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.Four Days Truce Is Not Enough-Convert It To Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza
By C.J. Atkins Don’t call it a ceasefire. That’s the word from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office even as the Israeli government announced it will pause its destruction and ethnic cleansing in Gaza for at least four days, with the possibility of further extensions as conditions develop. “We...
Modi Indulges In Shameful Historical Distortion For Electoral Gains
By Arun Srivastava Trying to arouse the sub regional feeling, exploit the sensibilities of the local people towards Sachin Pilot and more than this to feast on the factional differences at the top in Rajasthan Congress, Vishwaguru Narendra Modi came up with the most nonsensical lie. A master of...
Centre Should Immediately Convene All Party Meeting To Discuss Pollution Crisis
By Binoy Viswam The greed of the capital along with its market-controlled path of development is making the lives of people more and more miserable. The people are being denied even their basic rights of safe air, water, and landmass. The capitalistic rulers everywhere are doing only lip service...
In Telangana Poll Campaign, Congress Has Advanced But Yet To Catch On With BRS
By Sushil Kutty Headlines like ‘People ready to defeat BRS’ do not reveal the whole truth. There is a media narrative against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and the man is media-meat. If the media pronouncements are taken at face value, the BRS has been scalped and laid...
On Israel’s Gaza War, Hindutva Forces In India Are In Cahoots With Zionists
By P. Sudhir It has become a crime in New India to observe Children’s Day by remembering the Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza. This is what happened on November 14 in Mumbai when a few score people, including minor girls, held a silent prayer in Juhu...
India’s Total GDP Growth Is Not Taking Care Of Rising Inequality Among People
By K R Sudhaman India may not have crossed the US$4 trillion economy mark as some of the Narendra Modi fans tried to propagate in the recent days in social media but certainly the total GDP is approaching that level. However some economists fear that GDP growth in the...
Both India And China Giving Covert And Overt Support To Army Junta Of Myanmar
By Girish Linganna The latest intensification in rebel attacks on the ruling military junta. In Myanmar has posed security issues in the north eastern states of India. This has made people in India’s northeast more worried that the tensions will spread to the border areas. India has been keeping...
Bengal BJP Organisation Remains In Doldrums Despite Strong Warning From High Command
By Tirthankar Mitra Throwing a scare in Trinamool Congress camp after pulling off victories in 18 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 Lok Sabha, the BJP is uncertain whether it can do a repeat in 2024 elections to prove that its poll performance five years ago was not a fluke....
Germany’s Main Left Party Die LINKE Splits Into Two, New Party To Be Launched In January
By Victor Grossman Germany’s Left Party Die LINKE is splitting into two. Is it a tragedy or a new hope? After months, in fact years of inner-party squabbling in Germany’s LINKE party (The Left), the die has been cast, the Rubicon crossed, and Sahra Wagenknecht, with nine other Bundestag...
US Weapons Shipments To Israel Are Enabling War Crimes In Gaza Strip
By Stephen Semler Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch called for an arms embargo on Israel and armed groups in Palestine, “given the real risk that they will be used to commit grave abuses,” an organizational statement said. “Providing weapons that knowingly and significantly would contribute to unlawful attacks...
Congress And Rahul Gandhi Now PM Narendra Modi’s Chief Target
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Direction in which politics in India is moving, we may witness much more surprises than the one which Enforcement Directorate’s seizure action worth Rs 752 crore property on November 21 has brought. The properties are linked to years old National Herald case which is already...
Modi’s Machinations Have Deepened Mistrust Amongst RSS Leaders
By Arun Srivastava Senior RSS leaders have conveyed their annoyance in no uncertain terms to their chief Mohan Bhagwat about the functioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to look for a replacement in the greater interest of the BJP and the philosophical and political mission of...
Yogi Govt’s Ban On Halal Certification Is Aimed At Attracting Hindu Votes
By Sushil Kutty Mohammad All Jinnah got his wish and Pakistan was created at the expense of India, which lost territory. Jinnah won Pakistan on the back of the two-nation theory. But the trifurcation of India did not put an end to the two-nations within India. The point is,...
Resurgent Left In Latin America Faces Two Presidential Defeats By End Of 2023
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Latin American politics is once again witnessing a big turmoil with the left wing resurgence in 2021 and 2022 getting a big setback at the fag end of 2023 as two countries Argentina and Ecuador elected right wing Presidents as against the strong left candidates....
India Emerging As Top Source Market For Leisure Travel To Global Destinations
By K Raveendran Boosted by rising economic prosperity and a fast-growing economy, India is set to be an important global source market for leisure travel and the world could see a wave of Indian travellers as destinations try to delight and attract them, global consulting agency McKinsey says in...
Israeli Forces Killing Children In Gaza War Is A Worst Humanitarian Disaster
By Dr Arun Mitra Children are the biggest gift of nature. It gives eternal pleasure to watch them grow because they are the hope, future and continuation of life. As a doctor it is a matter of great satisfaction to relieve the pain of a child caused by physical...
Intensification Of Fighting Against Myanmar Junta Impacting China And India
By Girish Linganna The world looked askance while Israeli airstrikes on crowded UN shelters in north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp killed more than 80 Palestinians on Saturday as it prepared to expand its south offensive raising fears for hundreds of thousands of civilian refugees there… Social media went berserk...
Gaza’s Day After May Alleviate Sufferings, But Promises To Be No Panacea
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is testing limits of US and European support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Cracks in Western support have emerged not only because of the devastating human toll of Israel’s military campaign, including stepped-up attacks on hospitals and schools, but also...
