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.Indiaâs Growing Trade Deficit And Debt Burden Are A Matter Of Concern
By Nantoo Banerjee The government and the Reserve Bank may disagree, but the way the country’s trade deficits and external debt are rising it may be a matter of time before India goes for another IMF-World Bank bail out. The current indicators on the two counts are hardly comfortable....
Ruling New Democracy Party Comfortably Placed To Form Govt In Greece After Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won the national elections in Greece on Sunday comfortably after his New Democracy Party secured 40.79 per cent votes with 146 seats in the new Parliament consisting of 300 seats. The PM who played a role in the economic recovery of...
Uneasy Lies Beneath BJPâs Sweep In UP Mayoral Elections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has swept mayoral election in Uttar Pradesh by winning all 17 seats, which has heightened the morale and aspirations of Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath and the party’s rank and file who are now aiming at winning all the 80 Lok Sabha seats from...
It Is Strange, Even After One Month Of Dharna, WFI President Is Moving Free
By Sushil Kutty How many of us were aware of the President of the Wrestling Federation of India before the name resounded in ugly resonance from Jantar Mantar in New Delhi? Hardly any beyond maybe 10 lakhs, 20-30-40-50 lakhs, perhaps one-two crores – the sort of people who vote...
Latest Rs. 2000 Notes Ban Decision By Modi Govt Is Related To Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava Demonetisation was not an economic move instead it had a political dimension tossed by a politician which had the worst nature of economic consequences. If it would have been conceived and designed by one or a group of economists, it would have had the element of...
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav Is Not Ready For Alliance With Congress In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The absence of Samajwadi Party President and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav at the oath-ceremony of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at Bengaluru on Saturday has exposed sharp differences between Samajwadi Party and Congress. Despite being invited at the oath ceremony, Samajwadi Party national...
West Bengal BJP Unit Showing No Signs Of Preparedness To Challenge Trinamool Congress
By Tirthankar Mitra Cracks are discernible in BJP’s West Bengal unit. After a communication gap between the leadership and the rank and file has been voiced by the party’s national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, it cannot be dismissed as a canard of Trinamool Congress or Left. And this is not...
Karnataka Shows Bipolar Contests Enabler Of Opposition Victory
By Harihar Swarup What are some of the implications of the Congress’s emphasis and creditable win in Karnataka for national politics? At one level it would be unwise to extrapolate from state to national elections. The logic of these elections is not always aligned. Nevertheless, the Karnataka results has...
Another Great Opportunity For Black Money Holders For Laundering
By K Raveendran The withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes by the Reserve Bank of India and the brief window allowed to exchange the notes until September 30 will provide another opportunity for black money holders to launder their ill-gotten wealth just like its infamous precedent seven years ago did....
Delhi Ordinance Exposes Moral Bankruptcy Of Modi Regime
By Sushil Kutty It is so blatantly brazen you can stick it to the wall and it will hang firm. Is it a violation of the law? It definitely is a ‘middle finger’ to the Supreme Court. The top court has been told “thus far, no further”. And it...
India Denounced For Blocking Independent Trade Unions At G20 Meetings
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is being denounced by trade unions across the G20 economies for government’s decision to block participation of independent trade unions in G20 meeting, including L20 meeting on labour and G20 Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG), which is resulting in worker’s voices going unrepresented. While...
Pakistanâs Political Turmoil Has Implications For Global Security
By M A Hossain Pakistan is currently in a critical juncture of political turmoil which is posing a threat to its sovereignty as well as growing concerns about global security. Not only that, if Pakistan fails to address the crisis, then definitely it will be the beginning of the...
Can Congress Replicate Karnataka Victory In Kerala Against LDF?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying it. The spectacular Congress victory in Karnataka Assembly elections has come as a much-needed morale booster for the party unit in Kerala. But the question is: Can the Kerala unit do a Karnataka in the State? The answer is: it is...
Pakistan Film âJoylandâ Is A Fine Human Document On Transgender Struggle
By Maria Duarte A traditional family in Lahore, Pakistan, is ripped apart when the youngest son becomes infatuated with an ambitious trans starlet in Saim Sadiq’s impressive debut feature which explores sexual fluidity, love, desire, and rebellion within a repressed patriarchal society. Haider (a phenomenal Ali Junejo) is unemployed...
Kiren Rijijuâs Removal From Law Ministry Indicates PMâs Late Bid To Woo Judiciary
By Sushil Kutty The abrupt removal of Kiren Rijiju from the post of Union Minister of Law is yet another example of Prime Narendra Modi surrendering. In fact Modi’s two tenures are littered with abject surrenders. Almost to suggest that this is a flaw in his character. No reason...
Saving The Public Sector Banks From Privatisation Is The Prime National Task
By C.H. Venkatachalam The 29th National Conference of All India Bank Employees Association which was held in Mumbai from May13th to 15th, 2023 concluded successfully. More than 3,000 Delegates and Observers from all over the country participated in the Conference. Notably, Delegates from all the States including from Nagaland,...
US Debt Ceiling Programme Of President Joe Biden Is Beset With Contradictions
By Prabhat Patnaik Under pressure from globalised finance capital, most countries of the world have enacted legislation fixing the size of the fiscal deficit as a proportion of GDP; generally it is 3 percent, and in India it is 3 per cent for the centre and 3 per cent...
Congress Party Left No Stone Unturned To Win Karnataka Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra Credit for the Congress win in Karnataka as it wrested the state from the BJP is in order. Nods go to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra for igniting and energising the cadre ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, Siddaramaiah’s mass appeal, DK Shivakumar’s organisational skills,...
