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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.Yogi Adityanath Planning A ‘Maha Kumbh’ With 2027 Elections In Mind
By Sushil Kutty Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be in Prayagraj on October 6 with the stage set for the next explosive episode of ‘Hindu-Muslim’. Prayagraj is anticipating a monstrous ‘Maha Kumbh’ in 2025 and preparations are in swing. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will announce the dates...
Crisis-Triggered Oil Price Spike Is For Real, But Its Sustainability Is In Doubt
By K Raveendran The ongoing escalation of conflict in the Middle East has sent crude oil prices surging by more than 5% within a week, hitting around $77 per barrel. This spike has raised alarm among major oil-consuming nations, particularly as the region, long a critical oil hub, continues...
Data Gap Prevents True Glimpse Of The State Of Ocean In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Serious data gaps exist in Ocean Ecosystem Accounts which is preventing the country to have true glimpse of the state of oceans in India. There are several threats to the coastal areas, of which soil erosion is one of the biggest. EnviStats India 2024: Environment...
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Emerging As A Parallel Power Centre In BJP
By Harihar Swarup Is Nitin Gadkari trying to send a message to the BJP central leadership ahead of the Maharashtra elections? The Union Minister of transport and highways skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Wardha on September 20 to launch the Acharya Chanakya Skill Development scheme and to...
Argentina’s Reform Measures Hit The Poorest People Sparing The Rich
By Tirthankar Mitra Better known for the wizardry of its footballers, all is not well with Argentina. Its economic crisis has reached an alarming point with poverty rates expected to surpass 50 per cent. Poverty was higher in the first half of this year coupled with inflation. Health care...
Decoding Bangladesh Politics Two Months After Sheikh Hasina’s Ouster
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh has just completed two months after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wazed from power on August 5 following the mass upsurge led by the students of Anti-Discrimination Front, popularly known as anti Quota movement. The interim Government led by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus...
Chandrababu And Pawan Are Starting A New Kind Of Rath Yatra Over Laddus
By Sushil Kutty The Tirupati laddus are in the maw of a hybrid team of investigators appointed on the orders of the Supreme Court. The team includes two CBI officers. Will that speed up delivery of justice for Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati-Tirumala? Any unresolved case handed to the CBI...
States Want Focussed Approach For Creating Quality Jobs
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With the culmination of Centre’s six regional meetings on October 4, 2024 on employment generation and labour reforms with states and Union Territories of India, it has clearly emerged that the states want focused approach for creating quality jobs in the country as well as...
Bihar Sees Angry Protests Over Smart Meter Pitch, Poor Flood Relief
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political temperature is soaring in Bihar as the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government has set a deadline of 2025 for the ongoing installation of pre-paid smart electricity meters across the state, which, in turn, has led to a massive row, causing protests from the Opposition...
Kolkata Is Set To Bid Goodbye To Tram Services As A Part Of Transport
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA; Remember a close shot of a tram’s trolley pole snug against the overhead line sparking at every joint in the film ‘Mahanagar’. It was the opening shot of the 1963 film directed by Satyajit Ray in which the tram track identifies this metropolis. West Bengal...
World Economy Has Slowed Down, Inequality Is Widening In Capitalist Countries
By Prabhat Patnaik The fact that the world economy has slowed down since the financial crisis of 2008 is beyond dispute. In fact even conservative American economists have started using the term “secular stagnation” to describe the current situation (though they have their own peculiar definition for it). The...
Huge Concentration Of Digital Content Ownership Diminishes Its Democratic Potential
By Sanjay Roy The value of creative labour has always been very context specific and dependent on subjective appreciation of the buyer of the products of such labour. The importance of aesthetic value of products has increased particularly with increased possibility of customisation of products. This has also increased...
SEBI Meeting: A Missed Opportunity Amid Vice-Like Grip Of A Chief Without Credibility
By K Raveendran The outcome of the much-anticipated SEBI board meeting on Monday showed beyond doubt that the board has become a captive in the hands of chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, who is facing serious allegations of misconduct. The toxic work culture and unprofessionalism that the SEBI employees have...
Israel Is Pushing West Asia Into A Destructive Regional War
By P. Sudhir This October 7 marks a year since Israeli aggression on Gaza. Israel used Hamas attack as an excuse to carry out its genocidal war on Gaza, Palestine. It declared the elimination of Hamas as its objective in attacking Gaza. Far from achieving its objective, Israel has...
Adivasi Vs Anti-Adivasi Will Be Chief Component In Jharkhand Electoral Battle
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Jharkhand is once again heading for an Adivasi and anti-Adivasi electoral battle, just within a couple of months since Lok Sabha election 2024 result was out on June 4, in which BJP had lost all the five seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs). There are...
SP MLA Mehboob Ali Sends Some Warning Signals To Yogi Adityanath
By Sushil Kutty Amroha’s Samajwadi Party MLA Mehboob Ali jumped the gun. Ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, Ali said “population of Muslims is increasing” and predicted that “your rule” will come to an end. It sounded like “Hindu rule” but the vigilant print media of India read Ali’s lips correctly....
Continuing Ethnic Clashes In Manipur Show The Collapse Of Governance
By Krishna Jha Tragic situation in Manipur has been continuing without any respite. To resolve the crisis the efforts made are almost half hearted. The peace stands fragmented. Responsibility to restrain the violence has been left with the forces of violence itself. Security forces are expected to restore peace....
Deadlock Over Refugees Continues Between Centre And Mizoram Govt
By Ashis Biswas With more tribal migrants from Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh fleeing to India in the wake of political turmoil, the cost of maintaining nearly 40,000 refugees is rising for both Indian government and Mizoram state authorities. During the last few weeks, many more tribals from...
