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.‘Emergency’ Behind Banning The Exhibition Of BBC Documentary By Govt
By Arun Srivastava The alacrity with which the Modi government used the law that cites ‘emergency’ provisions to stop Indians from watching the BBC Documentary “India: The Modi Question” — a narrative of the Gujarat pogrom that was carried out in 2002 by Hindutva bigots and the role of...
‘Mood Of The Nation’ Survey Is All For The Third Term Of Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty The results of yet another ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey is out and the summary is, if elections were held today, the Bharatiya Janata Party will rule again. That is standard gravy for those on the BJP gravy-train. Doesn’t matter that the hostage media no matter...
Lessons For High-Speed Rail Development In India Amidst Defects
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is now the most populated country in the world with a very high rate of urbanization that is expected to reach 41 per cent by 2030 according to the latest estimate of the World Bank in 2022. In 2021, the urbanization rate was 35...
CELAC Summit Signals A New Era In Integration Of Latin American Economies
By Satyaki Chakraborty The summit of the Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held on January 24 has signalled the beginning of a new era of regional integration of the resource rich region for giving a big push to the economies of the entire Latin American sub-continent. The leaders...
Eyeing 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, PM Narendra Modi Mulls Cabinet Reshuffle
By Rahil Nora Chopra There is much chance of a massive rejig in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Union Cabinet. According to sources, four to five BJP ministers may be shuffled out of the Cabinet and brought back in the party organisation. The rejig is focused on the 2024 Lok...
Post Coup Political Situation In Peru Is Now Taking A Dangerous Turn
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Critics of U.S. interference in Latin America and the Caribbean may soon realize, if such is not the case now, that Peru has a compelling claim for their attention. The massive popular resistance emerging now amid the political crisis looks to be sustainable into...
This Republic Day Resolve Should Be We Must Abide By Our Constitution
By Krishna Jha “Today, when there is so much talk about revising of the Constitution or even writing a new Constitution, we have to consider whether it is the Constitution that has failed us or whether it is we who have failed the Constitution,” said the then President K...
Modi Government Must Not Escalate Tensions With The Supreme Court
By Arun Srivastava In the first ever manifestation of tactical retreat, the Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju refrained from suggesting that charges of sedition should be slapped against the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. During its nine years in power, the Narendra Modi government has used recklessly...
Congress Is A Wide Platform With Differing Views Of Party Members
By Sushil Kutty For the Congress, ever since Rahul Gandhi set out on his 3,750 km long Bharat Jodo Yatra, it has been one step forward and two steps backward thanks to some very controversial remarks made by Congress leaders including by Rahul Gandhi himself. Remarks that confuse and...
New AI Technology Threatens Thousands Of More Entry-Level Jobs
By K Raveendran A new advance in AI technology, leading to the development of OpenAI-created ChatGPT, is threatening to become the nemesis of data entry jobs, entry-level copywriting, customer care and support centres, and even entry-level software developers. ChatGPT promises to be a great tool for marketeers as it...
Charles Sobhraj Had A Chequered Career As A Criminal In India
By Harihar Swarup Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj had already acquired international notoriety when he drugged and robbed a group of French tourists, and killed one of them, in Delhi in June, 1986. He had already served his 10-year sentence when he escaped Tihar jail on March 16, 1986. His arrest...
‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’ Film Has Many Qualities But Weak On History
By Jenny Farrell Oscar nominations of films are not always a final indication of the super quality of a film.. This applies to The Banshees of Inisherinas .wel which has ben nominated for Oscar awards for 2023 to be announced on March 12 at Los Engeles. The film had...
Ambitious K Chandrasekhar Rao Is Now Serious In Building A Third Front
By Kalyani Shankar A Third Front again! Before every Lok Sabha poll, this Third Front idea is floated, and the 2024 polls are no exception. Political pundits predict there is space for the entire Opposition against BJP but not a Third Front, as it will splinter the anti- BJP...
Brazil And Argentina Jointly Move To Develop A Common South American Currency
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Brazilian President Lula, after strongly rebuffing the attempts of the former right wing president Jair Bolsonaro to foment riots to unseat the left wing incumbent, has taken a major step to consolidate the economic cooperation of the left leaning ruling governments of the Latin America....
Narendra Modi’s Muslim Outreach To Get More Seats Is A Pipe Dream
By Sushil Kutty At 72, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks Muslims have a better opinion of him in 2023 than in 2014, and in 2019. With that in his political calculation, Modi believes the BJP will win 2024 Lok Sabha polls with 400-plus seats with communal-engineering. This is sheer...
Union Budget 2023-24 Entrapped In Lower Growth Prospect
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Budget 2023-24 has fallen into the trap of lower growth prospect that has been estimated downwardly for the current fiscal 2022-23 ending on March 31, 2023, and also for the financial year 2023-24. Union Finance Ministry is under acute pressure of resource mobilization to...
BJP Is No Match Against Trinamool In Booth Preparedness For Panchayat Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra Even after praise for the BJP functionaries in West Bengal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi together with the party’s national president JP Nadda choosing this state as his first port of call at the beginning of his second term, prospects of the saffron camp in the...
Madhya Pradesh Civic Bodies Poll Results Give A Slight Edge To BJP As Against Congress
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: An analysis of the results of the polls of civic bodies in Madhya Pradesh shows that they cannot be described as victory or defeat either the BJP or Congress. Polls were held for 19 civic bodies in various districts of the state. Out of...
