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.Innovative Policy Is Needed To Extract Demographic Dividend As India Pips China In Population
By Anjan Roy Few will now remember there was a time when family planning and population control were highly visible policy platforms. Of all people, highly respected industrialist, JRD Tata, then heading the Tata group, was one of the leading figures to talk about the need for population control....
Will The Twitter Spat Between Jaishankar And Siddaramaiah Impact Karnataka Polls?
By Sushil Kutty The Hakki-Pikki!, who are they? The 2011 census put the Hakki-Pikki population at 11,892. The last decade must have seen the number rise. Suffice to say that the Hakki-Pikki are in the news because 31 Hakki-Pikki are stranded in strife-torn Sudan amid allegations that India’s External...
Despite A Deep Reverence For Cows In India, 5 Million Are Now Strays
By Girish Linganna There are around 5 million stray cattle roaming the streets of India. The cow is a sacred—and revered—animal in Hinduism. But stray cattle, primarily abandoned males, cause havoc in the country. Cattle have been reported to attack people, cause traffic accidents and spread diseases. During the...
Oil Supply By Russia At Concessional Rate Is A Big Shield For India Against Inflation
By Subrata Majumder Recently, OPEC and some non-OPEC countries, including Russia, announced oil output cut of around 1.16 million barrels per day. This move will bring the total volume of oil cut by OPEC + to 3.66 million bpd, according to Reuter’s estimation. Eventually, the output reduction could lift...
French President Ignores All Round Protests By Passing Pension Bill
By Marlon Ettinger With its validation on April 14 by the Constitutional Council, Emmanuel Macron’s government has finally passed its legislation to raise the pension age to sixty-four. Its controversial passage into law has prompted vast opposition: refinery workers have held petrol shipments hostage, dockers have blocked deliveries, and...
Opposition Must Demand A Supreme Court Monitored Probe On Pulwama Massacre
By Nitya Chakraborty The explosive facts mentioned by the former Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in his interview with the news portal The Wire last week, have not elicited any response till now from the PM’s office though the veteran politician blamed the Prime Minister and the...
Anxieties Galore As India Becomes Largest Populated Country
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India becomes the largest populated country in the world with 142.86 crore population as per the State of the world population (SOWP) 2023 report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), population anxieties have seeped into large portions of the general public. High...
Amit Shah’s Claim Of 35 Lok Sabha Seats In Bengal In 2024 Poll, Is Meant To Soar Up Sagging Morale Of State BJP
By Tirthankar Mitra Trinamool Congress leaders were irate on hearing Union home minister Amit Shah’s call to his party activists to ensure victory from 35 constituencies in Lok Sabha elections next year and usher in a BJP government in 2025. But had these Trinamool leaders taken a little pause...
Supreme Court Agreeing To Hear The Petition On Prayagraj Killings Is Welcome
By Sushil Kutty That moment when Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead stays frozen in time. Now, less than a week later, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking an independent inquiry. The petitioner also wants the 183 encounter-killings in Chief Minister...
Generative AI Seen Capable Of Adding $275 Billion To Apparel Business In 3-5 Years
By K Raveendran Generative AI has been described as a milestone that will be as impactful as the advent of internet. The optimism is matched by an equal measure of concern over its effect on employment as also ethical questions about its use, apart from its potential for mischief....
Bangladesh Elections Keenly Watched By International Community
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury As per constitutional provisions, Bangladesh needs to hold its general election every five years, and the next general election is expected to be held by January 9, 2024. Meanwhile, the European Union, Britain and the United States have repeatedly emphasized on ensuring a free,...
Andaleeb Wajid Is Now One Of The Most Prolific Writers Of Hot Romance
By Harihar Swarup Andaleeb Wajid is back at her mother’s house, this time for a month. It is Ramzan—the months of fasting and praying. She logs in from her refuge—the desk in her peppermint green room. A romance writer, love is her business. In 2021, she spent six months...
Overemphasis On Total Opposition Unity Before 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, May Be Counter Productive
By Nitya Chakraborty Just one year is left for the holding of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for April/May 2024. The non-BJP opposition parties are having discussions for building a comprehensive unity of the opposition political parties who are determined to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power at...
Congress Leadership Has To Take Immediate Action To Resolve Rajasthan Crisis
By Kalyani Shankar With the state assembly election later this year, Congress faces a political crisis again. The party lost Punjab last year because of mishandling by the Gandhis by backing the wrong horse. Will the Congress leadership be able to save Rajasthan from going the Punjab way? Congress...
Murky Plot Behind Political Killings Of Gangster Brothers In UP
By Arun Srivastava The finance minister of Uttar Pradesh, Suresh Khanna, was absolutely right in saying: “Some decisions are taken in heaven. Whatever happened was kudrat’s (nature’s) justice, decided in heaven.” That the assassinations of gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf was carried out following a ‘divine order’...
Rate Of Melting And Retreating Of Himalayan Glaciers Doubled
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the rate of melting and retreating of Himalayan Glaciers has doubled since 2000 at the rate of 0.5 m per year compared to 0.25 m per year in the earlier 25 years between 1975 and 2000, there is no comprehensive information about the volume...
Politics Behind Vande Bharat Train For Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: One swallow does not make a summer. So goers the saying. Likewise, one Vande Bharat train for Kerala won’t solve the State’s long-standing railway travel woes. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and activists in the State, who are over the moon, however, beg to...
Digital Payments Are Steadily Taking Over Usual Transactions In India
By Girish Linganna A woman named Subamma, holding her young child, prepares to go to work selling clay pots in Somanahalli Kanakpura Road, a village on the outskirts of Bangalore City. Across the country, millions sell roadside items for a living. However, the old-fashioned practice of trading goods for...
