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.RSS Conclave Charts Roadmap For Helping BJP Win State Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava A large number of delegates attending the three day conclave of RSS currently on in Ranchi, gave enough indication of their unhappiness at the manner in which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his coterie are underestimating the role of the RSS vis a vis BJP,...
Early Implementation Of Labour Codes On The Cards Now
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has started meeting representatives of Central Trade Unions seeking their co-operation for early implementation of the four labour codes, which were put on hold by Modi government during its entire second term due to a range of issues including...
Kisan Rail And Krishi Udan Launched With Fanfare, Now Forgotten By Centre
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The Kisan Rail scheme, announced in the 2019-20 budget and the first train rolled out in August 2020 with much promise, appears to have fallen by the wayside. Envisioned as a revolutionary way to transport perishable agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables, the project...
Erdogan Just Used The Syrian Conflict For His Personal Political Goals
By Manish Rai For quite some time now tensions have been rising in Syrian opposition-held areas over Turkish moves towards rapprochement with Syria. The recent violence against Syrians in Turkey acted as a catalyst and sparked retaliatory riots in opposition-held areas of north-western Syria. Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators, some...
President Macron Is Making Left-Centre Coalition Talks Difficult By Imposing His Terms
By Nitya Chakraborty Five days after the historic mandate given by the French voters in the national elections on July 7, the process of carrying talks for a coalition government against the Far Right has become difficult with President Emanuel Macron setting his terms for building a’ Republican” majority...
Supreme Court Decision Exposes Intersection Of Politics And Law Enforcement
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court decision on July 12 to grant interim bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and leave larger issues relating to PMLA cases to the consideration of a larger bench throws further light on the intersection of politics and law enforcement in India. The...
Prez Biden Makes Gaffes Galore And Still Remains In The Race
By Sushil Kutty ‘No’, President Joe Biden is in no mood to step away from the race. Not for the sake of Vice President Kamala Harris nor for making the “Vice President Donald J Trump” gaffe. President Joe Biden mixed up names and titles at the Nato presser in...
Collapse Of Bridges, Flyovers In Bihar Has Become A Routine Affair
By Arun Srivastava Some twenty years back a division bench of Patna High Court had bemoaned the absence of work culture in Bihar. The officials who have the authority to enforce the work ethics are reluctant to improve the governance and ensure that the subordinates perform. Division bench of...
No Relief For Common Struggling Masses Can Be Expected In 2024-25 Budget
By Anil Rajimwale Narendra Modi government will present the first budget of its third term on July 23 in the budget session from July 22 to August 12. The BJP-led government is widely expected to continue its policy direction claiming ‘reforms’. The dialectics of budgets and economic policies over...
By-Polls In Ten Assembly Constituencies In Uttar Pradesh Are Crucial For BJP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP leadership are facing biggest challenge to retain seats won by the party in the 2022 assembly polls during the coming by-elections to 10 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Ten assembly seats going for by-elections are Karhal, Milkipur, Sishamau, Kaktheri,...
Congress To Demand Chairing Of Standing Committee On Finance, Home
By Rahil Nora Chopra In the forthcoming session of parliament which commences from July 22 and scheduled to end on August 12, Congress will put forth its demand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government for the chairmanship of Standing Committee on Finance and Home, as previously under the...
Drastic Changes Are Being Contemplated In Bengal BJP Organisation
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The West Bengal BJP has tied itself up in knots after its tally in 2024 Lok Sabha elections came down to 12 from the figure of 18 won in 2019 elections. Intra-party recriminations have taken place and are going to be followed by change at...
Europe Is Poised To Enter A New Period Of Confrontation Between NATO And Russia
By Nitya Chakraborty Europe has entered a dangerous period with all the potential of the 28 month old Ukraine war crossing the border into other parts of the continent. The summit of the 32 nation North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO) held in Washington on July 9 to 11 has decided...
French Voters Have Given A Firm Mandate For Anti-Far Right Government
By P. Sudhir People of France have voted against the far-right in the parliamentary elections. Contrary to many opinion polls, the National Rally of Le Pen could win only 143 seats and stood third. The newly formed Left coalition, New Popular Front achieved a victory by emerging as the...
Adequate Funding Concerns For Public Health Plague Union Budget 2024-25
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Given the huge shortage of healthcare professionals and hospital beds, lack of pre and post hospitalization medical facilities at affordable costs, inadequate funding, and non-release of promised budgeted funds even under the much-publicized government medical and health insurance schemes have emerged as serious concerns for...
Supreme Court Order On Alimony For Divorced Muslim Women Is Welcome
By Sushil Kutty Telangana resident Mohd. Abdul Samad can’t do much. He must be feeling exactly like how Shah Bano Begum felt in 1986. Then, too, the Supreme Court of India had skin in the game and had come to the rescue of divorced Muslim women, like it had...
India Pursues Its Hardcore Objectives In Modi-Putin Summit In Moscow
By Anjan Roy For the last two years, India has been riding on two horses diplomatically: while befriending the West, particularly the USA, the Indian moves have also placated Russia in the face of its unilateral aggression against Ukraine in February 2022.. The West had so far turned its...
The Newly Introduced Three Criminal Laws Are Full Of Ambiguities
By Krishna Jha Crime itself is a morbid act and the three new criminal laws, effective from July 1, 2024, are threatening to throw the country’s criminal justice system into even greater confusion. Its criticism has been that strengthening police power would be instrumental in turning the country into...
