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.Care Taker Govt System Before Election In Pakistan Is Not Serving The Purpose
By Tirthankar Mitra A provision for a caretaker government during elections in Pakistan was nowhere in the scheme of things when it’s Constitution was framed. It was General Ziaul Huq led martial law government which ushered in this system in 1985 through Revival of Constitutional Order into the...
Journalist, Diplomat Zubzycki’s’ Book ‘Dethroned’ Is A Masterpiece On Indian Union
By Harihar Swarup Otto Von Bismarck had to trigger three wars to forge peace across Germany. A Prussian master of strategy, Bismarck manoeuvred Denmark, Austria and France into fighting a loose alliance of 39 quarelling German states. In the end, he got what he wanted: three war victories...
Threat Of Islamic State Far From Over As Systematic Regrouping Under Way
By Manish Rai ISIS caliphate once had a population of 10 million people within its borders. It stretched across two countries Iraq and Syria and included major towns and cities, oil fields, factories and dams and was roughly the size of Britain. While tactically and strategically, ISIS...
India Has Made A Big Advance In Successfully Launching Anti-Radiation Missiles
By Girish Lingana India has just achieved a successful test of its RudraM-II anti-radiation missiles. These missiles can be fired from both the Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Mirage-2000 fighter jets, enabling India to target and disable enemy radars and communication systems effectively. Dr SV Kamat, head of the Defence...
As Italy And Greece Burn, Govt Leaders Obsessed About Immigrants
By Nathan Akehurst Europe is burning. Hitting almost 110°F, Rome has broken its heat record, set only last year, and some Italian hospitals have reported inpatient numbers reaching COVID-era levels. Special flights headed to Corfu and Rhodes to evacuate tourists from fires rolling across the Greek islands, while...
Indian Parliament Has A Chequered History Of No-Confidence Motions
By Kalyani Shankar The Speaker has admitted the notice given by the new Opposition coalition (INDIA) last week against the Narendra Modi government. It will be the second he has faced since 2014. Earlier this month, 26 opposition parties formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Opposition parties...
PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Pain’ And ‘Shame’ Exposed Again
By Gyan Pathak The ‘Persona’ in ancient Greece was the mask worn by the artists while performing drama on stage. The real persons always remained behind those masks from which came the word personality, which meant the character they played. In the light of this one can...
Sharad Pawar’s Presence At Narendra Modi’s Award Ceremony Is Confusing To Allies
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune. The big news was NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was there at the award ceremony while Congress and Pawar’s NCP leaders waved black flags. The thing is, Modi will go anywhere for...
BJP Bid To Organise More Durga Pujas In Bengal This Year May Lead To Tensions
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Having flexed all its organisational muscles in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP secured 18 MPs from West Bengal; with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister, Amit Shah making almost daily trips to the state before 2021 Assembly elections, the saffron camp had...
Need For Complete Abolition Of Nuclear Weapons
By Dr Arun Mitra As the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945 is coming near, we are once again reminded of dreadful effects of the incident that wiped out two cities, killed over 2 lakh people and left...
Creation Of Decent Jobs Muted, Low-Paying Ones Increasing
By Gyan Pathak Now it is official. Creation of decent formal jobs in the country remained subdued in May and low paying ones increased. Social security has also considerably declined as it has been noticed in the National Pension Scheme. As for the informal and gig workers, their...
Nepalese Traders Upset At Indian Railways Delay In Goods Transport
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: There is grave concern among Nepalese officials as well as trade/business circles over the delayed movement of goods transported from India in recent weeks, mainly because of the major train accident at Bahanaga station in Odisha on June 2 this year. A rare...
Senator Bernie Sanders Voting Against Funds To Pentagon Is A Big Step
By Liza Featherstone WASHINGTON D.C. Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders cast a vote that should be expected of all left-leaning politicians in Congress: he voted against giving $886 billion to the Pentagon. In his speech explaining why he could not support this massive giveaway to the military industrial complex,...
Labour’s Left Needs To Regain The Insurgent Spirit Of Jeremy Corbyn
BY James A. Smith One of the intellectual mentors of Corbynism, the late Leo Panitch, concluded his final book with the hopeful observation that the 2019 election defeat concealed a substantial rejuvenation of socialism in Britain: the fruit of a unique generational collaboration between the Labour left...
India Yet To Become Preferred FDI Destination Despite Good GDP Growth
By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to note that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upward India’s economic growth projection for 2023 from 5.9 percent to 6.1 percent. The projection is still well below the Reserve Bank of India’s economic growth forecast of 6.5 percent. The...
Anti-BJP Alliance India Raises The Stakes For Modi-Led NDA
By S.Sethuraman CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems increasingly obsessed with the needed numbers in Lok Sabha for him to make sure of his third term in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.,with the emergence of an apparently effective opposition alliance, INDIA. The kind of rhetoric the BJP head...
Prime Minster Has Copied Mamata’s “’Mamati Manush’ Slogan In His Latest Campaign
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been using All India Radio to give an edge to Bharatiya Janata Party over rival political parties; specifically in broadcasting government schemes that impress certain vote-banks to vote for the BJP. In his July 30 ‘Mann Ki Baat’ PM Modi...
Narendra Modi Govt Wants Data To Be Collated To Suit Political Interests
By Gyan Pathak The suspension of the Director of International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) K S James is yet another example that no data, how authentic they are, would be allowed to tarnish the image of PM Narendra Modi and the government he has been leading since...
