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.Unhindered Israeli Killings In Palestine Have To Be Stopped Right Now
By Dr Arun Mitra The unprecedented humanitarian crisis going on in Gaza is extremely disturbing. No sane and sensitive person can ever condone this on any pretext. Only the beastly instinct can make one kill the innocent toddlers. With an official figure of over 55000 people killed out of...
Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru On His 61st Death Anniversary
By Nitya Chakraborty On May 27, 1964 at 1.44 PM, India’s first Prime Minister and one of the best chroniclers of this great nation’s history breathed his last at his residence Teen Murti Bhavan. Nehru along with Indira Gandhi came back to Delhi on May 26 afternoon after a...
Financial Stress Of Poor Worsening, Loan Delinquencies Jumped 163 Per Cent
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The leaders and top officials of the ruling establishment led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have just boasted of India replacing Japan as fourth largest economy of the world, falsely giving an impression that economy is performing well. The data speak otherwise. There has been...
Pakistan Prime Minister’s Outreach To Iran Fails To Produce Desired Results
By Sushil Kutty One good thing coming out of India’s “4-Day War”, aka ‘Operation Sindoor’, is the thaw in relations between Pakistan and Iran, two Islamic countries which share a border and often end up trading fire across the same border. Iran is a country worth cultivating or left...
MNREGA: 100 Day-Job Only For 7 Per Cent Households In Rural Areas
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: A recent assessment of the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) shows that in 2024-25 only seven per cent of households could complete 100 days of work as provided in the Act passed by Parliament in September 2005 at the...
President Nicholas Maduro’s PSUV Wins Regional Elections In Venezuela
By Satyaki Chakraborty President Nicolas Maduro’s political party United Socialist Party of Venezuela(PSUV) swept the parliamentary and regional elections in Venezuela on Sunday amidst boycott by the major right wing opposition parties as also once ally the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV),All these parties were opposed to President Maduro’s...
Decoding The Ways Of Living In The Next 40 Years And Beyond Amidst Surge In AI
By Devasis Chattopadhyay With all our chatter about AI, social tensions, war and humanity, I was wondering, while I am in between books, where will we be by 2065, in the next 40 years? Will life on Earth be unrecognisable? Youngsters and oldies, like me, are all so excited...
Growing Islamic Terrorism Is A Global Phenomenon
By Nantoo Banerjee Pakistan is back in the business of pushing Jihadists into India. It is the same old story. Last week, barely 12 days after the announcement of a ceasefire on 10 May, Pakistani terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district killed an Indian soldier in an encounter...
Narendra Modi Govt Has Nothing To Boast About India Being Fourth Largest Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has surpassed Japan to become the World’s fourth-largest economy, announced NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam on May 25, and said the country is now poised to displace Germany from the third rank in the next 2.5 to 3 years. The ruling establishment beating drums...
Visiting Joint Parliamentary Delegations Getting Good Response In Foreign Nations
By Kalyani Shankar The Modi government has launched a significant international diplomacy effort to seek support from the global community in the fight against Pak-sponsored terrorism. Seven all-party delegations have been sent to major international capitals this week. New Delhi launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ following a terrorist attack by militants...
Syria’s New Relationship With USA Marks A Watershed In West Asian Politics
By Asad Mirza The American President Donald Trump in a significant shift in US foreign policy, recently announced the easing of long-standing sanctions on Syria, marking a pivotal moment for the war-torn nation and the broader Middle East. This decision came during the President’s middle east tour and discussions...
India-Bangladesh Conflict Over Transit Facilities Adversely Affect Business
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Far from provoking a trade war against India, Bangladesh business circles feel that bilateral official level talks should begin immediately to work out a solution to some of the niggling problems that have arisen of late. They would convey their concern to Dhaka-based authorities soon,...
American Report Wants India To Believe That Pakistan Is An Ancillary Problem, Not A Big Threat
By Sushil Kutty Lt. Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is Pakistan Army’s 22nd Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). He belonged to the Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering before taking on the DG-ISPR role. Nowadays he addresses press conferences disparaging India’s military prowess. Of late,...
Enforcement Directorate At The Receiving End In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a classic case of the hunter becoming the hunted. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has been weaponised by the Union Government to harass and browbeat political rivals, for a change, finds itself at the receiving end, in Kerala. The ED got it in...
The Supreme Court’s ‘Fanciful’ Response To Demand For Refugee Protection
By Mohd Sikandar In a recent rather peculiar order in Mohammad Ismail v. Union of India (2025) , the Supreme Court of India refused to halt the future deportation of Rohingyas from India, labelled the petitioner’s allegations as fanciful stories and disputed the status of Rohingyas as refugees. This...
Latest Book On Tony Benn’s Political Writings, Could Not Be More Timely For Labour Party
By Richard Burgon LONDON: We are fortunate that the three pillars of Tony Benn’s socialism — the radical democratization of politics, the Alternative Economic Strategy, and antiwar internationalism — were explored in so many of his articles and interviews, and in his speeches to Parliament, demonstrations, conferences, and picket...
Trump’s Trade Jihad: Reckless Pursuit Of Manufacturing Nationalism
By K Raveendran In his relentless pursuit of what he calls economic nationalism, President Donald Trump’s ‘trade jihad’ is targeting newer and more diverse sectors of the global economy. The latest front in this campaign is the high-tech industry, with a particular focus on smartphone manufacturing. This marks a...
Facts Speak For Themselves, BJP Leadership’s Failures Are Stark
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In spite of the national consensus emerging on fight against Pakistan backed terror, it is a matter of great concern that the ruling BJP leadership has stooped too low and trying to shout the opposition down, while avoiding to offer convincing explanations to their stark...
