive win by the Mahagathbandhan in Jharkhand indeed sends a powerful political message, though it is a small state. This is the second state that the BJP has lost in the past six months after Maharashtra. The Modi-Shah duo will have to take...
Tribals In Jharkhand Revolted Against BJP
By Arun Srivastava Raghubar Das’s subterfuge to own up the responsibility for the defeat of BJP in Jhakhand is purely a latent machination to provide a cover to his leaders Narendra Modi and Amit Shah from cadres’ censure. More than being an anti-incumbency verdict this ought to...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Adjourns Amidst Acrimony
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Another session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly elected in 2018 has ended abruptly without completing the duration for which it was summoned. Abrupt adjournment was the fate of the assembly elected in 2013 also. At that time BJP occupied the treasury benches and Congress...
RBI Allowed To Defy Supreme Court And RTI Act
By Shailesh Gandhi ON December 18 2019, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, has given a very concise and brief order which reads as follows- “Upon hearing the counsel the Court made the following order: Inspection Reports/Risk Assessment Reports/Annual Financial...
Hanukkah: A Holiday Rooted Against Imperialism
By Henry Millstein This week, starting Dec. 22, Jews around the world are celebrating Hanukkah, the eight-day festival that commemorates the Jews’ successful struggle for self-determination from ancient Greek imperialism. A brief summary of the history behind this holiday echoes many struggles of the 20th and 21st centuries:...
Gujaratis Top India’s Wealthiest List
By Nantoo Banerjee Gone are the days of the multidimensional industrial house concept. And, so is the leadership of the Marwari business community. India’s private sector industrial and business environment has seen a sea change in the last 50 years. Among the majors, the only survivor is the...
Jharkhand Confirms That The Modi Magic Is Fading
By Amulya Ganguli The indications that were available from the Haryana and Maharashtra election results about the BJP’s declining popularity have been substantiated by the Jharkhand outcome where the BJP has fallen behind the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) combine. Notwithstanding the 20-odd rallies...
BJP Leadership Is Clueless In Assam In Dealing With CAA
By Ashis Biswas Even as the dust begins to settle in troubled Assam following the agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) 2019, palpable ethnic tensions remain between the two major communities—the Assamiyas and the Bengalis. Assam-based observers agree that at present, a delicate truce prevails, but simmering tensions...
Modi Is Trying To Mislead People Again On NRC
By Arun Srivastava Launching his campaign against the forces which are out to malign his image and create confusion about the Citizen act and NRC , especially the Congress, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually distanced himself from his protégé Amit Shah on this issue of enactment and...
CAA And NRC Emerging As Core Issues For 2021 Bengal Polls
By Sagarneel Sinha West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, has hit the streets again in her usual style of aggressive politics — which she often practiced during her stint as opposition leader of the state against the CPM-led Left Front government. This time...
Section of Congress, IUML Reject ‘Mullappally Line’
By P Sreekumaran A section of the Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) have categorically rejected the ‘Mullappally line’ on joint struggles against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA). Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee(KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran had taken strong exception to the joint rally held by the Left...
Government’s GAG Order Smacks Of Colonial Mindset
By K Raveendran The gag order issued by the Information & Broadcasting ministry to news channels asking them to refrain from broadcasting content which is “likely to instigate violence or which promotes an anti-national attitude” smacks of a colonial mindset. The order, the second in a fortnight,...
Jharkhand Assembly Polls: BJP Faces Tough Challenge
By Harihar Swarup In its 19-year history, Jharkhand has never voted for a single-party government. And, prevailing trends suggest that the state is unlikely to break the habit this time as well. Elections to the 81-member assembly, which were held in five phases, were over on December 20....
