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.Looking Back At U.S. Attack On Iraq Twenty Years After March 19, 2003
By Peter Certo Most of us who were alive then remember where we were on the morning of the 9/11 attacks. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, I wonder how many also remember where we were that day. On 9/11, I was a Catholic school...
There Is No Scope For Pre-Lok Sabha Poll Total Opposition Unity To Take On Narendra Modi
By Nitya Chakraborty There are lot of discussions in the media about the recent meeting of the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in which both of them said that they would explore the possibility of bringing together the political parties opposed to...
Corrupt, Poorly Educated Ministers Put India’s Democracy In Danger
By Nantoo Banerjee Notwithstanding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s repeated statements during his recent tour in the UK saying that Indian democracy is under threat, the growing trend of elected political authoritarianism poses a big challenge to the system. The trend is also being witnessed in many other democracies outside...
Trump’s Possible Arrest And Potential Indictment Would Be Messy
By Debabrata Biswas BOSTON: Donald Trump, on Saturday morning, March 18, posted a message on his social media platform Truth Social that “leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States (himself) will be arrested on Tuesday next week”. The imminent arrest would be in connection to a...
US Policy Makers Acted Fast In Averting Contagion Effect Of SVB Collapse
By Anjan Roy US policy-makers quick move to rescue the beleaguered Silicon Valley Bank is an object lesson in what can be described as “real economics” in parallel to real-politic. Real-politic is the art of playing politics in realistic manner. Real economics is similarly handling of economic issue realistically....
Kiren Rijiju’s Comment On ‘Few Retired Judges’ Is A Challenge To Judiciary
By Sushil Kutty All retired judges currently alive and kicking should ask Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju to name the ”few retired judges” who are part of the “anti-India gang” that is undermining the Indian judiciary by asking it to play the role of the Opposition. The Law Minister...
Panchayati Raj As Intended In The Constitution Remains A Dream
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite the Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment Act. 1992, which came into force w.e.f April 24, 1993, inserted Part IX in the Constitution of India and accorded Panchayats a Constitutional status as institutions of local self-governance for rural India, the Centre and States continue to interfere in...
Congress Facing Biggest Dilemma In Uttar Pradesh Before Lok Sabha Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Congress Party is facing its biggest dilemma in Uttar Pradesh on whether to revive organisation and boost morale of party leaders and workers to face 2024 Lok Sabha polls solo or leave the space for Samajwadi Party and its alliance. Much significance is being attached...
Delhi Police Want To Arrest Rahul Gandhi For His Women’s Assault Remark
By Arun Srivastava A Sanskrit adage “vinas kale viprit buddhi” has once again made its incredible appearance in the political circles. It was in 1975 Jayprakash Narayan had used it for Indira Gandhi when she instead of taking recourse to debate and discussion and find out the solution to...
Functioning Of Parliament Is Under Threat From Ruling Party Itself
By Arun Srivastava Home minister Amit Shah’s setting the condition at the India Today conclave on March 17 that Rahul Gandhi must apologise for his UK remarks before he can be allowed to defend them in Parliament, is just like confessing the crime which the person has not committed...
Telangana Will See Fierce Battle Between BRS And BJP In Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty What is happening in Telangana? After Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha declined to entertain the Enforcement Directorate’s invitation to drop by for another round of questioning in the Delhi Excise Policy case, there’s not much been heard of, and from the Bharat Rashtra...
Rahul Has Matured Over The Years But Many Inconsistencies Remain
By Harihar Swarup Democracy in India is a “global public good”. Rahul Gandhi added as an afterthought. It can’t fail. Speaking in British Parliament to a packed hall with politicians, diaspora leaders, students and academic, he’d just outlined why India’s democratic structures are under threat. From the Hindu right’s...
Plight Of India’s ASHA Workers Portrayed In ILO’s WESO 2023
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Key workers are essential for societies to function, but India has been repeatedly pointed out by international reports as a county that does not care for its key workers as in the case of ASHAs, or even does not recognize as the key workers as...
Gold Near $2,000 And Fast Approaching Its Life-Time High Amid US, Swiss Banking Crisis
By K Raveendran Gold is within striking distance of $2,000 per ounce in the international market and seems set to revisit its historical high, which was $2067 in August 2020. The latest price is around $1962 and is showing no signs of any immediate correction. In India, the precious...
Central BJP Leadership Is Serious In Having Long Term Relations With TP In Tripura
By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, following its recent victory in the Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost no time to reach out to the tribal Tipra Motha (TP) outfit to address the sensitive issue of securing the long term future of indigenous people. As a first step,...
Mamata’s Selective Action Against Scam Accused Confuses TMC Activists
By Tirthankar Mitra Confusion is setting in among a section of Trinamool Congress activists at the double face of the leadership towards scam tainted leaders even as party supremo Mamata Banerjee have asked them not to despair. They should walk along puffing up their chests, she further advised. The...
Saudi, Iran Détente Sparks Potential Paradigm Shifts In Middle East Politics
By James M Dorsey Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran potentially signals paradigm shifts in Middle Eastern diplomacy and alliances. The mediation suggests a more productive approach than that of the United States by seeking to manage rather than resolve conflicts based on principles enunciated by China in...
Factors Behind The Collapse Of America’s 16th Largest Silicon Valley Bank
By Philip Marcelo As Wall Street reels from the swift demise of Silicon Valley Bank—the biggest American bank failure since the 2008 financial meltdown—some social media users and conservative journalists are honing in on a single culprit: its socially aware, or “woke,” agenda. But the Santa Clara-based institution’s professed...
