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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.Tipra Motha, Chakma Students Lead Stir In Chittagong Hill Tracts
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Tripura’s most prominent TIPRA Motha leader Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarman (ex-royal scion) and Chakma student outfits are in limelight following their successful protests to highlight atrocities against minorities and indigenous people in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. The interesting part is that Debbarman...
India To Step Up Coal Production To 1.5 Billion Tonne In FY 2029-30
By Dr. Gyan Pathak To strengthen India’s energy security and realise self-reliance under “Atmanirbhar Bharat” programme by replacing imported coal with domestically mined coal, India will increase its production from the provisional 997.25 million tonne (MT) in FY24 to 1.31BT in FY25 and 1.5BT inFY30.It has been planned to...
New Army Regimes In West African Countries Posing Challenge To Western Powers
By Prabhat Patnaik West Africa, which had been largely under French colonial rule, never saw decolonisation of the sort that India did. For a start, the erstwhile French colonies’ currency continued to be linked to the French franc at a fixed exchange rate, which meant that they could not...
SBI’s Move To Buy Equity In Big Defaulter Company SIIL Is Preposterous
By C H Venkatachalam In a move that has surprised corporate watchers, State Bank of India (SBI) will take a dual role in the debt restructuring of defaulter Supreme Infrastructure India Ltd (SIIL). This development marks an unprecedented step in India’s corporate debt resolution landscape, as the country’s largest...
Himachal Minister Knows His State People More Than Rahul Gandhi
By Sushil Kutty Does Congress general secretary (Organization) KC Venugopal know Himachal Pradesh more than Himachal Pradesh cabinet minister Vikramaditya Singh? For that matter, does Raebareli’s Congress MP Rahul Gandhi? Venugopal is Rahul Gandhi’s eyes and ears within the Congress framework but it would be naïve to believe he...
In A Sudden Turn, Myanmar Junta Invites Armed Rebels To Political Talks
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav In quick-paced developments, Myanmar’s ruling junta has invited the armed rebel groups to stop fighting and participate in political talks. “We invite ethnic armed groups, terrorist insurgent groups, and terrorist PDF groups which are fighting against the state to give up terrorist fighting and communicate...
Decoding Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar On His 204th Birth Anniversary On September 26
By Nitya Chakraborty Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar whom Rabindranath Tagore had hailed as the symbol of ‘ajeya paurasha, akhanda manushyatva’ meaning invincible manliness and indelible humanism was the tallest among the social reformers and educators in 19th century Bengal. His 71 year life from September 26, 1820 to July 27,...
PLFS 2023-24 Wraps Up Disturbing Level Of India’s Labour Market Distortion
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After unemployment rate in India officially reaching 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, which was 45 years high, PM Narendra Modi led government has been successful in reducing it to 3.2 per cent on paper by 2023-24 which wraps up increasingly disturbing level of labour market...
Akshay Shinde’s Encounter Killing By Thane Cops Is Mired In Confusion
By Sushil Kutty Everything about the Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde’s encounter-killing is confusing except the reality that Akshay sexually assaulted two kindergarten kids in the school where he worked as a sweeper. Now, after he was killed in an encounter inside a moving police/prison van, there...
Rival Alliances MVA, Mahayuti Brace For Maharashtra Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The fight for Maharashtra assembly elections has commenced, with ruling alliance Mahayuti, comprising Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP, and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, aiming to retain the power. While the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar) and Congress,...
Defiant Kerala MLA Anvar Refuses To Mend His Ways
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Left Democratic Front (LDF)-backed Independent MLA P V Anvar seems to have lost his balance and sense of proportion. That is the unmistakable conclusion that can be drawn from the press conference Anvar addressed at Nilambur, the constituency he represents in the Kerala Assembly, the...
Removal Of Minimum Export Price Of Basmati Rice By Centre Is Welcome
By Tirthankar Mitra People on both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border have lot in common likings including sporting events in which players of the two countries pit their playing skills against each other together with tucking into a plate of fragrant basmati rice. Giving a leg up to Basmati...
Assessing Big Emergence Of BSW In Brandenburg Regional Elections
By Nick Wright BERLIN: A day before last Sunday’s vote for a new parliament in the east German state of Brandenburg, opinion polls had the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the far-right AfD neck and neck. The SPD finished up on 30.9 per cent, with the AfD on...
Litmus Test For BJP’s Policies In The Crucial Third Phase Of J&K Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election campaigns for all participating political parties in the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha election has unquestionably centred round the chief issue – restoration of the abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India and the lost statehood of this Union Territory. The electoral...
BJP Is Clueless On How To Deal With Its Lok Sabha Member ‘Queen’ Kangana Ranaut
By Sushil Kutty BJP’s Mandi MP, actor Kangana Ranaut, is a raw nerve in the BJP’s thick skin and a bundle of apprehension for party president JP Nadda, who cannot seem to decide whether she is in-disciplinable or indispensable? Is Kangana Ranaut a “Congressi” at heart? For, she sounds...
Only A Steep Rise In Steel Consumption In India Can Boost Manufacturing
By Kunal Bose How has China become an awe-inspiring manufacturing powerhouse backed by crude steel capacity of 1.078 billion tonnes and aluminium smelting capacity of 45.19 million tonnes? Any number of dissertations on the subject analysing the economic and political factors propelling the country’s rapid industrialization since the late...
Yogi Adityanath Intensifies Campaign For Ten Bypolls To State Assembly
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Even though, the dates for the by polls to the Uttar Pradesh assembly are not out, but all major political parties are gearing up for elections to 10 assembly seats. Since the outcome of these by-elections will decide the mood of the political parties and...
RG Kar Incident Of August 9 Has Imparted A New Dimension To Coming Puja Festival
By Devasis Chattopadhyay As Terence McKenna said that culture is a mass hallucination, likewise the annual festival of Durga Puja is typically an immersive carnival of food, music, community get-togethers and cultural programmes that holds West Bengal in its thrall for five hedonistic days and nights. With Kolkata as...
