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.India’s Electronics Production Target By 2025 Is Too Tall
By Nantoo Banerjee The vision document prepared by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) along with the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) outlining the target of the country’s electronics production in terms of US dollars at $300 billion by 2025-26 is too tall. Considering the country’s...
NC-Congress Sweep In Ladakh Elections Is A Wake Up Call For BJP
By Sushil Kutty It’s like the paraglider flying over the concertina wire fence on the Israel-Gaza border. The Bharatiya Janata Party was caught napping and given a devastating electric jolt. Such that Kargil heroes, those alive and who were martyred would cheer. The BJP’s defeat in the Ladakh Autonomous...
Nepal Prime Minister Is Doing A Good Balancing Between Regional Powers
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ concluded his 8-day-long China visit on September 30. Prachanda went to Beijing from New York, where he arrived from Kathmandu to attend United Nations General Assembly meetings. Given the sensitivity in India-Nepal relations and how some Nepalese leaders...
Sri Lanka And Bangladesh Strongly Defend India Against Accusations By Canada
By Ashis Biswas Much to India’s satisfaction, its immediate South Asian neighbours have not hesitated to condemn Canada’s intemperate outburst, accusing New Delhi publicly of killing H.S.Nijjar: the hard core Khalistani extremist Nijjar had settled in Canada, where he was shot down by unidentified assailants on June 18 this...
Engineering Students’ Suicides Issue Is Not Just A Medical Problem In India
By Dr Arun Mitra News of suicides by the students from Kota, a dream destination for the aspirants to get coaching for entry into higher education courses like the Engineering and Medicine, are highly disturbing. These students are the next generation who are to shape the future of our...
Latest Hamas-Israel War Is Set To Torpedo Recent West Asian Détente Moves
By Anjan Roy To the day the Yom Kippur war broke out fifty years back, the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas launched a massive attack on Israel. Think of a Pakistani terrorist attack on Bombay of November 26, 2008 many, many times escalated in scale, and that is what had...
Malacca Strait Is Under Severe Stress Due To US-China Trade Rivalry
By Tirthankar Mitra A key sea lane connecting Indian and Pacific Oceans, it is no exaggeration to say that Malacca is a vital security component in the trade and security policies of South East Asian nations. In the backdrop of the ongoing power rivalry playing out in the Indo-Pacific...
Hamas-Israel War: The Middle East May Never Be The Same Again
By James M Dorsey Hamas, the Islamist militia that controls Gaza, will likely emerge a victor regardless of how the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting ends. Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel, described by some analysts as the Jewish state’s 9/11, changes the dynamics of Middle Eastern geopolitics. The brutal...
Post Caste Survey, Popularity Of Nitish Soars In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava BJP chief J P Nadda’s remark that his party may go to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on its own is quite encumbered and notably coincides with the opposition initiative to field Nitish Kumar as INDIA candidate from any of the constituencies in eastern Uttar Pradesh....
Courts Beginning To Question ‘Law Taking Its Own Course’ As Claimed By Ruling Party
By K Raveendran The courts are making it increasingly clear that they are not impressed with the way the central agencies are proceeding with action against their victims. Going by the sharpness in the courts’ remarks, it seems that the day may not be far when the selective manner...
Sharad Pawar Shrugs Off Raised Eyebrows Over His Adani Friendship
By Harihar Swarup Hardworking, simple and down to earth. That is how former Union Minister and NCP founder, Sharad Pawar, describes industrialist Gautam Adani in his 2015 autobiography, Lok Majhe Sangati (People, My Companions). The Maratha strongman has never shied away from supporting Adani, even when Congress leader Rahul...
Delhi Liquor Scam: Curious Case Of The Missing Money Trail
By Sushil Kutty When the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam – a ‘whodunit’ if any – is spoken about in roadside tea stalls, it is a Sherlock Holmes narrative, especially the headline, “The Curious Case of AAP, Liquor and the Missing Money Trail” that prevails. It’s a question AAP...
Structural Changes Are Distorting Indian Labour Market
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian labour market is undergoing a structural change with the fast-changing world of work and the multiple crises therein. On the one hand a very large number of workforce is not able to get jobs, and on the other, employers have been reporting severe labour...
Swachhata Campaign Of Prime Minister Has Given A New Look To Govt Buildings
By K R Sudhaman Red tapes and White caps were common sight in ministries and government departments, a colonial hangover that persisted long after independence. The white caps worn by ministers and babus, particularly by peons in the corridors of power gradually disappeared from 1970s onwards. But Red taped...
Govt-Opposition Panel To Counter ED Probe Into Kerala Coop Sector
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a double whammy for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the so-called ‘Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam’ in Kerala. The central investigation agency suffered a twin setback when both the Supreme Court and the Kerala High court came down heavily on the ED’s...
Conservatives At Crossroads Before 2025 Election
By Tirthankar Mitra British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is on a mission to rebrand the Conservative Party. Time is running out for him in his bid to reach this goal as the elections are due in January 2025 in Great Britain. But there are shadows of doubt over the...
A Tunisian Party Evolves From Islamism To Muslim Democracy
By James M Dorsey Islamic Law is at the centre of debates about what constitutes moderate Islam and what it would take to reform Islam. Essentially, two schools of thought dominate the discussion. Islam’s traditional approach simply picks and chooses which elements of Sharia it opts to ignore. That...
Big Win By United Auto Workers Gives A Major Boost To Labour Movement In US
By Luis Feliz Leon On Facebook Live Friday afternoon, United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain symbolically awarded roses to automakers General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford based on progress at the negotiating table, a reference to the reality show The Bachelor. The only thing missing was teary-eyed CEOs breathing...
