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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.SC Appointed Panel Of Four Members, Backed Farm Laws In Past
By Nitya Chakraborty Supreme Court of India these days are behaving in bizarre ways. After all the hearings on the petitions challenging the enactment of the three farm laws by the Narendra Modi Government in Parliament in a hurry during pandemic, the three member bench of the ...
Big Tech Giants Make All Powerful Trump Faceless In Social Media
By Sushil Kutty Guess what, the conservative lot in the United States of America, the “greatest nation the world has ever known”, is cursing its lot in the changed outlook since the January 6 “insurrection,” lamenting the hard times POTUS Donald Trump’s lot are getting at the...
Congress To Corner Yogi Govt On Malnutrition And Unemployment
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Mrs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee are confronting Yogi Adityanath Government on the issues of unemployment, malnutrition and atrocities on women. Under the direction of Priyanka Gandhi, UP Congress Committee has decided to reach out to masses to spread...
Biden’s Nomination Of A Trade Unionist As Labour Secretary Is Significant
By Mark Gruenberg Organized labour of the United States of America, for the first time in years, will have a unionist at the president’s Cabinet table, as Democratic President-Elect Joe Biden nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as U.S. Labour Secretary. This is a major appointment and the selection...
Capitol Hill Riot On January 6 Was A Major Blot For American Democracy
By Kalyani Shankar How does the largest democracy India compare with the oldest democracy US on practicing democracy? There is a WhatsApp message doing the rounds“ Americans recently found out that it’s much easier for them to change presidents in other countries than they can do in...
Vaccine Rollout Plan Has Serious Shortcomings
By Gyan Pathak With the launch of the World’s biggest immunization drive on January 16, India is all set to create a history, but with several ominous signs too. The whole vaccine rollout plan, as stands after the meeting of our Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of...
UDF In Kerala Struggling To Get Its Act Together
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An utterly demoralised front led by a party that has been blighted by a crisis of identity. That is the fate which has befallen the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) still smarting under the local body poll debacle. The defeat is being...
EU Drops Fictional Claim That Juan Guaidó Is President Of Venezuela
By Dustin Noga The European Union has de-recognized Juan Guaidó as the “Interim President” of Venezuela with effect from January. 6. The move came after Guaidó lost his position as the head of the Venezuelan National Assembly following the December 2020 parliamentary elections. The European Commission declared...
BJP Advantageously Placed Now For Assembly Elections In Assam
By Sagarneel Sinha Assam, being the largest of all the northeastern states in terms of population, has often been considered as the key to consolidation in the region. The political activities are almost in the final stage — as the elections in the state are only three months...
High Petrol, Diesel Prices Are Choking Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee Nothing is more untrue and misleading than the official statement that the near record surge in current domestic petrol and diesel prices is linked with hardening crude oil prices in the international market. The retail prices of petrol and diesel have almost touched their peak...
