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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.Turkey Gearing Up For Municipal Elections On March 31
By Conn Hallinan “Democracy is like a tram; you get off when you have reached your destination.” The comment by Recep Tayyip Erdogan—made more than 20 years ago when he was first elected mayor of Istanbul—sums up the Machiavellian cynicism of Turkey’s authoritarian president. As Turkey gears up for...
Priyanka To Take Holy Dip In Kumbha On February 17
By Rahil Nora Chopra Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is going to visit Kumbh Mela on 17 February to seek the blessing of Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati and take a holy dip into Sangam on her trip to Prayagraj and this is the first religious trip after being appointed the Congress general...
No Concern For Public Interest
By Binoy Viswam When the CAG report got presented in the 16th Lok Sabha on its last day, Narendra Modi might have breathed a sigh of relief. But Rafale will continue roaring in his ears and thoughts in the coming days. In the name of national security Narendra Modi...
Jobless Youth Rise Against Modi Regime
By Shameem Faizee After getting thoroughly exposed in the Rafale deal, nobody is ready to believe that Narendra Modi government has zero tolerance for corruption. This has proved to be the most corrupt in the shortest period of over four years. Now it is using different pretexts to divert...
Rahul Sets Up Five Party Panels In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Both Congress and BJP have started to prepare what may be described as infrastructure for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The state BJP President Rakesh Singh has removed 11 Presidents of the district committees. Those who have been removed include close confidents of former...
Pulwama Takes Spotlight Away From Rafale
By Sushil Kutty Going into general elections 2019, the Modi Government has been given, albeit late in the day, an opportunity to sway voters. The withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan sets the momentum. A long-standing demand from nationalists, this will go down well with the...
Rahul Has Got The Chance To Be An Agent Of Change
By Nitya Chakraborty With the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha ending on February 13, the stage is set for the holding of Lok Sabha elections in April/May 2019. The opposition parties have at last decided on drafting a common minimum programme for fighting the ruling NDA led...
United States Needs A Radical Change In Foreign Policy
By John Bachtell Trump’s State of the Union address aimed to unite a right-wing base and drive a wedge between Democratic moderates and progressives and the entire anti-extreme right-wing alliance, just as the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway. Trump spoke before a dramatically changed political landscape marked by. a...
Supreme Court Order Exposes Nitish Government
By Arun Srivastava The Supreme Court ordering transfer of the Muzaffarpur shelter home trial to Delhi is a slap on the face of the Nitish government which claims to ensure justice to its people. In shifting the case at Saket in Delhi, the apex court has demonstrated its lack...
Name Rahul Gandhi PM Candidate And Be Done With It
By Sushil Kutty Opposition unity is only skin deep. And Chandrababu Naidu’s ‘unite or perish’ warning may not register on Mamata Banerjee and the Left parties; Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s ‘endorsement’ of ‘Modi for PM again’ indicates the Yadav vote-bank is divided. Akhilesh might have forgiven...
‘State Of Working India 2018’ Is A Major Report On Labour
By B. Sivaraman The Centre for Sustainable Management of the Azim Premji University, Bangalore has brought out a unique report titled State of Working India 2018, the first of an intended annual series. At first sight, it might look paradoxical and surprising that when we get very little quality...
Falling Food Prices Hitting Rural Economy
By Anjan Roy People are generally happy when prices are low; they feel even better off when prices are falling. But that could be a nightmare for the economic policy makers. Rising prices can be fought back; but it is impossible to tackle falling prices. Japan, f’or example, is...
KPCC Chief’s Offer To CPI-M Eminently Sensible
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee(KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran’s offer to the CPI(M) to have an alliance with that party in Kerala if it gives up the politics of violence is an eminently sensible idea whose time has come. It needed a lot of courage for a...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case transferred to Delhi – The Supreme Court has shifted the case concerning sexual assaults in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Homes from a Bihar CBI court to POCSO court in Saket, criticising its conduct and the overall management of shelter homes by the State Government. The Saket...
Madhya Pradesh BJP Starts Mobilisation Of Cadres
By LS Herdenia BHOPAL: After losing power in Madhya Pradesh the BJP is again in fighting mood and started behaving as an opposition party. To begin it has held strong demonstrations to express its anger against what it described as deteriorating law and order situation in the state. BJP...
British Labour Party Proposes New Deal For Workers
By Mark Gruenberg The British Labour Party’s think tank has drafted a strongly pro-union pro-worker platform it plans to run on in next United Kingdom election and enact if it gains power. The Institute for Employment Rights’ Manifesto For Labour Law envisions re-established and strong sectoral bargaining, protection of...
Supreme Court Has No Other Option Left Now
By Amritananda Chakravorty The last few weeks have been a revelation in the context of Rafale deal. Each day a new story comes of rampant procedural violations, bypassing of India’s national security interests, diluting anti-corruption clauses, and now the most damaging news that Anil Ambani had knowledge of the...
British PM Has No New Plan As Deadline Nears
By Al Neal With each movement of the little hand, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s self-imposed deadline to deliver a renegotiated Brexit deal before Parliament seems less likely—the UK government doesn’t even expect any EU concessions by the deadline. And the palpable fear of a no-deal withdrawal grows with...
