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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.Gaza’s Death Toll Climbs Past 40,000 As Israeli Destruction Continues
By Ceren Sagir GAZA’S death toll climbed past 40,000 today as international mediators held a new round of talks on a ceasefire and the release of hostages. In its most recent detailed report on the dead, Gaza’s Health Ministry said that of the 40,005 Palestinians reported killed, nearly 16,500...
Bangladesh Still Unstable, Showing No Clear Political Direction
By Nitya Chakraborty Eight days have passed since the ouster of from power in Bangladesh on August 5 following the mass upsurge led by the students and other opposition parties against the 15 year rule of the Awami League Government led by her. Much has been written about the...
BJP Gives Itself Away By Dubbing Campaign Against Adani As Attack On India
By K Raveendran By suggesting that the alleged Hindenburg offensive against the Adani group is an attack against India, the ruling party is, though inadvertently, acknowledging the sway the group has on the Modi government. This assertion not only underscores the influence wielded by Adani but also serves to...
Youth Employment Is Back To Pre-Covid Level, But Crisis Persists
By Dr. Gyan Pathak For the global youth between 15 and 24 years of age, employment rates have stabilized back to their pre-COVID-19 crisis trendlines, but unemployment rate stood at 13 per cent in 2023,according a new ILO report titled “The Global Employment Trend for Youth (GET for Youth)...
Kolkata Doctor’s Brutal Rape And Murder Stirs Up Political Storm
By Tirthankar Mitra Rape and murder of a woman doctor pursuing a postgraduate course at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week has struck a raw nerve in West Bengal. Crimes against women in this state have hit the headlines during both the Left Front regime and the...
Kolkata Rape-Murder Leaves INDIA Bloc Fighting Perception Battle
By Sushil Kutty West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in denial mode and is not bothered about the changing public perception of her following her handling of a rape-cum-murder of a Kolkata trainee-doctor. Her INDIA bloc partner, Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav, has not yet issued...
India Is Looking For Big Rise In Aluminium Production Based On Bauxite Reserves
By Kunal Bose India presents a unique case for bauxite. Though not as enormously large as they are in Guinea and Australia, bauxite resources (reserves plus deposits underneath to be explored) in India are big enough to sustain a large aluminium value chain. In fact, if anything unlike the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Wayanad Visit Belies The Hype
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did the right thing by visiting the landslide-struck Wayanad. That the Prime Minister chose to make promises of all help is also welcome. But it is also true that hopes that the PM would sanction interim relief before waiting for the State...
Bangladesh Interim Govt Head Dr. Md Yunus Is An Institution Builder
By Harihar Swarup When the protesting students approached Dr. Muhammad Yunus to head interim government in Bangladesh, the Nobel laureatehad several examples he could turn to while weighing his options. While French philosopher Jean-PaulSartredeclined to be a leader of the 1968 students’ movement, Russian author Alekxander Solzhenstein refused to...
Official Figures On Very Low Rate Of Inflation In July Raises Questions
By Anjan Roy The latest inflation data, released by the union government on Monday, shows price rise at a lowest clip since 2019. This is good news. But it raises a series of questions as well. The last figure shows overall inflation rate of 3.54 per cent in July...
Conditions Endangering Security In Hospitals Must Be Eliminated
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The shocking incident of rape and murder of a trainee doctor on duty in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has shaken the confidence of everyone – from patients and their attendants to doctors on duty, especially women. We need to restore it...
Sunday’s BJP-RSS Meet Failed To Evolve A Consensus On Next Party President
By Arun Srivastava None of the warring factions, Narendra Modi and RSS leadership, is willing to concede even an inch of political space to other. Five hour long high level meet of the top leaders of the BJP and the RSS leaders on Sunday at the residence of Defence...
China Making Major Innovation In Its Alumina Production Policy For Expansion
By Kunal Bose The world’s biggest processor of bauxite into alumina China has to contend with two realities: First, Beijing has introduced more stringent conditions since 2022 for investments in new alumina projects, including brownfield capacity expansion. This has implications for both operating groups and potential new investors. Second,...
Fire In Nuclear Plant In Ukraine Sends Danger Signal For Escalation Of War
By Dr Arun Mitra The news that there is fire in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has sent ripples in the minds of people around the globe. Even though no radiation leak has been reported so far, but the danger cannot be ruled out till the fire is...
Trump-Kamala Presidential Battle Has Shifted To Vance-Walz War Of Words
By Sushil Kutty Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s meteoric acceptability is one side of the coin. The flip side is Kamala’s choice for Vice President, Tim Walz, who brought excitement to the Kamala Harris campaign, which the corporate media latched on to push Kamala’s case against Republican candidate Donald...
Bhutan’s Marathon Runner Lhamo’ Symbolised Olympic Spirit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A marathon runner from Bhutan who finished the 42.195 km marathon at Paris Olympic in 3 hours 52 seconds and was the last one to finish the race received a rousing ovation from the spectators. Kinzang Lhamo finished the marathon 1.5 hours after the winner,...
SEBI Chief’s Defence Falls Flat as Conflict of Interest is Clear Beyond Doubt
K Raveendran It was clear to everyone that SEBI was stonewalling a proper investigation into the charges levelled by the Hindenburg report, except those who had other reasons to pretend otherwise. But there was no clarity as to why SEBI was doing so. Now that Hindenburg has disclosed SEBI...
Twin Tata Ventures in Assam and Gujarat Put India on the World Microchip Map
By Nantoo Banerjee India seems to be filled with a giddy rapture as the Rs.11.12-lakh crore Tata group has ventured into semiconductor fab production by simultaneously taking up two projects – one in Gujarat and the other in Assam – to put the country on the world microchip makers’...
