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.Narendra Modi And Yogi Adityanath Are Proceeding Fast With Hindutva Mission
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appear to be working in tandem for forwarding the BJP’s thrust on Hindutva for electoral success. If one does the Ayodhya Ram Mandir ‘Pran Prathisthan’, and then opens a “Hindu Temple ” in the Abu...
Priyanka Gandhi Contesting From Rae Bareli To Boost Congress Morale In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With AICC president Mrs Sonia Gandhi going to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan, stage is set for Priyanka Gandhi to contest from her mother’s constituency Rae Bareli. It may be mentioned that the family members of Nehru-Gandhi have represented Rae Bareli since 1952. Capt Satish Sharma...
L K Advani Was Taken By Surprise After Hearing Bharat Ratna Announcement
By Harihar Swarup Civilian Honours such as Padma awards and Bharat Ratna are usually declared prior to January 26, even though the award ceremony is held later. However, the announcement that veteran BJP leader L K Advani was to be honoured with the nation’s highest civilian award was made...
Trade Route Agreement Linking Europe To India Is A Win For Modi
By Girish Linganna On Tuesday, February 13, India and the United Arab Emirates inked a deal to establish a trade route designed to link Europe and India via certain regions of the Middle East by both sea and rail. This grand project has received support from both the United...
This Valentine’s Day, Cupid Goes Digital With AI Shaping The Online Dating
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Love is in the air, but so is AI! A recent study revealed that 65% of Indians are using ChatGPT or similar platforms to craft their dating profiles, with 56% even considering AI-written messages for Valentine’s Day. While this tech-powered approach seems to boost confidence...
Flying Under The Radar: China Tightens Grip On Uighur Muslims Through New Rules
By James M Dorsey China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang has taken advantage of the international community’s focus on Gaza and US support for Israel, to tighten control of the region’s Turkic Muslim Uighur population, reshape Islam, and engage in social engineering. As the international community grapples with the Gaza...
What Is Supreme Court Doing In Relation To Its Verdict On Electoral Bond?
By Nitya Chakraborty Why is Supreme Court is totally silent in coming out with its order on the legality of the controversial electoral bond scheme for more than three months? After a number of hearings, the Supreme Court concluded the same on November 2, 2023. Now more than three...
Donald Trump’s Stricture To NATO Has Put The Future Of European Security In Question
By Sushil Kutty Donald Trump as the United States President had people — countries — on both sides of the Atlantic concerned in their cocoons during his first term. Then in 2020, the so-called Jan 6 insurrection happened. Today, a poor array of conservative hopefuls for the Republican ticket,...
As RJD’s ‘Peoples’ Man’, Tejashvi Yadav Dazzles In Bihar Assembly
By Arun Srivastava In his political career spanning half a century, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, must not have on any other occasion looked like a dwarf, as he was made to appear by the political youngster in the RJD leader Tejashvi Yadav. The Nitish-sponsored confidence motion in Bihar assembly...
India Is Now A Key Centre For Illegal Drug Trade And Trafficking
By Girish Linganna According to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), supported by the United Nations (UN), India has emerged as a key centre for illegal drug trade and trafficking, contributing significantly to the global drug trade, valued at over $650 billion. The World Drug Report, 2022, by the...
Iran And USA Are Engaged In A Proxy War In West Asia Through Militias
By Tirthankar Mitra There has not been much love lost between Iran and America ever since the last monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty fled his country which passed to governance of the followers of Ayotollah Khomeini. With politicians like elephants having long memories, the clashes between Iran-backed militia and...
France’s Far Right Is Gaining In Working Class Areas At The Cost Of Left
By Julian Mischi For decades, France’s left was dominated by the French Communist Party (PCF), an organization that built up strong networks of support in working-class France over the twentieth century. Yet from the 1980s onward this mighty organization declined, leaving a vacuum to be filled. The Front National...
India Must Double Up Its Defence Production To Grow GDP, Employment
By Nantoo Banerjee With China rapidly developing and deploying potent anti-satellite (A-Sat) weapons, India’s defence industry must work on manufacturing similar defence equipment to bolster the country’s counter space capabilities. The issue has been taken up at the highest level of India’s defence management. Last week, the country’s Chief...
Tamil Superstar Vijay’s New Party Has Thrown Up A Challenge To Both DMK And AIADMK
By Kalyani Shankar Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay launched his political party, Thamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam, last week. He declared that his party will only contest the 2026 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, not the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The question is whether he will succeed. After the launch of his...
India’s Workforce To Face Bigger Threat Of Modern Slavery
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Walk Free Foundation had mentioned in its report released in May 2023 that India topped in the list of the countries of the world with incidence of 11 million in modern slavery, with prevalence rate of 8 per 1000 people and rate of vulnerability...
Farmers Are Again Heading For Delhi Demanding Fulfilment Of Promises
By Sushil Kutty In the next few days, lakhs of farmers unhappy with the Modi government will be making banner headlines in national and international media all over again and the Modi government’s Bharat Ratna for kisan leader, the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, will be taken as...
US Policy Makers Are In Dilemma Over How To Deal With Imran Khan
By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding making use of best efforts to hide behind the façade of not being partisan, the USA administration could not conceal its shock and aversion to Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), emerging as the leader of the single largest group of PTI backed independents...
Russia And Iran Are The Two Countries Suffering Maximum Sanctions In The World
By Girish Linganna Sunday (February 11, 2024) marks the 45th anniversary of the overthrow of US-supported Iranian King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammed Reza Shah) by public revolt, leading to the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This event greatly changed...
