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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.Corporate Sector Is The Prime Beneficiary Of 2024-25 Modi Govt Budget
By Arun Kumar The corporate sector and the pink papers have largely welcomed the Union budget 2024–25. One can always wish for more but it is a relief if one is not hurt and there is a standstill. It was expected that after the recent election results, the ruling...
Killer Landslide Batters Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There seems to be no respite for Kerala from natural calamities. Hardly has the State recovered from the serious situation caused by reports of outbreak of Nipah virus in Kozhikode district when it has been devastated by another disaster.. The latest tragedy to strike the...
Paris Olympics: It Is French, Exuberant, Original And Inclusive
By Devasis Chattopadhyay If it does not arouse debate, it’s not French. Exuberant, original, inclusive – and definitely controversial – sum up the unforgettable opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. As it was obviously French, it held the whole world in thrall during the weekend but the...
India Should Offer Open-Arm Invite To MNCs Abandoning China
By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when one after another foreign firms are abandoning China in protest of repression, the Indian government is, instead of inviting these global firms to start operations in the country, freshly looking at foreign direct investments (FDIs) from China. India is believed to have...
Nicholas Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidency Again In A Hotly Contested Election
By Satyaki Chakraborty President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro won the Presidential elections held on July 28 by defeating the national opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez. As per the election council announcement, Maduro got 51.2 per cent of the votes polled as against 44.2 per cent received by Gonzalez. The council...
SCO Meet May Be Held In Islamabad In October With Narendra Modi Not Attending
By Sushil Kutty Prominent voices in Pakistan have realized that diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan is a Pakistani pipedream. The multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in Islamabad in October holds promise but Pakistanis know Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unbending. The setback to Modi in...
Programme For High Quality Education For All In Punjab From September 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Known for having transformed the Delhi education scenario in government schools from poor to very good, even better in performance than private schools in the National Capital Territory, in just a decade, AAP government is now on the way to transform Punjab school education to...
Narendra Modi Govt Reduces Funding Allocation For UGC In A Significant Shift
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav This month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a significant shift in the funding allocation for the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the latest budget. This historical institution, which saw an allocation of Rs 6409 crore during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, will receive only Rs 2,500...
In Post Election Period, Organisational Rejig Emerges As Major Task Of BJP
By Arun Srivastava Dreams of crores of Indian that their country would be empowered soon and have faster connectivity, more jobs, better education and improved quality of life do not appear to be a reality with the ruling BJP losing its track and its czar unable to connect with...
Bengal BJP Vertically Split Over Attitude To Voters Of Muslim Community
By Tirthankar Mitra With its back to the wall post its tally of 18 seats won in 2019 Lok Sabha polls reduced to 12 in 2024 parliamentary elections, West Bengal BJP unit is still at a crossroads. If leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is advocating a line which...
United States Overhauling Its Military Presence In Japan Is Ominous For Asia
By Asad Mirza In a sweeping step to modernise their alliance in the face of mounting security threats in Asia, particularly the South China Sea, US and Japan have announced plans to further the bilateral military cooperation. The United States has announced that it will overhaul its military forces...
Kamala Harris Nomination Ignites Democratic Party Campaign For Prez Polls
By Diane Abbott Donald Trump was facing an easy ride to the White House when he was matched against Joe Biden. Now he has to face off against Kamala Harris things look very different. Trump has good reason to be scared. He might even lose, again, although it is...
Nirmala Sitharaman Gives Congress Its Best Campaign Point For Assembly Elections
By K Raveendran Rahul Gandhi and a host of Congress leaders have criticised Nirmala Sitharaman and the Modi government for copy-pasting from the Congress manifesto while formulating the new budget. Looking at the issue from another perspective, they must be happy that the finance minister has given Congress their...
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath May Be The Sacrificial Goat To Protect Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Who benefits from blaming Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the BJP’s poor Lok Sabha polls performance in Uttar Pradesh? As things have moved, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is the dark horse though Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also talked about as somebody who...
Centre’s Withdrawal Of Ban On Govt Employees To Join RSS Has Ominous Consequences
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi lifting the 44-year-old ban on government employees from joining RSS and allowing them to actively participate in its programmes, might be construed as a tactical move to buy peace with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, but more than that, it is a move...
India’s Employment Generation To Remain Much Below The Required Number
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “Indian economy needs to generate average of nearly 78.5 lakh jobs annually until 2030 in the non-farm sector to cater to the rising workforce,” said the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in the Parliament of India on July 22. Next day on July 23, the Union...
Cracks Appear In South African Coalition Govt As Partner DA Takes ANC To Court
By Satyaki Chakraborty The new coalition government of South Africa formed last month after the national elections on May 29 is facing a major crisis as the leading party African National Congress (ANC) has been taken to court by its partner Democratic Alliance (DA) on the issue of a...
Puducherry’s Coalition Govt Facing Rebellion From Disgruntled BJP MLAs
By Harihar Swarup Puducherry is said to be the BJP’s plan B to get a foothold in the Dravida land. But it took a serious hit in the Lok Sabha elections when its candidate in the lone constituency in the union territory, home minister A. Namassivayam, suffered a humiliating...
