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.Kolkata Remembers The Legendary Lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi Through Three Day Festival
By Tirthankar Mitra Come winter, a season of mellow fruitfulness, Kolkata springs up pleasant surprises. A three day festival on Sahir Ludhianvi, whose lines of love and protest are still hummed began on December 15 at Dhana Dhanyo stadium. Tributes are paid to an individual’s memory usually on his/her...
Neo-Liberal Regime In India Has Led To Income Inequality And Farmers Distress
By Prabhat Patnaik Neo-liberalism propagates a set of outright falsehoods to present itself in a favourable light compared to the preceding dirigiste regime in India. The basic theme is to suggest that under neo-liberalism there has been such an acceleration of the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product that...
Challenging PM Modi, Nitish May Kick Off Lok Sabha Polls From Varanasi
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will launch the election campaign of 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi with the sole aim of winning the support of people against the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. According to sources, the date will be decided after the...
President Putin Is Exuding Confidence In Achieving Russian Aims In Ukraine War
By Girish Linganna On Thursday (December 14, 2023), the President of Russia conducted his first end-of-year news conference since the commencement of the conflict in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin stated that he still has unchanged goals in Ukraine and will continue to pursue them until there is peace. The event...
More Than Sixty Per Cent Of French Speaking People In The World Live In Africa
By Tirthankar Mitra The French are justifiably proud of their language and their country with a long tradition of arts, culture and culinary delights. As things stand now, more than 60 per cent of those who speak French daily live in Africa. In all, fact that more people who...
Britain Is ‘Dangerously Close To Recession’, TUC Warns As GDP Falls
By Ceren Sagir Britain is “dangerously close to recession,” the TUC warned the Sunak Government as news that the economy shrank in October dealt a blow to one of the Prime Minister’s five priorities. Gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fallen by 0.3 per cent during the...
COP28’s Agreed Document Is A Bundle Of Contradictions On Major Issues
By Anjan Roy It was a contradiction in terms. One of the largest producers of fossil fuels, UAE, was hosting the UN talks on limiting use of such fuels to cut down CO2 emissions and thereby help keep earth’s temperature rise within the stipulated 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels....
Unemployed Youths Intruding Parliament Is A Desperate Cry For Help
By Arun Srivastava This is the second time in two decades that the security of Parliament has been breached. Nevertheless, the two incidents are distinctly different from each other in nature and probably in intention. The first was planned by terrorists “to wipe out the entire political leadership of...
Fourth Biggest Economy Has Largest Number Of Hungry And Malnourished
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The way PM Narendra Modi’s growth narrative is being boastfully brought forward is nothing but mere politics, since it tries to put the stark reality of incidents of hunger and malnutrition in the country under carpet. As per the growth narrative India is the fourth...
The Gang Of Six Breaching Parliament Security Needs Patient Hearing From Govt
By Sushil Kutty Neelam ‘Azad’ is 42 and a student forever. Armed with a string of educational qualifications, Neelam couldn’t land a job and may not ever land one now that a case under UAPA has been lodged against her and the five others who planned and carried out...
Supreme Court Verdict Upholding Abrogation Of Article 370 Poses A Threat To Federal Principles
By P. Sudhir The Supreme Court judgment on the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the dismantling of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories is an egregious example of the constitutional court capitulating to the misuse of powers by the executive. Four years...
Employment Opportunities For Educated Youth Have Declined Sharply
By Krishna Jha According to available data, there has been a steady decline in the availability of employment in agriculture and manufacturing. Growth of construction jobs have also been slow. The process of structural transformation, which had gained momentum post 2004-5, has almost stopped since 2016. There has been...
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...
