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.Global Multilateral Organisations Have Been Losing Usefulness And Credibility
By Nilanjan Banik These days the multilateral agencies are increasingly losing their relevance. Take the UN system for example. Despite an overwhelming majority voting in favour of demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, the US blocked it by using its veto power. Interestingly, just a year back, Russia also used...
President Xi Jinping’s Hanoi Summit Opens New Era In China-Vietnam Ties
By Satyaki Chakraborty Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two day visit to Hanoi on December 12 and 13 opened a new chapter in the political and economic relations between two communist countries removing many of the misunderstandings between the two nations in the recent years. In September this year when...
Bangladesh Outperforms Other South Asian Countries In Global Terrorism Index
By M A Hossain In the intricate mosaic of global counterterrorism endeavours, Bangladesh emerges as a nation adeptly navigating the multifaceted challenges posed by terrorist activities. The recently published Country Reports on Terrorism for the year 2022 by the US State Department, furnished a comprehensive and perceptive elucidation of...
Declining Share Of Votes Compelled BJP To Choose New Chief Ministers
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The impressive gains in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan could not blind the BJP leadership to the fact of its declining share of votes in all the states in November 2023 elections compared to Lok Sabha Election 2019, and hence it was compelled to bring...
Congress May Opt For Alliance With Trinamool In Bengal For Lok Sabha Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty All indications available from the Congress and Trinamool Congress sources on the eve of the INDIA constituents meeting in New Delhi on December 19 suggest that the Congress high command is itching to form an electoral alliance with the Trinamool Congress in Bengal for fighting the...
Irrespective Of Supreme Court Verdict, Kashmir Remains An Unsettled Issue
By Sushil Kutty Is Kashmir now settled issue? The Supreme Court verdict says ‘Yes’ and National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah put his seal of approval to the Supreme Court verdict on the abrogation of Article 370. Nobody could have put it more succinctly than Farooq Abdullah, not even his...
COP28 May Have Avoided A Showdown, But Conflict Points Remain Largely Unresolved
By K Raveendran It is no surprise that COP28 Dubai has proceeded the way it has. As member countries grappled with how to formalise and approach towards the most sensitive issue of fossil fuels, the climate summit had to be extended to try and work out a consensus. According...
Political Stability In Bangladesh Is Essential In The Interests Of India And South Asia
By Girish Linganna With widespread protests raging throughout the country, Bangladesh’s political atmosphere remains tense as it approaches the next general elections on January 7, 2024. In the midst of protests by Opposition parties, the Bangladesh Election Commission has set January 7 next year , as the date for...
Indian Laxity In Trade Relations With Nepal Has Gone To China’s Advantage
By Ashis Biswas Nepal wants India to reduce the extent of mandatory use/purchase of 50% Indian goods as an aid- recipient country in bilateral road development projects to 30%. Government of Nepal (GON) authorities have voiced their demand some months ago, but India is yet to respond officially. The...
People In Telangana Were Fed Up With Rampant Corruption In BRS Govt
By Harihar Swarup Inaccessibility and Arrogance marked BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao’s rule in Telangana in the last term. KCR hardly made a public appearance or met voters. This added to the perception that the government was becoming arrogant and taking voters for granted. Dissent of any kind was...
Gaza War Calls Into Question The Moral Rectitude Of Western Democracies
By James M Dorsey The question is no longer if but when the United States will support a ceasefire in the Gaza war. While the need for a ceasefire to halt Gaza’s human carnage is self-evident, some drivers of the Biden administration’s debate about the timing of a ceasefire...
Oil Wealth, U.S. Intervention Aggravate Venezuela-Guyana Border Conflict
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Venezuela’s National Assembly on December 6 began deliberation on President Nicolás Maduro’s plan for incorporating Essequibo into the Venezuelan nation. The region lying between Guyana to the East and Venezuela to the West has long been claimed by both nations. Maduro’s plan involves creation...
By Upholding Abrogation Of Article 370, Supreme Court Has Kept Many Issues Unanswered
By Arun Srivastava Supreme Court upholding abrogation of Article 370 in its verdict on December 11 has multifaceted implications. For Mehbooba Mufti if it was not the defeat of Kashmiris but of the idea of India, it was certainly not a defeat for Kashmir and Its cultural ethos, the...
Will Depriving Shivraj Singh Chouhan Of Chief Ministership Help BJP In 2024 Polls?
By Sushil Kutty Three-terms in a row and knowing well that he faced the axe, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thought long and short and took the dive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who dumped him to safeguard his own future. Modi fought on his own “name and face”...
COP28 Draft Negotiation Text Frustrates Hope Of Phasing Out Of Fossil Fuel
By Dr. Gyan Pathak COP28 draft negotiation text released on reduction of fossil fuel has generated great criticism and fury, since it stops short of phasing out fossil fuels, and therefore no agreement was reached within the deadline. Negotiators are now awaiting new text, talks continue beyond the deadline,...
New Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav Will Bring Yadav Votes For BJP In Hindi Heartland
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: By naming Mohan Yadav as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a second surprise in the context of Vidhan Sabha elections. The first surprise was when he asked three Union Ministers and four MPs to resign and contest Vidhan...
Mayawati’s Successor May Not Be Able To Arrest BSP’s Steady Decline Over The Years
By Tirthankar Mitra Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati’s decision to anoint her nephew Akash Anand as her political successor and to suspend party MP Danish Ali were almost simultaneous. Apparently unconnected, the two incidents raise some questions whose replies spell adverse political fallouts for BSP, come 2024 Lok Sabha...
Indian Stock Market Boom Is Presently Triggered By Low Inflation And Political Stability
By Kunal Bose Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange spearheaded Indian stock market has unmistakably remained under the spell of bulls, occasional corrections in some odd sessions always more than made good afterwards notwithstanding. To the delight of who came in early, the S&P BSE Sensex beat...
