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.Hamas Is Isolated; It Is Now One-Sided Massacre By Israel In Gaza
By Girish Linganna After 45 days, the Israeli-Hamas war has reached a crucial juncture where the Hamas militants are progressively becoming more isolated from their supposed friends and well wishers and in the process, the promised assistance is not coming leading to a precarious situation of shortage of weapons...
The Curious Case Of Fake News About India Becoming Fourth Largest Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak During the election campaigns in November, anyone who can hear heard about “Modi Guarantee” even from the very mouth of PM Narendra Modi about making India a developed country by 2047. It was repeatedly claimed how India is developing fast under PM Modi, and become...
Free Food Grains To The Poor Are Unlikely To Win Elections
By Nantoo Banerjee It was very thoughtful on the part of the national government to provide free food grains to over 80 crore people under the poor and low income group in the country during the Covid pandemic season leading to long lockdown periods in 2020-21. The facility was...
Far Right Outsider Javier Milei Wins Presidential Elections In Argentina
By Satyaki Chakraborty In a big setback to the Left in Latin American region, Far Right outsider Javier Milei defeated the Left coalition’s Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa in a close contest in the Presidential elections held on Sunday November 19.Milei got around 55 per cent of the votes...
US President Joe Biden Facing Backlash In His Own Party Over Total Support To Israel
By Girish Linganna During President Biden’s high profile summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, briefed him on an unrelated matter, namely, the escalating tensions in the Middle East. With less than a year remaining for the 2024 election, President Biden is...
Flying Start To Kerala LDF Govt’s People-Friendly Programme
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Nava Kerala Sadas, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s public outreach programme, has got off to a flying start. The huge turnout at the inaugural session of the people-friendly programme in Kasaragod is an indication of its popularity. The programme aims at reaching out...
Fiery Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra Gets Full Political Backing From Mamata
By Tirthankar Mitra With the 2024LokSabha elections inching closer, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee elevating party MP Mahua Moitra to the post of organisational district president of Krishna Nagar helped the West Bengal Chief Minister and the Party president reap multiple political dividends. Silencing her critics in the Opposition...
Israeli Genocide Is On In Gaza Strip As Super Powers Play Geopolitical Games
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israeli-Hamas war entered its 43rd day on Saturday as the battle has turned by now one sided with Israeli defence forces going all out in bombing the Gaza strip including the civilian areas and the hospitals in the name of eliminating the Hamas militants who...
Sachin Pilot Is Confident Of Big Victory For Congress In Rajasthan Polls
By Harihar Swarup A few months ago, the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi called a meeting to bring a truce between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin pilot. At the meeting, Gehlot is learnt to have remarked that he had...
Electoral Bond Verdict May Ultimately Hinge On Confidentiality Versus Anonymity Debate
By K Raveendran Confidentiality versus anonymity is a central issue in the consideration of the petitions against the electoral bond scheme as it exists today and may well have a bearing on the verdict by the five-member constitution bench under Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, which has reserved the...
Double Delight For Kerala Chief Minister P Vijayan
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a double delight for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who has successfully blunted the edge of a campaign of calumny against him and his government. In a major morale-booster to the LDF Government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, the Lokayukta...
‘Right To Strike’ Being Dragged To The Scaffold To Be Guillotined
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The workers’ ‘right to strike’ is being dragged to the scaffold to be guillotined, if possible, by 112thSession of the International Labour Conference (ILC) to be held in June 2024. The Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation, being uncomfortable by the dispute brought by...
Bangladesh At Political Crossroads With Wider International Ramifications
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In the aftermath of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s significant visit to the United States earlier this year, there was widespread anticipation for a notable strengthening of relations between Delhi and Washington. However, there seems to have been an oversight by key policymakers in...
Food Scarcity Adds To The Woes Of Awami League Govt As The Country Goes For Elections
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav In Bangladesh, where national elections are scheduled for January 7, political issues are taking a backseat, and the scarcity and high prices of essential food items such as potatoes, onions, eggs, edible oil, and sugar are taking centre stage. In an emergency meeting held at...
Looking At The Great Works Of The Hollywood Filmmaker Martin Scorsese
By Tirthankar Mitra The veteran Hollywood film director Martin Scorsese’s life is apparently somewhat reminiscent of the great American dream of a new kid on the block overcoming odds and gaining material success, a humble background notwithstanding. But as one looks at the vast body of his works in...
Zero Waiting List For Indian Railways Passengers Is Just A Lollipop
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India railways has just announced that it aims to achieve zero waiting list for confirmed tickets by 2027, but only after pictures of overcrowded platforms and trains across India surfaced last week in which several fell unconscious due to suffocation and at least one passenger...
CM Nitish Kumar Reiterates Demand For Bihar’s Special Status
By Rahil Nora Chopra After the recent release of caste-based survey data and increasing the reservation limit for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward castes and extremely backward castes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent, now Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has declared that he would...
There Are Many Lessons For Indian Left From November Revolution Of 1917 In Russia
By D. Raja T he epoch-making events of November 1917 changed the course of humanity forever. The Revolution of 1917 had profound and far-reaching impact on world history. It not only marked the overthrow of the Czarist monarchy and the establishment of the Soviet Union, but it also ignited...
