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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.GDP Controversy Has All Facets Of Truth
By Anjan Roy The GDP controversy has brought out all facets of truth: truth, half-truths and unstated half truths. To understand what has happened one has to refer to slide 7 of the presentation on the revised GDP figures that the CSO has released. Until 2011-12, GDP was...
Farmers’ Rally On November 30 Was A Wake-Up Call For Modi
By B. Sivaraman The November 30 rally by India’s lakhs of farmers thronging New Delhi was unique in many respects. Unlike the earlier attempts at snatching national spotlight, the entire galaxy of opposition leaders—from Rahul Gandhi to Arvind Kejriwal, from Sitaram Yechury to Sudhakar Reddy and Dipankar...
Army Chief Should Not Delve Into Diplomacy And Politics
By Amulya Ganguli It is difficult to understand what the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army, General Bipin Rawat, means when he says that Pakistan must become secular if it want to come closer to India. His comment was in response to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s...
Madhya Pradesh Politicians Spend Sleepless Nights
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Even after the hectic electioneering there is no respite for politicians of both BJP and Congress. While the BJP’s worries are being caused by the flood of complaints about sabotage by rival party men, Congress is spending sleepless nights over the possibility of...
Diminishing Returns Blight BJP’s Sabarimala Stir
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The law of diminishing returns has caught up with the BJP-RSS in Kerala. That is the reason why the saffron brigade has decided to shift the venue of the agitation from Sabarimala to the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. The ‘unkindest cut’ came from...
It’s Statistics Versus Experience
By K. Raveendran Modi came to power promising to eradicate black money and corruption by putting end to a system where the ruling elites and their cronies pocketed all the wealth while people struggled for survival. With only months to go for his term, whether it was the...
Sidhu Must Be Hailed For Kartarpur Corrdidor Reopening
By Harihar Swarup Gurdwara Kartarpur in Pakistan is one of the holiest shrine for the Sikh community. Situated in Narowal, not far from the Indian border, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the ground breaking ceremony of a five- kilometer corridor that will connect the Shrine with Indian...
No Yuvati In Sight, Sabarimala Turns
By Sushil Kutty So, it wasn’t a never-ending tease? The BJP is done with the Sabarimala sannidanam and is all set to take the battle to the Secretariat, handicapped as it is with just a single face in the Kerala Assembly to make a stand, raise ruckus. The...
Cuba Is Seeking Foreign Investments From Friendly Nations
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel returned to Havana November 15 after a multi-nation trip to Russia, North Korea, China, Vietnam, and Laos. He and his delegation had also stopped in Paris and London. In late September in New York, he had introduced himself to...
Madhya Pradesh Polling Has The Air Of Festivities
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: It was less of polling and more a festival for many sections of voters. It was a thrilling experience for the first time voters. Many of them reached the polling booths in groups and after exercising their franchise they proceeded to picnic...
Google Employees Protest Surrender To Chinese Censorship
By B. Sivaraman Google employees are at it again. In April 2018, 3,100 out of 4,000 employees at the Google headquarters signed a letter protesting Google’s contract with Pentagon to develop an artificial-intelligence-based autonomous weapons system and forced the Google management not to renew that contract. On 1...
The Face Of New And Emerging India
By Anjan Roy The sheer audacity of Piyush Gupta’s ambition is astonishing. He is aspiring to create an eco-system which will transform the entire transport system of India by making EVs (electric vehicles) ubiquitous. That, he believes, should cut down India’s oil import bill by no less than...
Health And Medical Education Cannot Be Left To Market Economy
By Dr Arun Mitra The report that the health ministry has asked the MCI to review the tuition fees in medical colleges is a welcome step. Better late than never, it has become so essential because the fee structure in private medical colleges has gone sky high and...
Retail Poised For Exciting Times; Consumers Want More Swanky Stores
By K R Sudhaman India’s retail sector, cruising towards $1 trillion by 2020 growing annually at 20 per cent, is in for exciting times as consumers want “clean and swanky” stores, even as ecommerce and kirana stores grow side by side as they too have their utility and...
L’affaire Sasi: It Is Not A Mere Party Affair
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which heads the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) coalition government in the state, takes pride on being the only political party in the country that acts against its members accused of sexual misconduct. In line with...
BJP Plays Muslim Card Against Pilot
By Rahil Nora Chopra BJP has fielded minister Yunus Khan to fight against Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot from Tonk, which is a Muslim-dominated area. The total population of Tonk assembly seat is about 2,50,000, of which about 70,000 belong to the minority community, although the SC-ST votes...
VHP-RSS Meet At Ayodhya Was A Total Flop
By Shameem Faizee Once the Hindutva brigade decided that there is no other option for it but to refocus on the now forgotten Babri-Masjid Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, the entire captive media launched a campaign to revive the issue and rouse the people’s sentiments. Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and...
What awaits Buenos Aires G20?
By Ashok B Sharma The world is grappling to resolve a host of problems. Compounding the issues are new problems to be created by disruptive technologies. Though technological advancement is certain, its impact, particularly on job creation and employment, is yet to be assessed. Disruptive technologies like...
