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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.Modi And Shah Strengthen Separatists In Kashmir
By Gulzar Bhat Mohammad Ahraf Bhat prefers to sit indoors since the ruling dispensation in New Delhi did away with the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and split the state into two UTs — Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. For Bhat the continuing lockdown or curbs are...
October 20 Elections To Test Bolivia’s Socialist Govt
By W. T. Whitney JR. Bolivian President Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro García Linera are presently campaigning for their fourth term in office. In elections set for October 20, Morales, candidate of the Movement to Socialism Party (MAS), is polling 15 points ahead of ex-President Carlos...
Right-Wing President Macri May Lose In Argentina Elections
By Mark Gruenberg The October 27 Argentinian election, which will probably unseat current right-wing President Mauricio Macri, will have a big impact on workers and unions, Argentina’s former ambassador to the U.S. told a recent congressional briefing. That’s because the leading presidential candidate, who appears to have wide...
Opposition Legislators Disobeying Party In Uttar Pradesh
By Rahil Nora Chopra Those days are long when a leader rarely ever left his own party to join hands with the ruling party. However, now, it has become a symbol for success for politicians to change their stripes and join hands with ruling dispensation, or at least...
Modi Government Does Not Act On Its Own Irregularities
By Gyan Pathak Many high profile economic offences surfaced during Modi’s rule, and actions were taken mostly against his political opponents, the latest victim being Sharad Pawar of Maharashtra, the state undergoing elections. However, nothing is being done against his political supporters, or the departments that are...
Supreme Court Treats Flats Case In Kerala On A Different Footing
By P. Sreekumaran The Marad flats issue, which has hogged national headlines, has entered the final phase with the actual demolition of the apartment complexes, ordered by the Supreme Court, beginning from Friday. Marad was a sleepy town with no pretensions to fame till the Supreme Court...
Kamal Nath Averts Confrontation With Governor Over Ordinance
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Using his formidable skills at political management, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, managed to prevent a direct confrontation between the Raj Bhawan and the state government. The state cabinet had cleared an ordinance making drastic changes in the procedure for electing Mayors...
Shiv Sena Has Scope For Modernising Under Aditya
By Sagarneel Sinha Shiv Sena, founded by Hindutva mascot Bal Thackeray, has been BJP’s one of the oldest allies — as both have a common ideology, Hindutva. Sena used to play the role of big brother with BJP agreeing to aid the former in Maharashtra, the state with...
RBI Finally Wakes Up To Declining GDP Growth
By Chidambaram N The Reserve Bank of India seems to have finally woken up to the all-pervading economic slowdown though it is still under the misconceived notion that mere lowering of interest rates will result in the revival of the economy. The CPI and other left parties...
Corporate-Communal Fascist Threat Is Growing
By D. Raja A calamity is hitting India today – calamity caused by corporate-communal fascism. This is being articulated aggressively by RSS. The recent speech made by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at Nagpur is an emphatic reiteration of this. RSS which claims to be the largest...
