Opinion
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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.Communalisation Of Elections In Bengal And Assam Has Ominous Signals
By Nilotpal Basu The results of election for the five assemblies were announced on May 4. The implications are far reaching. Naturally, the challenges arising out of this new situation can be belittled only at our own peril, particularly the future of the secular democratic republic. Cashing in on...
Centre’s Great Nicobar Island Project Has Serious Environmental Issues
By Krishna Jha The Great Nicobar Island is at the centre of eight to ten billion dollar mega-infrastructure project launched in 2021 under India’s “Holistic Development of Islands” program at the southernmost tip of the country that aims to transform the island into a global transhipment and economic hub....
Assam CM Himanta Applied His Polarisation Programme In Polls With Big Success
By Rabindra Nath Sinha Weeks preceding Assam’s one-phase Assembly election on April 9 saw chief minister and state Bharatiya Janata Party’s strongman Himanta Biswa Sarma trying to outdo even Hindi-belt party leaders in resorting to politics of polarisation and what marked him out was his direct targeting of ‘miya...
Devastating New U.S. Sanctions Against Cuba Have International Reach
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: President Donald Trump on May 1 issued an executive order imposing yet another round of new sanctions again Cuba. This latest set of restrictions apply to foreign persons and entities, including financial institutions, not only to Cuba or its government officials. The...
Need For Reshaping Labour’s Agenda During And After A Leadership Contest
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Reports of an imminent leadership challenge within the ruling Labour Party from British health minister Wes Streeting overshadowed the King’s speech. All now accept Keir Starmer has to go. How to turn that into the “fundamental change of direction” affiliated unions demand is the key...
North East India Is Emerging As The Battle Ground For Power Between U.S. And China
By Nitya Chakraborty The developments in eastern and north eastern parts of India are getting increasing attention from Washington in the context of China’s planned moves to expand its control in Bangladesh and Myanmar, the two countries bordering the Indian states.US President Donald Trump’s unusual message sent to the...
No Escape From Belt-Tightening Warned Of By Modi As Situation Worsens
By K Raveendran Modi’s warning about restraint was meant to prepare the public for economic stress, but its immediate effect was to expose how fragile India’s external position has become when oil, gold and West Asia move against it at the same time. What sounded at first like a...
NEET Paper Leak Shows Domination Of Education Sector Mafia In The Country
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Recurring paper leaks, the latest being NEET-UG 2026, under the National Testing Agency (NTA), established by the Union Government led by PM Narendra Modi in November 2017, shows the domination of education sector mafia in the country in general, and NTA in particular. The Federation...
PM Has Taken A Political Risk In Asking Indians To Go Slow On Gold Purchase
By T N Ashok NEW DELHI: It takes a certain political courage — or perhaps breathtaking optimism — for an Indian prime minister to stand before a nation of 1.4 billion people and suggest, with a straight face, that they might consider buying a little less gold. Narendra Modi,...
Subhendu Govt In Bengal Is Making Right Noises For Seeking New Investments
By Kunal Bose KOLKATA: Since the time Dr BC Roy died in harness in 1962, West Bengal, first slowly but surely and then quite rapidly was overtaken by darkness. Not only did the physician extraordinaire cum politician had a vision for the state, which bore the brunt of partition...
BJP Govt In Bengal Faces Big Dilemma On How To Acquire Land For Industry
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: In a hurry to kick start industrialisation in West Bengal, the first BJP government seems to be heading for “road block”. The “big-ticket” investments boil down to hands-on land policy which the Left Front government pursued leading to peasants agitation at Singur and Nandigram significantly...
BHEL’s Changing Direction Amid Shifts In The Energy Sector
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: The recent financial and production figures of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)’s Bhopal unit indicate that the public sector enterprise is gradually strengthening its operational position after facing challenges over the past few years. At a time when the energy sector is undergoing technological shifts,...
PM’s Advisory On Austerity Measures Exposes His Govt’s Loss Of Control
By T N Ashok NEW DELHI: As the war in Iran deepens and flames spread across West Asia’s energy corridors, India finds itself confronting an uncomfortable truth: its economic vulnerabilities are once again tied to oil tankers navigating distant waters. Rising crude prices, disrupted shipping lanes, soaring aviation fuel...
Appointing The Bengal CEO In Charge Of Sir As Chief Secretary Is A Brazen Case Of Award For Loyalty
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers When the men who write the electoral rules also happen to want a particular result, Indian democracy has a question it cannot avoid asking There is a principle so fundamental to democratic legitimacy that even its most cynical practitioners usually pay lip service: the referee...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay Is A Cultural Icon In South India With Massive Following
By Kalyani Shankar When Tamil superstar Vijay launched his political party two years ago, few expected him to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He achieved the difficult transition from “light, camera, action ” to real-life cues. The State has previously been led by two other film stars,...
BJP Must Not Stop Household Assistance For Deleted Or Pending Voters
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Yet another aspect of the ugly face of BJP’s nationalism has come to the fore after BJP’s West Bengal government took oath under the CM Suvendu Adhikari. The government has decided to replace Lakshmir Bhandar by another scheme by the name Annapurna Bhandar for women...
In Her New Role As Opposition, TMC Supremo Mamata Charts Out Programme
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Days after its first crushing electoral reverse in 15 years in the West Bengal Assembly polls, rumblings of discontent within Trinamool Congress have started. The dissenting voices are not muted. Internal rift is almost out in the open. Despite a stern warning from party supremo,...
New BJP-Led Bengal Govt Is Likely To Get Increased Investments In Coming Days
By Subrata Majumder Once the hub for engineering industry, West Bengal has been facing a lean phase in its industrial development since the 1970s. covering both the 34 years of the Left rule and 15 years of TMC reign. At the time of Independence in 1947, it accounted for...
