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.Gabon’s Military Overthrows Corrupt Bongo Family’s 55-Year Rule
By Satyaki Chakraborty Another African country witnessed military coup this week accelerating the process of coups in a large number of countries in a short period. Security forces in Gabon said Wednesday they had seized power and “put an end” to the rule of the family that has held...
Indians Would Miss Trudeau’s Wife And Kids During His Visit For G20 Summit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be on a whirlwind tour that will finally bring to India after his historic 2018 visit. He will attend the G20 Leaders Summit on September 9 and 10. But before coming to India, he will be in Indonesia to...
Mexico Under AMLO Has Done Major Transformation Favouring Underprivileged
By Kurt Hackbarth On August 10, Mexico’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL), an independent federal agency, released its much-awaited poverty measurements for 2022. Its findings outstripped the most optimistic forecasts: the multidimensional poverty rate in Mexico — a measurement of income plus a series...
State Of Global Oil Market Eminently Suited For An Early Indian Election
By K Raveendran West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee may not have missed the mark when she predicted the other day that the Modi government might advance the next Lok Sabha elections. She even hinted at December this year. But for the China map issue, which...
INDIA Alliance Can Now Be Reckoned As A Major Political Force
By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA alliance is only 70 days old as on August 31, 2023, the first day of its third Conclave to be held in Mumbai. Detractors derive pleasure in calling it the third hurdle, while forgetting the story of the rise and fall of their beloved...
INDIA Alliance Should Not Pin Any Hopes On BSP Joining Anti-BJP Combine
By Sushil Kutty A whole lot of important people are in two minds; perhaps, even indifferent. This is what comes to mind when thinking of Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party, which used to be a Dalit powerhouse till a decade ago but has since lost its political mojo....
Systematic Targetting Of Muslims In Educational System
By P. Sudhir The shocking incident of a seven-year-old Muslim boy being slapped by his classmates on the order of the teacher taking the class must not be seen as an isolated event. That the school is a small private one in a remote village in Muzaffarnagar district in...
Breakdown Of Law And Order In The Name Of Hindutva
By Krishna Jha In the name of Hindutva, deterioration of law and order situation is taken to unprecedented limits, which has been witnessed by the country only rarely. Fascism has entered in a new garb. With hands covered in gloves, politics is made to overshadow the Constitutional restrain, and...
From Non-Alignment To G-20 Summit In Delhi Next Week
By Dr. Arun Mitra Much euphoria is being created about the upcoming G-20 meet in Delhi next week. The high pitch is particularly to project that it is because of Prime Minster Narendra Modi that India has got the chairmanship of the group. Truth of the matter is that...
Investors Shun East, Northeast Despite Contrary Claims By Govts
By Ashis Biswas Two East and Northeast Indian states — Assam and West Bengal — have largely failed to secure significant investments from domestic or foreign private sector in recent years. Assam is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while in neighbouring Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was...
Kerala Rejects Centre’s Smart Meter Scheme
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in the State has said an emphatic ‘No’ to the total expenditure (TOTEX) model for the rollout of pre-paid smart electricity meters in the State. The State Government has also vehemently opposed the amendments to the Multi-State Cooperative Societies...
Jyotindra Nath ‘Mani’ Dixit Was A Diplomat Par Excellence
By Harihar Swarup I have seen an array of foreign secretaries (FS) during my career as a diplomat, some talented, some mediocre, and some undeserving, says Pawan an ICS-turned politician But as a personality, there was perhaps none as colourful and competent as Jyotindra Nath ‘Mani’ Dikshit. What set...
Niraj Chopra – A Sporting Icon Doing The Nation Proud
By Tirthankar Mitra By no stretch of imagination, India is replete with much good news. Of course, the landing on the moon of a Indian spaceship did the nation proud, but there is a huge distance between the scene of this triumph of Indian science and the masses. The...
Economy – Mainly Acute Joblessness Must Get The Prime Focus In India Campaign
By Nitya Chakraborty As the leaders of the INDIA alliance prepare for their third meeting in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1 to take forward the decisions taken at the last conclave in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18, one issue that should figure most prominently in their...
BJP Manifests Spine-Chilling Symptoms Before 2024 Elections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Spine-chilling causes and effects have emerged in the evolving tale of the two alliances in India. INDIA opposition alliance was born on June 23 at Patna Conclave with 16 anti-BJP political parties on board. The birth of INDIA alliance shook the BJP out of its...
Prime Minister Is Having A Paranoia Over Preparations For G20 Summit
By Sushil Kutty The paranoia is what you see. The reason why New Delhi has been shut tight and out of bounds for ordinary Indians. The Modi regime is convinced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s adversaries will go to any extent to derail the G20 Summit to tarnish Modi’s reputation...
Bangladesh And Nepal Look To India For Emergency Foodgrains Supply
By Ashis Biswas As both India and Bangladesh prepare to hold general elections early next year, concerned authorities are finding it extremely hard to maintain effective foodgrains supply chains and contain inflation. In addition, Nepal has been urging India to sell significant quantities of rice, wheat and paddy to...
Jayanta Mahapatra Has Left A Lasting Legacy Of His Poems On Pain And Longing
By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when Cuttack was a city in Odisha whose resident’s footprints in the Indian literary scene were nothing home to write about. One of its residents, Jayanta Mahapatra, an Indian poet writing in English changed the notion and more. To say that Mahapatra’s passing at...
