Opinion
Appeal
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.The New Covid 19 Death Data Proves That The Centre Earlier Fudged The Figure
By Krishna Jha The new Covid death data, released recently by the government, reveals everything that confirms what was feared at the time of the pandemic – a massive mismanagement on the part of the government. The new data from the Civil Registration System (CRS), published on May 7,...
The Tale Of Two Super Power Presidents Amidst Global War On Trade, Tariffs
By Nitya Chakraborty Soon after organizing a 90 day truce last week end at Geneva through three day intensive talks between top officials of the United States and China, President Donald Trump is on a three nation tour covering Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to pursue his deal making...
High Contrast In Stewardship Of Two Supreme Court Chief Justices
By K Raveendran Sweet and short: that aptly describes Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna’s stewardship of the Supreme Court. In a time when judicial personalities often become larger than the institution, Justice Khanna offered a quiet, yet powerful contrast. His tenure followed that of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and...
Indian Air Force Did A Magnificent Job In Damaging Pakistan’s Air Defence
By Sushil Kutty The Indian Air Force is drawing kudos from all flying quarters except from fly-by-night operators in the Pakistani media and Pakistani intelligentsia along with retired Pakistani diplomats and Pakistani generals, for laying waste nine Pakistan Air bases and downing hundreds of Turkiye drones, in the “4-Day...
New Ayurveda Day Decision Is A Significant Shift In Hindutva Politics
By Gyan Pathak At a time when RSS-BJP clan has been politically opposing everything foreign in the name of Hindutva nationalism, designating a new date by PM Narendra Modi led government for celebrating Ayurveda Day on 23 September in the Gregorian Calendar in place of celebrating it traditionally on...
Labour Law Reform Without Domestic Workers Would Be A Big Omission
By Dithhi Bhattacharya The ILO Convention On Domestic Workers (C189) was adopted in 2011 with India supporting it. Over a decade later, India continues to debate ratifying the convention despite being the largest employer of domestic workers across the world. Estimates vary that there are as many as between...
Where Is The Accountability Of Indian Media, Especially TV Channels?
By Dr Pragya Sharma, After the most welcome ceasefire announcement, one question kept resonating in my mind. I was baffled to see the role of Indian mainstream media during this emergency like situation. Their primary purpose is to provide information and keep the masses aware, but they proved to...
Can The New KPCC Chief Sunny Joseph Takes On LDF In 2026 Polls?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will Sunny Joseph, who has been named the new president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) can lead the Congress to power in the 2026 Assembly elections? That is the million dollar question doing the rounds in the State’s political corridors. Congress leaders say...
Narendra Modi Must Tell Trump That Kashmir Is A Bilateral Issue Needing No Mediator
By Sushil Kutty The western Press is egging United States President Donald Trump to press India for third-party mediation in the Kashmir imbroglio roiling India-Pakistan relations, while at the same time asserting that Trump has put India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a “tight spot”. Prime Minister...
Narendra Modi Is Having A Difficult Time In Dealing With His Good Friend Trump
By Anjan Roy The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, demonstrates the predicament of a man fighting an unseen foe. Prime Minister’s address on Monday night was meant for the outside world, though it had its import on those inside the country. He was fighting what has been cast broad and...
Statesmanship – Not Rhetoric Is The Need Of The Hour In India
By Dr Arun Mitra War brings misery and deaths. ‘War is neither romantic nor a Bollywood film’ said former Army Chief Manoj Narvane while addressing at an event organised by the Cost Accountants of India at Pune. Diplomacy would be his first choice he added, ‘there is trauma among...
Union Minister Boasts Of Historic Achievement For Major Ports
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (PS&W) Sarbananda Sonowal has boasted about the achievements of India’s Major Ports in FY 2024-25, the ministry under him performed very badly, reveals the Annual Report. Actual Expenditure of the Ministry was totally unsatisfactory being it...
Banning Awami League By Bangladesh’s Interim Govt Has Wide Ramifications
By Satyaki Chakraborty The banning of the Awami League activities by the interim government of Bangladesh led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus last week has got wider implications for the pro-active political parties in the country in view of the coming national elections expected by early next year. Equally, the...
Sudden India-Pakistan Ceasefire Announcement Stuns Sangh Parivar Cadres
By Arun Srivastava The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been quite careful in expressing its support and appreciation for Operation Sindoor as it has enhanced nation’s self respect and morale. Four days back before announcement of ceasefire ,the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had condemned “the attacks being carried out...
Kerala To Blaze A New Trail With Heli-Tourism
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala is all set to blaze a new trail in the tourism sector with the State Government giving in-principle approval to the heli-tourism policy. A network of chopper services within the State, making use of the four existing airports, and new ‘helistations’ at prominent tourist...
India And Sri Lanka Being Drawn Into U.S.’ New Cold War Against China
By Shiran Illanperuma NEW YORK: In 1964, during the second summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirimavo Bandaranaike proposed that the Indian Ocean be turned into a “zone of peace” that was free of military bases and nuclear weapons. In the...
Narendra Modi Has Been Trapped By Trump – He Has To Get Out Of That With Head High
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed India in a very advantageous position vis a vis Pakistan in the limited war that lasted for four days beginning early hours of May 7. The ceasefire that took effect from 5 PM of May 10 was more engineered by...
Global Weapons Industry Is Witnessing An Unprecedented Growth
By Nantoo Banerjee For an import-dependent country on critical arms supplies, it may be risky to get involved in a long-drawn war. Ukraine, currently the world’s biggest arms importer, learnt the hard truth after Donald Trump became the US president. Recently, Ukraine had to part with its substantial mineral...
