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.Deletions In School Text Books Indicate Partisan Approach Of Central Body
By Tirthankar Mitra Deletion of portions pertaining to aftermath of assassination of Mahatma Gandhi from class 12 students curriculum of their political science texts goes against the spirit of argumentative democracy of the nation. The chop and change of National Education Policy (NEP) goes against its promise to throw...
175 Years After The Publication Of Communist Manifesto, Issues To Fight Remain
By Krishna Jha For the first time we face the challenges against whatever we have held sacred till now. Our Constitutional values, our composite culture rooted deep in the society with all its beauty and love, our economy built democratically with a strong public sector, with rights to live,...
India Govt Must Oppose Dissolution Of SuuKyi’s Party By Myanmar Junta
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The recent dissolution of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the ruling party of Myanmar, has raised concerns about the country’s political stability and the ongoing conflict in the country. Myanmar, a neighbouring country of India, has long been a focus of attention for India...
Not Just Labour Party In Britain, Tories Are Also Hit By Factionalism
By Keith Flett The latest offensive by Keir Starmer and those around him to marginalise the left in the Labour Party has captured media headlines, and of course, the full approval of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times. Starmer, whose grasp of the dynamics of capitalism does not appear to be...
IMF Paper Recommends India’s Digital Infrastructure For Adoption By Other Countries
By K Raveendran An IMF working paper has commended India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI), which is known by the term India Stack, as a great success and recommended it for other countries, but with a rider that these countries may not have India’s enabling factors such as a vibrant...
Nitish Kumar’s Iftar Party With Delhi Background Posed A Challenge To PM
By Sushil Kutty Nitish Kumar with the flex facade of the ramparts of the ‘Lal Qila’ behind him, with the tricolour for maximum effect, told the story of things to come and a rattled Bharatiya Janata Party descended on the Bihar Chief Minister, aspiring to give Prime Minister Narendra...
India’s Judicial Institutions Are Operating In A Highly Inefficient Manner
By Arun Srivastava Functioning of the judicial institution has always been under scanner, but after Narendra Modi ushered the country and its judicial system into New India, after coming to power in 2014, the credibility of the institution has to witness the most embarrassing period. Like all his promises...
India-Japan Political Ties Have Got Strengthened Following Modi-Fumio Talks
By Girish Linganna The Indo-Pacific region has continued to be the focal point of diplomatic efforts in the last few weeks for Washington and its partners. During Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s India visit on March 20, Japan introduced its Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) Plan. Additionally, Australia, the UK...
WHO’s Call For Expansion Of Health Workforce Is Most Relevant For India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) global warning of a projected shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, chiefly in developing countries, has come at a time when India, the largest populated country in the world, is undergoing a severe crisis of shortage of doctors and...
Assam Chief Minister Uses ULFA To Reply To Khalistani Secessionists
By Ashis Biswas Even his critics would admit that indecisiveness is not among the attributes one associates with Assam Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s brand of politics. But he has surprised friends and critics alike by not responding to an offensive warning from the pro-secessionist Sikh lobby. Nonetheless,...
Veteran Film Actress, Zeenat Aman Is Now A Sensation In Instagram
By Harihar Swarup Laughing at the places life takes me. Why hello there, Instagram. Thus began the instagram takeover of Zeenat Aman, whose bio reads: “Actor mother, Maverick”. Accompanying the caption was an image of the veteran actor seated at her home on “a lovely sunny afternoon”, wearing; grey—and...
A Battle For The Soul Of Islam Plays Out In A Bahrain Court Room
By James M Dorsey Last week, there was more at stake in a Bahrain courtroom than the fate of three free speech advocates. At stake was a fundamental question that divides believers across the Muslim world and challenges autocratic rulers’ religious legitimisation: Does Islamic jurisprudence need to be reformed...
French Working Class Movement Gets A Fresh Boost With Sophie Binet As New CGT Chief
By Satyaki Chakraborty The strike actions of the French trade unions and the government employees organisations against the hurriedly passed pension bill in Parliament by President Emmanuel Macron, are set to get a new dimension with the election of Ms Sophie Binet as the new general secretary of the...
Coalition Success Of Far Right In Finland Elections Is A Big Setback For European Left
By Chris Dite Finland went to the polls last weekend in the context of a war to the east, a rising cost of living, and growing inequality. The mood was cynical, and Finns delivered a harsh rebuke to the ruling Social Democrat–led coalition. The results have potentially opened the...
Oil Producers Send The Global Economy In A Tizzy With Sudden Production Cut
By Anjan Roy The world has suddenly been pushed into a deeper crisis by a sudden decision of Saudi Arabia to cut oil production. Following the Saudi decision, the OPEC-plus members have also announced commensurate reduction in their oil production. Russia, Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, Algeria and Oman have also...
Congress Party Has An Edge Over BJP In Karnataka Assembly Polls On May 10
By Kalyani Shankar All eyes are on the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, for which polling will be held on May 10, and the results will be announced on May 13. The outcome will determine the prospects of the two leading contenders – the ruling BJP and the Congress ahead...
CBI’s Efficiency Is Dismal In Courts, Why PM Narendra Modi All In Praise?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Work should speak for itself, and when it fails in convincing people, interested parties come forward to defend or to praise the people of institutions who are accused of inefficiency or deliberate omission and commission. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come forward in defence of...
Chennai Conclave Of Opposition On Social Justice Has Significance For 2024 Polls
By Sushil Kutty The significance of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s ‘social justice federation’ cannot be overstated though only the politically illiterate will think of it as a social justice forum, when in reality, it’s a group of like-minded opposition parties seeking to cement opposition unity to dethrone...
