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.Famine In Somalia Once Again Focuses On The Need For Global Food Security
By Dr Arun Mitra As per the reports, Somalia with a Population of 17 Million is passing through serious crisis of food security. Over 200,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of food crisis. ‘Due to starvation they are dying, falling prey to diarrhoea, measles or malaria etc. Number of...
Attacks Against Churches Anger Christians In North Eastern States
By Ashis Biswas In northeast Indian states, upset Christians feel they must protest more vigorously against the recent demolition of a few churches in Manipur and Assam, for which they hold the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accountable. Intriguingly, Nagaland-based Christians have reacted more sharply than their follow religionists in...
CPI(M) Bengal Leadership Faces A Big Dilemma Over Strategy In Panchayat Poll
By Tirthankar Mitra Any activist and leader of West Bengal unit of CPI(M) will face strong disciplinary action in the event of any understanding with BJP in the panchayat elections The riot act being read out at the recently concluded state committee meeting of the CPI(M) is a clear...
Nitish Takes Lead In Forging United Anti-BJP Front; Rahul, Kharge Assent
By Rahil Nora Chopra Even before the assumption that Opposition might come together in the hope of capturing power in 2024 could duly take hold in the public’s mind, the race has commenced on who would be the prime ministerial candidate. In this context, a huge banner of Delhi’s...
Gangster Turned Politician Atiq Ahmed Is A Top Criminal In Uttar Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty On April 12 gangster-turned-politician-turned-jailbird Atiq Ahmed told journalists enough was enough, “now that I have been ground to dust, please spare my wife and children and let them live in peace”. The repentant with remorse. The next day, April 13, Atiq Ahmed’s favourite son Asad Ahmed...
Fresh Debate Starts On Advisability Of Introducing Central Bank Digital Currency
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Tulsi Gabbard, a former presidential candidate and political commentator, has come out against the United States’ plans to develop a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). She argues that CBDCs will be used as tools of mass financial surveillance, which undermines freedom and autonomy. Gabbard stated...
Elon Musk Is Waging War On Freedom Of Speech On His Own Twitter
By Luke Savage In the months surrounding Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter, a consensus seemed to hold among supporters and critics alike that he embraced a kind of free speech absolutism. To some, this was a virtue; to others, a concern. But most disagreement had to do...
Nitish-Rahul Meeting Has Set The Pace For Nuanced Approach To Opposition Unity
By Arun Srivastava For naysayers it was a the doomsday as the “historic meet” between Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in presence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge not only sent a vibrant message that opposition unity was no more an illusion but would strengthen the ideological narrative...
BJP Is Taking A Cynical Approach Towards Christians In Kerala
By P. Sudhir The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Easter day was notable, as it was his first visit to a church since becoming prime minister over nine years ago. On the same day, Easter Sunday, BJP leaders conducted...
Remembering Days With O P Sabherwal On His Birth Centenary Day On April 13
By Nitya Chakraborty Om Prakash Sabherwal, more known as OP in Delhi’s media circles, was a leading journalist in the national capital for more than five decades in the last century. He joined India Press Agency (IPA) in1959 at the call of IPA founder Nikhil Chakravartty and was connected...
Central BJP Leaders Panicky At Nitish Kumar’s Moves For Opposition Unity
By Sushil Kutty Following opposition parties’ feelers to each other, and after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s meeting with Congress party’s disqualified Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi in the company of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, the Bharatiya Janata Party was in some...
Profiles Of India’s Chief Ministers Do Not Instill Hope
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The profiles of the chief ministers of States and Union Territories of India do not instill hope among the common people. The electoral reform that have been carried out so far in the country has only been able to provide 43 per cent of chief...
AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal Has To Mend Fences With Congress Taking Long Term View
By Tirthankar Mitra Aam Aadmi Party attaining status of a national political party is certainly another feather in its cap after having emerged as the ruling dispensation in Punjab and retaining its hold on Delhi. It will buoy the ambition of its leader Arvind Kejriwal who has been seeking...
BJP And Samajwadi Party Making Full Preparations For Civic Polls Next Month
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: All major political parties of Uttar Pradesh are gearing up for crucial urban body polls scheduled in first week of next month. These elections are considered as semi finals for eventual Lok Sabha polls next year. Since the outcome of these polls will set the...
Latest Deletions In History Textbooks By NCERT Bosses, Are Biased Against Secular India
By Krishna Jha This year, the Independence Day celebrations and the prime minister’s speech from the ramparts of Red Fort would not make us proud of our architectural achievements, its aesthetics, since Red Fort stands bereft of its history. Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world,...
Factional Battles Intensify In Karnataka BJP After The List Of 189 Is Out
By Arun Srivastava Less than a month ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled on May 10, the state unit of the BJP is vertically split between the loyalists and turncoats and between believers and nonbelievers of Hindutva. While the turncoats through their patrons at Delhi have been...
Court Indictment Of Donald Trump Has Not Affected His Popular Base
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston On April 4, citizen Trump surrendered, formally arrested and arraigned in a mundane court room on the 15th floor of Manhattan Criminal Court in New York .He was spared of procedural mug shot and handcuff as a courtesy to a former president. And with...
Remembering O P Sabherwal, A Dedicated Journalist In His Centenary Year
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian economy, politics, and media was in transition when I joined India Press Agency in March 1993 led by O P Sabherwal as its Chief Editor. I had been sent there by Sumit Chakravartty, Editor of the weekly Mainstream. The transition of the 1990s had...
