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.Will Parvesh Varma’s Luck Shine As Next Delhi CM After Defeating Arvind Kejriwal?
By Sushil Kutty Parvesh Sahib Singh Varma is the newly elected BJP MLA of New Delhi assembly constituency. He defeated AAP convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was also the sitting AAP MLA from the same assembly constituency. Varma’s electoral fight with Kejriwal was a tug...
Why Ad Hoc Judges Risk Undermining The Indian Judiciary These Days?
By Shreya Bansal The Indian judiciary, much like a perpetually leaking roof, has for a long time attempted to patch up its structural deficiencies with quick fixes instead of comprehensive repairs. But instead of addressing the gaping wound of unfilled permanent judicial positions, the system has come up with...
There Is No Cause For Being Panicky At Trump’s Decision On Hike In Tariffs
By Subrata Majumder Currently, USA is the prime trigger for India’s external economic growth. It is the biggest export destination of India. The trajectory of export growth is not sporadic. USA has been the biggest importer of Indian merchandise continuously for over a decade. Even during Donald Trump’s first...
Mexico Shows How To Deal With Trump’s Bullying Tactics In A Dignified Manner
By David Raby MEXICO CITY: Earlier in the beginning of January, a firm, direct and principled stance by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, avoiding rhetoric and insults but refusing to give ground to threats, had persuaded the then US president-elect to back down and hold a respectful conversation with the...
INDIA Bloc Has To Look Forward Taking Lessons From AAP Defeat In Delhi
By Nitya Chakraborty The victory of the BJP in the Delhi assembly elections defeating the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convincingly is certainly a jolt to the opposition INDIA bloc, but it does not mean the end of AAP, or the final tolls for the INDIA bloc, as some...
India’s $5-Trillion-Economy Dream By 2025 Has Gone Awry
By Nantoo Banerjee With Indian Rupee (INR) dwindling almost daily against US Dollar (USD), it is good the Union Budget for 2025-26 has stopped repeating on making the Indian economy a $5-trillion GDP to become the world’s third largest by the end of this year or anytime too soon....
Big Confusion In Modi Govt Over Strategy On Decent Job Creation
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In less than a week after the presentation of the Union Budget 2025-26, the Government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had to announce two specific measures – first for the Decent Job Generation Employment Linked Initiative schemes and the second for the...
Two Sangh Parivar Leaders Pitching To Control The Hindu Way Of Life
By Sushil Kutty The question looms, what to do with RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat and his subtle form of dictatorship? The RSS Chief with the glowing cheeks is not a pest. Far from being that, Bhagwat is a persistent scratch under the collar, somebody who wants Indians, especially the...
Ecuador Going For Runoff Polls On April 13 To Elect Its President For Four Years
By Satyaki Chakraborty In the first Presidential elections in Latin America in the year 2025, , in Ecuador , the incumbent right wing president Daniel Noboa faced a close fight with his left wing opponent Luisa Gonzalez resulting in a runoff elections on April 13 to choose the President...
The Leading Writer Amitav Ghosh’s Warning On Environment Has High Relevance For India
By Kunal Bose One doesn’t have to be empowered by knowledge of science to feel and see the deterioration of environment all round. The recent wildfires in California that once again destroyed properties worth in multiple of millions and caused untold miseries and the floods that periodically visit many...
British Govt’s Internal Report On Security Mentions Hindutva As One Of Extremist Threats
By Asad Mirza A yet unpublished UK Home Office report has outlined eight key extremist threats facing the UK besides Hindutva. These threats further include Islamist extremism, extreme right-wing extremism, extreme misogyny, environmental extremism, left-wing extremism, anarchist and single-issue extremism, and conspiracy theories and violence. With the new Labour...
Despite Setback In Delhi, AAP To Remain A Political Force Of Reckoning
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite political setback in Delhi Vidhan Sabha election and loss of power to BJP, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will remain a political force of reckoning. AAP’s huge voter support base is intact, and election result shows that the BJP could win by only about a...
Trump’s Sanctions Against ICC Shows His Deep Contempt For International Laws
By Satyaki Chakraborty U.S. President Donald Trump has started breaking all conventions about abiding by international laws b h announcing the U.S. government’s sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) taking the plea that the ICC is biased against the U.S. and Israel. Donald Trump launched sanctions against the...
Modi Takes All The Credit For BJP’s Delhi Assembly Victory
By Sushil Kutty There was only one issue at play, only one man who was a fleck of dust in the eye, Arvind Kejriwal! Prime Minister Narendra Modi was never a player in the Delhi assembly elections. But who will tell that to the Prime Minister? There’s nobody in...
Both RBI, Finance Ministry Are Banking On Domestic Demand As Driver Of Growth
By Anjan Roy The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates a wee little bit by a quarter of one percent — from 6.50% to 6.25%. That is, neither here, nor there. It is not a significant reduction by any means. But it creates an expectation and a mindset. More...
PM Narendra Modi’s Talks With Donald Trump On February 13 Are Crucial
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first bilateral meeting with the U.S. President Donald Trump in his second term on February 13 at White House has got unusual significance at the present moment when the entire country is worried at the fate of the huge...
Tale Of Two Great Indian Weddings: One Fat And The Other Fast
By K Raveendran The great Indian wedding has always been a spectacle of excess, but when it comes to the nuptials of billionaires, it takes on the proportions of an Olympic event—judged on the parameters of opulence, star power, and the number of private jets idling at the nearest...
BJP’s Victory In Milkipur Assembly Bypoll Gives A Big Boost To Yogi Adityanath
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With the victory of BJP in crucial by-election in Milkipur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron brigade has avenged the humiliating defeat in Ayodhya Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 elections at the hands of Samajwadi Party. The manner in which Ayodhya Lok Sabha...
