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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.Two Chief Ministers Who Have Botched Their Cases
By Amulya Ganguli Two chief ministers, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee, have severely weakened their positions at a time when the next Assembly election in their states is not far away. Yet, both started on a high note, none being more upbeat than Kejriwal. Even after Narendra...
Labour Seeks New Alliance To Thwart Johnson’s Brexit Deal
By Arun Srivastava The political development in Britain is moving along expected lines. Boris Johnson has failed to persuade the Commons to bail out his Brexit deal. His political advisers have made him to believe that the Parliament would stand by him and winning a clear majority for...
No End In Sight To Madhya Pradesh Corruption Scandals
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Almost every day when you open your newspaper you read news about some or other officer found involved in corrupt practices. Invariably property and cash running into several crores is recovered. The latest to be caught owning property worth more than Rs. 100...
All About Abhijit Banerjee, 2019 Economics Nobel Co-Winner
By Harihar Swarup Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who has won the 2019 Nobel for Economics, along with his Esther Duflo (his economist wife) and Michael Kremer, has observed the Indian economy is on a shaky ground. The data recently available do not hold any assurance for the country’s economic...
Last-Minute Posturing With Eye On Ayodhya Verdict
By K. Raveendran The last minute volte face by the Muslim parties to the Ayodhya dispute rejecting the terms of the so-called settlement as reported by the mediation panel is a clear case of grandstanding meant to influence the court’s decision. An agreed, settlement would have made...
BJP Pitches Hyper-Nationalism Even In State Assembly Polls
By Sagarneel Sinha With the election dates for Haryana and Maharashtra approaching nearer, one picture that emerges very clearly is that of the paralyzed opposition battling against the BJP, which is leaving no stone unturned — not only to win both the states but to register a victory...
Hunger In India Is Too Serious To Be Ignored Now
By Gyan Pathak Falling of India from 55th position in 2014 to 102nd position in 2019 in Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a terrible global indictment of the miserable performance of Modi government on tackling incidents of hunger in the country. On GHI severity scale, the country scored...
Canadian Election: Who’s The Real Progressive?
By C.J. Atkins Justin Trudeau won in 2015 on a left-leaning platform filled with pledges to tax the rich, make elections more democratic, and save the world from climate change. But four years, a number of scandals, and several broken promises later, it’s getting harder for his Liberal...
Opposition Disunity & New Social Alliances Put Bjp Ahead In Haryana
By Sagarneel Sinha Haryana, which goes to poll on October 21 along with Maharashtra, is witnessing a gradual shift with formations of new social alliances replacing the old existing ones. When in 2014, BJP formed the government for the first time in the state on its own, the...
Mystery Of Triple Murder In West Bengal
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Once more the professionalism of west Bengal police has come under the scanner and for the wrong reasons. Even normally, the sensational triple murder on October 8 of Bandhuprakash Pal, his wife and young son at their Jiaganj residence, Murshidabad district, would have launched...
