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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.Shabana Azmi Completes Fifty Years Of Her Glorious Film Career
By Harihar Swarup After catching attention with her National Award winning big screen debut as Lakshmi, a low caste and morally ambiguous villager in Shyam Benegal’s Ankur 1974, Shabana Azmi has pitched out a rare feat of winning five National Awards for – Ankur, Arth (1983), Khandhar (1984), Paar...
Kamala Harris Has Chosen The Right Candidate As Her Running Mate For November 5 Polls
By Branko Marcetic WASHINGTON: The vibes have not been this good for a long time. Only two weeks after President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign turned the 2024 election on its head, Vice President Kamala Harris has shocked the political establishment by choosing as her running mate...
Bangladesh After Sheikh Hasina’s Exit: What It Means For India?
By Nitya Chakraborty India is faced with an unprecedented political turmoil in Bangladesh after the formidable prime minister for the last fifteen years – Sheikh Hasina Wazed– was forced by the army generals and members of her own security team to leave the country within just 45 minutes. She...
Modi Govt’s Financial Inclusion Spiel Turns Banks Into Loan Sharks
By Sushil Kutty All banks have a savings account product with minimum balance requirements. If the minimum account balance (MAB) is not maintained, a fee is charged. However, in the interest of financial inclusion, the RBI mandated that all banks should also offer a no-fee zero account balance basic...
Peoples’ Uprising In Bangladesh Does Not Augur Well For India
By Arun Srivastava What has happened in Bangladesh was inevitable. It is extreme historical irony that Sheikh Hasina had to eventually flee Bangladesh, the country which was literally fathered by her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Hasina, who once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule and restore the democratic governance,...
Delhi LG Must Not Ignore Council Of Ministers Irrespective Of SC Verdict
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even though Supreme Court of India has given its verdict that Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi has power to nominate ‘aldermen’ to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) under Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 without aid and advice of the Council of Ministers of Delhi,...
UAE And Thailand Move To Legalize Casino Business In Their Countries
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Thailand government is pressing ahead with its plans to legalize land-based casinos within large entertainment venues, a government spokesperson said last month. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has reportedly asked the country’s finance ministry to draft a comprehensive bill to provide the legal foundation for...
Venezuelan President Maduro Has To Earn The Trust Of His Latin American Allies
By Satyaki Chakraborty Nine days after the presidential elections in Venezuela held on July 28 in which the incumbent president Nicholas Maduro won defeating the candidate of the national opposition, the far right Edmundo Gonzalez, the political situation in the oil rich South American country is still in turmoil...
Remembering U.S. Dropping First Atom Bomb On Hiroshima On August 6, 1945
By Liz Payne LONDON: The nuclear atrocities committed on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 1945 took place not by accident but by intent, as the most reactionary forces in the world, led by the US, pursued their goals of domination of the...
Poor India’s Sudden Push For Gold Import Sans Logic
By Nantoo Banerjee The sudden and sharpest cut in the import duty on gold and gold doré seems to be quite confusing since even at a 15 percent import duty on gold India’s import of the yellow metal surged nearly 30 percent amounting US$45.54 billion in the last financial...
As Leader Of The Opposition In Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi Is Performing Well
By Kalyani Shankar It might be too soon to judge how well Rahul Gandhi is shaping up as the new Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in Lok Sabha. The current budget session ends in just a few days, so we’ll need more time to understand his leadership fully. But...
G20 Declaration On Labour Market Needs Decisive Actions Too
By Dr. Gyan Pathak G20 declaration on addressing global labour market challenges and promoting decent work fell short of the expectation, which perhaps prompted the Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Gilbert F Houngbo to urge G20 Labour and Employment Ministers to take decisive actions to reduce...
Living Life In A Limbo In Jammu & Kashmir After The Abrogation Of Article 370
By Sushil Kutty Five years of no Article 370 is still not palatable for millions of Kashmiris. Even something as primeval as stone-pelting is sorely missed and the fact that violence has ebbed in the Valley to a point where India’s vaunted armed forces have to go to Jammu,...
Indian Economy Can Only Move To The Next Level Through Use Of Efficient Capital And Technology
By Anjan Roy “Middle income trap” is not an uncommon phenomenon in development experience of nations and countries. While some countries make a promising start, they tend to stagnate after a certain point. They fail to graduate from moderately devoid countries to developed countries with high per capita income....
Factional Infighting Hits Bjp Units In Most Of The States After Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava It is ironic that BJP which ten years back claimed itself as the party with a difference having high level of discipline is facing indiscipline and factional infighting in most of the states after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. . Since the formation of the present...
Disbursal Of High Reserve Bank Of India Profits To Centre Is Improper
By Romar Correa The record disbursal of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) profits to the government of India in May 2024 has been in the news. The magnitude of the disbursal caught everyone by surprise. There is a fair bit of confusion as well since many in the mainstream...
Wayanad Devastation Manifests The Wages Of An Unforgivable Political Sin
By K Raveendran The Union government’s decision to issue a fresh draft notification for nearly 56,825 sq km of the Western Ghats as an Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA) in the wake of the catastrophic landslides that ravaged Wayanad, flattening entire swathes of settlements, markets, and public spaces can only be...
Aam Aadmi Party Has No Alternative Leader To Replace Imprisoned Arvind Kejriwal
By Harihar Swarup When newcomer Arvind Kejriwal defeated three—time chief minister Sheila Dikshit in her constituency of New Delhi in 2013 assembly polls, jubilant supporters took to streets, hailing the moment when a common man got an opportunity to master electoral politics. Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party soon became the...
