Opinion
Appeal
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.Along With The Fight Against Cross-Border Terror, Govt Must Ensure Communal Harmony
By D. Raja The developments following the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam (Jammu & Kashmir), which claimed the lives of 26 civilians including tourists, have brought to fore a number of pressing concerns: national security, civil liberties, democratic accountability, regional peace and imperialist overreach. In the aftermath of the...
New CJI B R Gavai’s Comments On Waqf Act, 2025 Have Alarmed Hindutva Petitioners
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court of India has deferred pleas against Waqf (Amendment) Act till May 20. Chief Justice of India BR Gavai did not waste time arguing. He said the top court will not permit anybody to challenge the 1995 Waqf Act, “Lets argue the petitions challenging...
Centre Has To Take Proper Lessons From Latest Data On Covid 19 Deaths
By Dr Arun Mitra The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in India during the peak of COVID as reported by the Government of India were 3.3 lakh. As per the worldometers website (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) the number of death due to COVID till 12 May 2025 is 533570. According to...
Revamped PLFS Too Does Not Show The Real Picture Of Joblessness In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After years of criticism, PM Narendra Modi led Government has finally released its first ever monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) on May 15, 2025 for the month of April 2025, as per the revamped PLFS. Though it saved the government from the allegation of...
Rahul Tells Bihar Students To Demand Caste Census-Driven Rights
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of Assembly polls in Bihar, the battle for votes of the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) and the minority communities, especially Muslims, has increased manifold, with Congress having stepped up outreach to Dalit and backward class students. Meanwhile,...
Jai Bhim Nagar Demolitions Contravenes The Fundamental Rights Under Indian Constitution
By Shivam Tyagi, Chanchal Agrawal On June 3, 2024, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced the demolition of Jai Bhim Nagar. Subsequently, on June 6, 2024, BMC officials, joined by bulldozers and numerous police personnel, commenced the demolition process, displacing approximately 600 families who had resided in the area...
Summoning Of Special Session Of Parliament Is Imperative To Know Ceasefire Details
By P Sudhir People on both sides of the border were relieved. The four-day-long military engagement between India and Pakistan came to a close on the late afternoon of May 10. Despite this, gunshots were heard late in the night. But later, the DGMOs of both countries confirmed that...
Indian Ministers Are Only Helping Internationalisation Of Kashmir Issue Through Loose Remarks
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Modi’s rightwing Hindu nationalist party, guided by its moral compass, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has limited time to wrest Pakistan Occupied Kashmir from Pakistan, only a billion years! A supercomputer simulation by researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University came to the conclusion that life on...
Does Presidential Reference Contain ‘Substantial Questions Of Law’
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Mahadevan had earlier turned down the request of the Government of India to send the case relating to assent to bills by governors and president to a larger Constitution Bench on the ground that...
Right Parties Leading In Opinion Polls On The Eve Of Portugal Elections On May 18
By Satyaki Chakraborty Portugal, a very important member of the European Union with a strong economy, is going for national elections next Sunday, May 18 to elect its 230 member Parliament. The 2025 elections will be the third one in the last three years showing the fragility of the...
The New Covid 19 Death Data Proves That The Centre Earlier Fudged The Figure
By Krishna Jha The new Covid death data, released recently by the government, reveals everything that confirms what was feared at the time of the pandemic – a massive mismanagement on the part of the government. The new data from the Civil Registration System (CRS), published on May 7,...
The Tale Of Two Super Power Presidents Amidst Global War On Trade, Tariffs
By Nitya Chakraborty Soon after organizing a 90 day truce last week end at Geneva through three day intensive talks between top officials of the United States and China, President Donald Trump is on a three nation tour covering Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to pursue his deal making...
High Contrast In Stewardship Of Two Supreme Court Chief Justices
By K Raveendran Sweet and short: that aptly describes Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna’s stewardship of the Supreme Court. In a time when judicial personalities often become larger than the institution, Justice Khanna offered a quiet, yet powerful contrast. His tenure followed that of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and...
Indian Air Force Did A Magnificent Job In Damaging Pakistan’s Air Defence
By Sushil Kutty The Indian Air Force is drawing kudos from all flying quarters except from fly-by-night operators in the Pakistani media and Pakistani intelligentsia along with retired Pakistani diplomats and Pakistani generals, for laying waste nine Pakistan Air bases and downing hundreds of Turkiye drones, in the “4-Day...
New Ayurveda Day Decision Is A Significant Shift In Hindutva Politics
By Gyan Pathak At a time when RSS-BJP clan has been politically opposing everything foreign in the name of Hindutva nationalism, designating a new date by PM Narendra Modi led government for celebrating Ayurveda Day on 23 September in the Gregorian Calendar in place of celebrating it traditionally on...
Labour Law Reform Without Domestic Workers Would Be A Big Omission
By Dithhi Bhattacharya The ILO Convention On Domestic Workers (C189) was adopted in 2011 with India supporting it. Over a decade later, India continues to debate ratifying the convention despite being the largest employer of domestic workers across the world. Estimates vary that there are as many as between...
Where Is The Accountability Of Indian Media, Especially TV Channels?
By Dr Pragya Sharma, After the most welcome ceasefire announcement, one question kept resonating in my mind. I was baffled to see the role of Indian mainstream media during this emergency like situation. Their primary purpose is to provide information and keep the masses aware, but they proved to...
Can The New KPCC Chief Sunny Joseph Takes On LDF In 2026 Polls?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will Sunny Joseph, who has been named the new president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) can lead the Congress to power in the 2026 Assembly elections? That is the million dollar question doing the rounds in the State’s political corridors. Congress leaders say...
