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.In Lok Sabha Polls In Punjab, AAP Is Advantageously Placed As Against Its Three Rivals
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Having arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal in an excise case on March 21, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now begun raids at Punjab Excise and Taxation Commissioner on March 27. The latest ED action is largely perceived...
Party Nominees Refusing To Contest: Major Perception Threat For BJP
By Arun Srivastava Hype created by the urban middle class “andhabhakts” that Narendra Modi is invincible and he is the redeemer has few takers even within the rank and file of the BJP. Barely a month back, Modi came up with the slogan “Teesri baar Modi sarkar, abki baar...
Arvind Kejriwal Was Used By BJP In 2011 Movement To Take On The Congress
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its Chairperson, Arvind Kejriwal, owe their political incarnation to the anti-corruption movement of 2011. The movement’s epicentre was Delhi and it brought together intellectuals from diverse fields – bureaucracy, law, teaching, banking, fine and performing arts, sports, films, and social...
Deepti Asthana Documents Through Her Lenses The Stories Of Struggling Women
By Harihar Swarup A woman laughing uninhibitedly, her head thrown back, hair fanning about her. Two women lolling by the river enjoying an unguarded moment. A girl clutching a lap top in a starch cottage. Kalbelia dancers from Rajasthan applying makeup on their faces. What Deepti Asthana wants to...
Netanyahu’s Walls Are Caving In As He Has Already Lost His Public Opinion War
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s walls are caving in. His multiple battles fall into two categories: keeping his increasingly fragile government in place and fighting a war he has already lost in the court of public opinion and possibly on the ground in Gaza if...
Border And Business Expansion: China’s Twin Pressure On India
By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when India is baffled by China’s preposterous and farcical claims over the state of Arunachal Pradesh, its government-owned Sanghai Automobile Industry Corporation, commonly known as SAIC Motor, has joined hands with billionaire Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group to manufacture passenger cars and commercial vehicles...
INDIA Bloc Has To Ensure Maximum Unity To Take On Powerful BJP In Lok Sabha Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Who will win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls? The election battle has started after the Chief Election Commissioner announced the poll schedule on March 16. The polling will begin on April 19 and end on June 1. The results will be announced on June 4. It...
Rigid Stand Of RJD Leader Lalu Yadav Is Delaying Seat-Sharing Agreement In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava A sense of despondency has gripped the non-RJD constituents of the INDIA bloc in Bihar at the sudden attitudinal change in RJD chief Lalu Yadav towards them and his impulsive tactic not to concede their request for allocating them the seats where they have roots. The...
Arvind Kejriwal Gives A Taste Of Government Behind The Bars
By Sushil Kutty It is no holds barred. And, says AAP, Arvind Kejriwal behind bars is more dangerous than when he was free and ducking summons. The AAP decided Sunday that a ’Main Bhi Kejriwal’ campaign will be organized. Two, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not resign. This when...
People Power Has Led To The Adoption Of Un Ceasefire Resolution On Gaza
By Ben Chacko The UN Security Council has voted, for the first time, for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Only the pressure of world opinion has forced this change. Western powers initially lined up to endorse Israel’s war. One by one those endorsements have fallen away, as horror at...
It Is Not Going To Be A Cake Walk For DMK Led Front In Lok Sabha Elections In Tamil Nadu
By K R Sudhaman Tamil Nadu, which goes to Lok Sabha polls in the first phase itself on April 19 is likely to see interesting three-cornered contest with alliances by the three formations having been firmed up. With most of the smaller regional parties having joined one formation or...
Kerala Move Seeking Supreme Court Intervention Against President Murmu Has High Significance
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was an extraordinary move. But then, the compulsions that constrained Kerala to move the Supreme Court against President Draupadi Murmu were also extraordinary. True to its reputation, the State has blazed, yet again, a new trail. The petition seeks a directive from the apex...
In Bengal, It Is Going To Be A Two Way Battle Between TMC And BJP In Lok Sabha Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra The stage is set in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections beginning on 19 April. While the ruling dispensation of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress has a leg up vis-a-vis the principal Opposition party BJP as the former has come up with its entire list of...
Big Pharma Companies Are Making Superprofits In India At The Cost Of People’s Health
By Dr Arun Mitra Pharmaceutical companies have been a bone of contention around the globe. Exorbitant profiteering in this industry should not be a priority. But around the world these companies are making huge profits at the expense of people’s health. There is enough data to support super profits...
IS-K, The Terrorist Islamic Group Behind Moscow Concert Attack Is A Big Threat
By Girish Linganna Despite efforts by President Vladimir Putin and Russian state-controlled media to attribute Friday’s fatal Moscow theatre attack killing 139 persons to Ukraine, additional information is surfacing about the jihadist organization IS-K, which has declared responsibility for the incident. The identity or nature of IS-K: IS-K stands...
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Has Come With Very High Stake For Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lok Sabha General Election 2024 has come with very high stake for workforce. Barring the pro-BJP Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, all the Central Trade Unions are campaigning against the BJP and PM Narendra Modi, since their returning to power for the third time would mean the...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Poses A National Challenge To PM Narendra Modi
By Harihar Swarup From a popular anti-corruption star, a populist leader to battling corruption charges himself, the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case marks another dramatic episode in the large arc of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief. Kejriwal shot...
Trinamool Congress And BJD Are The Beneficiaries Of Bonds Purchased By Mining Companies
By Kunal Bose So the cat is finally out of the bag following a few reprimands of the government owned and the country’s largest State Bank of India, the sole issuer and encasher of the controversial electoral bonds. The buyers of such bonds were Indian corporate houses and some...
