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.DA Agitation Puts TMC Government Between A Rock And A Hard Place
By Tirthankar Mitra The Trinamool Congress-run West Bengal government seems to be caught between a rock and a hard place over the ongoing agitation by state government employees demanding dearness allowance at par with their central government counterparts. The month-long hunger strike by agitating state government employees at the...
Rahul Gandhi’s UK Outreach Was An Extension Of Bharat Jodo Yatra
By Arun Srivastava The BJP leadership going bonkers and hurling all kind of insinuation against Rahul Gandhi, even to the extent of implicitly accusing him of working against the interest of India, makes it explicit that the Congress leader has hit the bull’s eye. His mission to use his...
IMF Favours India Increasing Subsidies On Renewable Energy For Net Zero Success
By K Raveendran The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in principle opposed to all forms of subsidies, has favoured a gradual increase in subsidies by India on the use of renewable energy, while collecting higher taxes on emissions. IMF considers energy subsidies as wasteful expenditure and estimates that...
AI Integration Poses Serious Challenge To Women In Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into both workplace and domestic settings poses serious challenges to women’s opportunities for work, their position, status and treatment in the workplace. A joint team comprising the Inter-American Development (IDB), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),and United...
Understanding Corporal Safety Of Women In Live-In Relationships
By Mahalakshmi Pavani The activism of the Indian judiciary in terms of formal recognition of live-in relationships has opened a vista of allied freedoms for live-in partners. However, the reality of women in such relations remains grim. The right to love stems from the hackneyed fundamental rights to life...
India’s Growth Story Must Include People With Disabilities
By Harihar Swarup On August 15, 2047, India will turn 100. A hundred years of giant strides to becoming the world’s largest democracy and an economic superpower. Morgan Stanley, one of the most influential companies in the world, said last year that three mega global trends, global off shoring,...
Saudis Walk US, Israeli, Iran Tightrope On Resumption Of Diplomatic Ties
By James M Dorsey In a surprise development, Saudi Arabia and Iran, together with China, announced that the two Middle Eastern nations were re-establishing diplomatic relations. The agreement was reached in a meeting in China of the two countries’ national security advisors. The agreement was a rare example of...
Socialism Is All About Expanding Our Degrees Of Freedom
By Ben Burgis The republican theory of freedom is the idea that the most important kind of freedom is freedom from domination. It’s important for the Left talk about freedom in the first place. We see “freedom” invoked to defend everything from the right of corner gun shops to...
Safety Board To Probe Norfolk Southern, Not Just Individual Crashes
By Mark Gruenberg In an unprecedented decision, the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the entire “safety culture” at Norfolk Southern Railroad, not just the individual NS crashes that landed it in hot water, notably the Feb. 3 massive and dangerous freight car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. It...
Narendra Modi Govt Is Pursuing Its Opposition Mukt Bharat By Using Central Agencies
By Arun Srivastava There is a famous Sanskrit adage, “Ati Barjayet”; meaning excess is forbidden. But looking at the practices and politics of Narendra Modi it could safely be construed, though he claims to follow principles of Sanatan Dharma and Hindutva that it does not apply to him. Else...
Passing Of Women’s Reservation Bill Can Be A Fitting Tribute To International Women’s Day
By D. Raja As people all over the world observe and celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, the CPI extends its solidarity to all who remain committed to the fight against patriarchy and steadfastly uphold gender equality. The International Women’s Day celebration started officially in Soviet Russia in...
Samajwadi Party Is Preparing To Put Up Serious Challenge To BJP In Lok Sabha Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The body language of the Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh assembly, Akhilesh Yadav during recently concluded budget session of UP Legislature made it clear that Samajwadi Party was very serious to put up challenge to ruling BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Akhilesh...
The West Is No Longer World Leader In 84% Of Critical Technologies
By Prabir Purkayastha I met Prof Thomas Kailath seven years back in Delhi, where he talked about how India was on par if not leading, with countries like China in science and technology in the 90s but falling rapidly behind China today with its much bigger investments. Kailath, originally...
Historic 15th National Conference Of IPTA Scheduled On March 17-19, 2023
By C Adhikesavan Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) will reach another milestone in the history of people’s art and culture between March 17 and 19, 2023 at Medininagar, Daltonganj by conducting its three-day 15th National Conference. Founded more than 80 years ago it is still marching ahead with its...
Raut Floats Thackeray’s Name As 2024 PM Candidate, Uddhav Says No
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the race for the opposition candidate for the post of Prime Minister has commenced, with the recognisable names such as those of Sharad Pawar, Nitish Kumar, Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi doing the rounds. But after Shiv Sena (UBT)...
Common Salt Intake Health Risks Very High In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite commitments made to reduce the hazardous level of common salt, also called table salt, chemical name Sodium Chloride (NaCl), intake leading to increased health risks of heart diseases, stroke, and premature deaths, India has only a provision of mandatory declaration of sodium on pre-packaged...
Post-Coup Peruvian Government Floundering As Protests Are Peaking
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Revived democratic struggle in Peru is well along into a second act. There was the parliamentary coup on Dec. 7 that removed democratically-elected President Pedro Castillo and the “First Taking of Lima” in mid-January, when embittered and excluded Peruvians occupied Lima and faced violent...
After Assembly Poll Results, BJP Has Launched Its Drive For Opposition Mukt Tripura
By Prakash Karat The orgy of violence unleashed in Tripura after the assembly election results were announced on March 2 was an act foretold once the BJP got a majority, albeit a narrow one. As of March 6, around a thousand incidents of attacks and violence by the BJP...
