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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.Conditions Of Employment For Women In India Gradually Worsening
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Due to declining scope of job opportunity in the organised and formal sector, women workers in India have been increasingly trying hard even to find a place in the unorganised and informal sectors sans social security. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2023-24 for the period...
With Congress Out Of Bypolls, It Is Yogi Vs. Akhilesh In Uttar Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty The Congress has left the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, leaving the field open for the Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav against the state-BJP led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who has sole responsibility of redeeming BJP after Akhilesh Yadav took the saffron party to the cleaners in...
Austrian President Finally Keeps Far Right FPO Out Of New Government
By Tirthankar Mitra Austrian President Alexander van Der Bellen has decided to sidestep the far right Freedom Party (FPO) in government formation sending an unambiguous signal about the future. At the heart of the decision lies the question that should a party having won the largest share of votes...
Left Wing Die Linke Of Germany Is In A Renewal Mood After National Party Congress
By Marc Martorell Junyent BERLIN: “There is hope.” This was one of the most repeated sentences when talking to delegates at Germany’s Die Linke’s national congress last weekend, as the left-wing party convened in Halle, in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. This hope clearly isn’t inspired by polling data,...
CM Yogi Has The Highest Stake In Uttar Pradesh Byelections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With announcement of NDA and INDIA bloc’s candidates for byelections of all the 9 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, one can now see the chief contestants arrayed in the electoral battlefield, and also make an assessment of their respective strengths and weaknesses, the success...
Moment Of Truth Has Arrived For Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
By Sushil Kutty Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is teetering from crisis to crisis. He survived a second no-confidence motion on October 1, the second in two days, and on October 25, Trudeau faced an internal challenge from his party MPs, 24 of whom have asked him to resign...
Madhya Pradesh BJP’s Infighting Heats Up Over Budhni Assembly Bypoll Nominee
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: BJP which claims to be a party with a difference is facing unexpected and unprecedented opposition over the selection of a candidate for the Budhni Assembly seat. The Budhni is facing a bypoll to be held on November 13.The Budhni bypoll was necessitated after...
Congress-SP Seat-Sharing Talks Broke Down In Uttar Pradesh Over Choice Of Seats
By Rahil Nora Chopra After the Congress faced a shock loss in Haryana assembly polls and performed poorly on its own in Jammu and Kashmir elections, the discussions in the Congress for seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh by polls were managed by Avinash Pandey and Ajay Rai. The Congress...
Trivialising History In Books Are Continuing By BJP In Govt Funded Institutions
By Krishna Jha Jawaharlal Nehru University plans to teach the “Concept of Akhand Bharat”. It does not end here. The process has been unleashed. More distortions would be brought through Vidya Bharati, an institution through which the RSS runs a massive network of schools across the country. And here...
After 64 Years Of Film Career Aparna Sen Is Still Active As An Actor-Director
By Tirthankar Mitra A slip of a girl when Aparna Dasgupta made her debut as a tomboy Mrinmoyee in Satyajit Ray’s Samapti in 1961 , the final part of Teen Konya, few had doubts that she will go far. But perhaps none had foreseen that she would carve out...
U.S. Dominated International Financial Institutions Have Failed The Poor Countries
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The International Monetary Fund AGM in Washington had barely reflected on the efficacy of its austerity regime in reducing inflation before beginning to worry about the inevitable hike in global oil prices if Benjamin Netanyahu’s offensive is not stayed. Another global energy crisis is doubly...
Modi-Xi Talks At BRICS Summit In Kazan Signal A Breakthrough In Bilateral Relations
By Nitya Chakraborty The one-hour meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 23 on the side lines of the BRICS summit at Kazan, has signalled a breakthrough in the bilateral relations between the two largest nations of Asia and the...
India-China Agreement On LAC On October 21 Is A Welcome Development
By P. Sudhir The Indian government announced on October 21 that an agreement was reached between India and China on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This is a welcome development that hopefully would lead to the normalisation of relations between the two neighbouring countries. The...
The Curious Case Of India Attracting Lower FDI Inflows Amidst Higher GDP Growth
By Subrata Majumder An introspection of foreign direct investment flow in India reveals that FDI fell on the lowest ebb in 2023-24 within 5 years. This is despite the fact that country achieved one of the highest growth in the economy. It dropped to US$ 44,423 million in 2023-24,...
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...
