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.Poking The Americans In The Eye Appears To Be A Saudi Pastime
By James M Dorsey In the latest incident, Saudi Arabia detained five relatives of a US resident whose family in 2020 filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania against the Saudi government in a long-standing commercial dispute involving an oil refinery on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, according...
Military Coup In West African Nation Niger Is A Sort Of Outburst Against US Domination
By Matthew Hunter News of a military coup in the West African country of Niger has reignited condemnations of the colonial West, and marks at least the 10th coup in the Sahel region since 2008: Burkina Faso (2014, 2015, 2022), Mali (2012, 2020, 2021), Mauritania (2008), Gambia...
Yes, We Got It Right: IPA Predicted Supreme Court Stay On Rahul’s Conviction
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has stayed Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the Modi defamation case and restored his Lok Sabha membership. The apex court also questioned the wisdom of the trial judge and the higher court in awarding the maximum punishment in the alleged offence, which made...
Supreme Court Verdict Staying Rahul Gandhi’s Conviction Has Shaken BJP, RSS
By Arun Srivastava For andha bhakts (blind disciples) of Narendra Modi, Supreme Court staying the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark and restoring his status as an MP must have come as a rude shock to the...
Morgan Stanley Upgrading India Is A Good Signal For Foreign Investors
By Anjan Roy Morgan Stanley, a widely respected global investment bank, has upgraded India’s rating. This essentially means the bank now is now arguing it is worthwhile investing in India on the basis of the macro-economic data on the performance of the Indian economy. At the same time,...
The Very Foundation Of Our Great Nation Is At Stake Under BJP Rule
By D Raja More than seven decades back, Dr Ambedkar had warned that “on the 26th of January, 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality.” In our times...
The Introduction Of ’Universal Basic Income’ In India Has To Face A Lot Of Problems
By Prabhat Patnaik Many economists have been advocating a universal basic income for India, an idea that was mooted even in the official Economic Survey for 2016-17. Of course the practical proposals towards this end have varied, some suggesting a common universal transfer to all persons below a...
Politics Of Communalism Spreading On The Eve Of 2024 Polls
By Gyan Pathak Communal Violence between religious groups has almost nothing to do with religion, but to politics. This is true even with incidents of communal violence between the Majority Hindu community and the minority communities especially Muslims and Christians in India. As we are approaching closer to...
Communal Incidents Become More Frequent Before Impendng Elections
By Sushil Kutty Monu Manesar and MLA Mamman Khan. Cow vigilante and cow smuggler. Temple and Mosque. Guns, rifles, stones, arson and beatings… ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ and assorted other violence – that is the Nuh region of Mewat in Haryana, bordering the National Capital Region of...
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Is MP Again After Conviction Stayed By SC
By Rahil Nora Chopra Post Karnataka victory and the success of Bharat Jodo Yatra, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s personal stature has grown remarkably and he emerged as the opposition face against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bharat Jodo Yatra’s message of love and fraternity has emerged as...
India And China Can Start The Process Of Active Engagement In Geopolitics
By Tirthankar Mitra In the aftermath of Wagner rebellion Sino-Russian relations is not what it used to be earlier.. It was a “bromance” between two most powerful authoritarians, President Xi Jingping of China and President Vladimir Putin of Russia and the uprising was the most significant to the...
Opposition Bloc India Must Have A Strategy To Defeat BJP’s Polarising Bid
By Sushil Kutty Banking on the Muslim voter pool alone is a faux pas. Opposition alliance INDIA’s quest to pitch one-on-one unified opposition candidates against BJP nominees in all 543 parliamentary seats in 2024 will work only if a big enough portion of the Hindu electorate responds positively....
Public Sector Getting Stepmotherly Treatment Under Nine Years Of NDA Rule
By Krishna Jha The BJP-RSS government is moving aggressively with its privatization policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it explicit in one of his remarks when he said recently in one of his meetings: ‘Hamare Desh me public sector ka marne ke liye Janma hota hai’ (In...
Global South Countries Need A New Legal Framework For Debt Relief
By Ramya Vijaya and Pooja Rangaprasad The Paris Summit, convened last month by French president Emmanuel Macron, failed to make much headway on its ambitious goal of retooling global finance and jump-starting climate investments. A major stumbling block is the lack of progress on relief for the...
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Opened A New Front Over Gyanvapi Mosque
By P Sudhir The Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, has virtually declared that a new front is being opened up in the temple-mosque issue. This time, it is the Gyanvapi mosque and the Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. Adityanath, in an interview, has said that there is...
Space Economy For The New Space Faces Mounting Concerns
By Gyan Pathak Space economy for the ‘new space’ is now face to face with mounting concerns which include the fragility of current growth and the worrying rate of increase in orbital debris. An OECD report prepared for the G20 Space Leaders’ Meeting under India’s G20 Presidency...
European Countries Are Keen To Get Increasing Share Of Indian Defence Market
By Girish Linganna China and Russia’s aggressive actions against the West have caused problems, like conflicts over spy balloons, and have also led to NATO becoming stronger. One important result of this has been the West’s effort to develop a closer relationship with India. In June, India’s...
Study Finds Irregular Patterns In 2019 Lok Sabha Election Results
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Several irregularities have been found in the pattern of the General Election 2019 results that suggest either the election results underwent electoral manipulation or precise control of the ruling establishment under PM Narendra Modi. The irregularities have been found in a research paper recently...
