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.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Wayanad Visit Belies The Hype
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did the right thing by visiting the landslide-struck Wayanad. That the Prime Minister chose to make promises of all help is also welcome. But it is also true that hopes that the PM would sanction interim relief before waiting for the State...
Bangladesh Interim Govt Head Dr. Md Yunus Is An Institution Builder
By Harihar Swarup When the protesting students approached Dr. Muhammad Yunus to head interim government in Bangladesh, the Nobel laureatehad several examples he could turn to while weighing his options. While French philosopher Jean-PaulSartredeclined to be a leader of the 1968 students’ movement, Russian author Alekxander Solzhenstein refused to...
Official Figures On Very Low Rate Of Inflation In July Raises Questions
By Anjan Roy The latest inflation data, released by the union government on Monday, shows price rise at a lowest clip since 2019. This is good news. But it raises a series of questions as well. The last figure shows overall inflation rate of 3.54 per cent in July...
Conditions Endangering Security In Hospitals Must Be Eliminated
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The shocking incident of rape and murder of a trainee doctor on duty in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has shaken the confidence of everyone – from patients and their attendants to doctors on duty, especially women. We need to restore it...
Sunday’s BJP-RSS Meet Failed To Evolve A Consensus On Next Party President
By Arun Srivastava None of the warring factions, Narendra Modi and RSS leadership, is willing to concede even an inch of political space to other. Five hour long high level meet of the top leaders of the BJP and the RSS leaders on Sunday at the residence of Defence...
China Making Major Innovation In Its Alumina Production Policy For Expansion
By Kunal Bose The world’s biggest processor of bauxite into alumina China has to contend with two realities: First, Beijing has introduced more stringent conditions since 2022 for investments in new alumina projects, including brownfield capacity expansion. This has implications for both operating groups and potential new investors. Second,...
Fire In Nuclear Plant In Ukraine Sends Danger Signal For Escalation Of War
By Dr Arun Mitra The news that there is fire in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has sent ripples in the minds of people around the globe. Even though no radiation leak has been reported so far, but the danger cannot be ruled out till the fire is...
Trump-Kamala Presidential Battle Has Shifted To Vance-Walz War Of Words
By Sushil Kutty Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s meteoric acceptability is one side of the coin. The flip side is Kamala’s choice for Vice President, Tim Walz, who brought excitement to the Kamala Harris campaign, which the corporate media latched on to push Kamala’s case against Republican candidate Donald...
Bhutan’s Marathon Runner Lhamo’ Symbolised Olympic Spirit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A marathon runner from Bhutan who finished the 42.195 km marathon at Paris Olympic in 3 hours 52 seconds and was the last one to finish the race received a rousing ovation from the spectators. Kinzang Lhamo finished the marathon 1.5 hours after the winner,...
SEBI Chief’s Defence Falls Flat as Conflict of Interest is Clear Beyond Doubt
K Raveendran It was clear to everyone that SEBI was stonewalling a proper investigation into the charges levelled by the Hindenburg report, except those who had other reasons to pretend otherwise. But there was no clarity as to why SEBI was doing so. Now that Hindenburg has disclosed SEBI...
Twin Tata Ventures in Assam and Gujarat Put India on the World Microchip Map
By Nantoo Banerjee India seems to be filled with a giddy rapture as the Rs.11.12-lakh crore Tata group has ventured into semiconductor fab production by simultaneously taking up two projects – one in Gujarat and the other in Assam – to put the country on the world microchip makers’...
Islamophobia, Anti-Immigrant Politics Have Led to Riots in UK
By Asad Mirza Recent riots across several U.K. towns and cities following the killing of three children, Alice Aguiar (9), Bebe King (6) and Elsie Stancombe (7) and the injury of several others during a knife attack in Southport on July 29, makes one wonder how in a country...
Global Liberal Forces Have to Be Vigilant Against Rightist Attacks
Arun Srivastava Rightist forces are on prowl across the globe. What has been happening in UK and to some extent in Bangladesh are interrelated and are the components of the universal rightist design to consummate the secular and liberal forces. Emergence of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which campaigned...
Global Aluminium and Bauxite Industry Undergoing Big Churning in 2024
By Kunal Bose In the universe of metals ranging from aluminum to steel to copper, China has a domineering presence to the extent of it owning in many cases over half the global capacity and as a natural follow-up making more than half the production and using that locally....
Corporates Biggest Beneficiaries of Rs 16.26 Lakh-Crore Written-Off Loans
By Dr. Gyan Pathak During the financial year 2023-24, bank loans worth Rs 1.70 lakh crore were written off, as revealed in Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary’s recent written reply in the Rajya Sabha. It makes the total written off amount to swell to Rs16.26 lakh...
Narendra Modi Govt Has to Move with Caution in Dealing with Bangladesh
By Kalyani Shankar The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, abruptly left her country on August 5, causing immediate concern in her country and the region. According to the BBC, Hasina’s family, not security officials, convinced her to leave due to safety concerns. Her son stated, “We begged...
Sisodia Bail Brings Into Focus Denial Of Right To Millions Of Incarcerated Undertrials
By K Raveendran When the Supreme Court Chief Justice Chandrachud says people are fed up with the way our courts function, there cannot be a more serious indictment of the judicial system. His assertion that the judiciary should not be an institution run solely by judges for judges is...
PM Narendra Modi Throws His Hat Into The Quota Within Quota Ring
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thrown his hat into the quota within quota ring, that is set by a recent Supreme Court verdict. Though the verdict has allowed a structured reservation policy for SC in job and education by subcategorization of more backward castes for...
