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.US Envoy’s Angry Reaction To Modi-Putin Talks Is Undiplomatic, Unwarranted
By Nantoo Banerjee The US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, may have exceeded his brief by issuing a warning to India that the country can’t take its improved relationship with the United States for granted in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
PM Narendra Modi’s Claim On Employment Generation Is A Big Lie
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims made on Saturday, July 13 in Mumbai that around 8 crore new jobs have been created in the country in the last 3-4 years, that these figures have silenced those who spread false narrative about rising unemployment, and that the...
INDIA Bloc’s Sweep In Bypolls Sends Ominous Signal To NDA Before Assembly Polls
By Kalyani Shankar The recent results of by-elections for 13 seats in seven states are essential for understanding what people think of the major political parties. More than a month after the 2024 elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a third term, the INDIA bloc’s significant victory in...
Massive Political Fight Awaits Maintenance For Muslim Divorced Women
By Sushil Kutty The stage is decked for a massive political fight. NGO All India Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has taken upon itself the task of using everything in its quiver to compel the Supreme Court to overturn its verdict on maintenance to divorced Muslim women. The board met...
Saturday’s Shooting Has Given A Further Boost To Trump Campaign
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston The narrow escape of the Republican candidate Donald Trump from the gunshot at the campaign meeting in Pennsylvania on Saturday has imparted a more confrontationist dimension to the Presidential elections scheduled on November 5. The shooting incident just on the eve of the four...
Sheikh Hasina Is Not Happy At The Outcome Of Her Talks In Beijing
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to China has sparked discussions about potential implications for regional dynamics, particularly in relation to India. Sheikh Hasina, who has visited India twice this year, had not travelled to China in five years prior to this recent trip...
Maverick Bengali Writer Badal Sircar Revolutionised Content Of Indian Dramas
By Tirthankar Mitra Badal Sircar, the Bengali playwright and director who revolutionised the Indian theatre movement in the late 20th century stepped on to 100 years on Monday July 15.. Hr was born in Calcutta in 1925 and in his 86 years of active life as a pioneer in...
First Session Of 18th Parliament Showed Opposition In Poor Light
By Harihar Swarup The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha has just concluded where an unprecedented level of acrimony was witnessed. Since this session was held immediately after the general elections, the mood during the electioneering, it appears, was carried into the house as was reflected in the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Leaves India-US Ties At A Moscow Crossroad
By Sushil Kutty BJP leader Narendra Modi in his first term as NDA Prime Minister of India shouldn’t have forgotten how to kowtow, and kowtow to whom? Why he went to Russia before kowtowing to the United States is a mistake. Why he went and hugged Russian President Vladimir...
Relief For Fuel Consumers As Post-Election Scenario Not Accompanied By Routine Hikes
By K Raveendran Fuel consumers have been pleasantly surprised by continued stability in prices even after the 2024 elections are settled and closed. This is a contrarian trend as most previous rounds of elections have invariably seen ‘price adjustments’ by the oil marketing companies by which they recoup their...
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...
