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.India’s Balance Of Payments Crisis Touches Precarious Level Under Modi Regime
By Prabhat Patnaik India’s current account deficit for the second quarter (July-September) of 2022-23 has reached a massive $36.4 billion which is 4.4 per cent of the gross domestic product, higher than at any time in the last nine years. It is only in October-December 2012 that the absolute...
South Asian Economy Needs To Prepare For The Worst
By Dr. Gyan Pathak South Asia still needs to prepare for the worst since there are increasing signs of geo-economic fragmentations. Expenditure needs to meet the Sustainable Development Goals; equity needs to be improved through labour market and social protection reforms as well as gender policies, appropriate measures needed...
Amit Shah Offers Ram Mandir As Against Rahul’s Slogan For Jobs And End Of Hatred
By Sushil Kutty Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken. And the timing is telling, just in time for a clutch of assembly elections in 2023, and the big one in 2024. Shah announced that a grand Ram temple will be inaugurated in Ayodhya on January 1, 2024. That...
Prime Minister Is Likely To Do Major Cabinet Rejig After January 14
By Rahil Nora Chopra There is a chance of a massive rejig in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet after January 14, when the ongoing Kharmas period, which is believed and considered to be inauspicious as per the Hindu calendar concludes . According to sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may...
India Should Use Vector Nasal Vaccine To Meet Any Fresh Covid Challenge
By Prabir Purkayastha The news of the opening up of China from the Covid-19 protocols and its current epidemic has overtaken the threat of two emerging SARSCoV-2 lineages – XBB and BQ.1. China is seeing the spread of BF.7, which is much closer to the original Omicron strain. Our...
Former BJP Govt Of Jharkhand Is Responsible For Jain Pilgrim Spot Controversy
By Arun Srivastava Any political party which has acquired incisive skill and expertise in double standard and speak, blowing hot and cold at the same time, is none else but the BJP of Narendra Modi. There is serious lack of consistency in its stance and utterances. In the past...
Justice Abdul Nazeer Has Left A Rich Legacy In His Nearly Six Years In Supreme Court
By Tushar Kohli On January 3, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer retired as the third senior-most judge of the Supreme Court and a member of the Supreme Court Collegium, after a tenure of nearly six years at the Supreme Court. He was a part of the Constitution bench which declared...
India’s Oil Purchases From Russia Will Increase Substantially In 2023
By Subrata Majumder Concerns have been looming large on the sanctions on Russian oil, which is heading for another major oil shock in the world. Russia is the second biggest exporter of oil in the world. EU is the biggest importer of oil from Russia. EU has prohibited maritime...
Under PM Narendra Modi, India Resiles Itself From Palestinian Cause
By Prakash Karat India abstained on a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 31, 2022 that asked International Court of Justice (ICJ) to render its opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territories. The resolution was passed with 87 countries supporting...
Going Hungry In Modi’s India: A Constitutional Fall From Grace
By Krishna Jha In 1947, when we attained freedom, our dream was to build a country for ourselves without any inequality. There was to be fundamental rights ensured in the Constitution. Directive principles of the state policy in the Constitution promised us all that only a socialist democracy offers....
Congress Central Leadership Is Responsible For Defeat In Gujarat Polls
By Sushil Kutty Himachal won, and Gujarat lost and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has done what previous Congress presidents have done, i.e., set up a committee to do an autopsy, find out why Gujarat was lost. In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress posted a very satisfactory win though the vote-share...
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra May Lead To Opposition Unity In UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi has entered Western Uttar Pradesh, boosting the morale of the Congress workers and leaders all over the state. The manner in which RLD workers, BKU members and farmers participated in the Yatra in Western UP has given fresh...
Tripura BJP Is Panicky At The Resurgence Of The New Tribals Party Before Polls
By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), eager to consolidate its traditional Bengali Hindu support base, revved up its pre-poll campaign by launching two major Rathyatras from Sabroom and Dharmanagar areas of Agartala. Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah, who specially flew in for the programme,...
No Option But To Increase Public Investment By The Centre
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It would be pleasing to hear that India is set to be the second-fastest growing economy in the G20 in 2022-23, despite decelerating global demand and tightening of monetary policy to manage inflationary pressures, but the harsh reality on the ground can’t be wished away....
2023 Doesn’t Look Too Bright For British PM Rishi Sunak
By Arun Srivastava The more Rishi Sunak uses his administrative and economic skills to convince his own restive Tory lawmakers about his intentions and efforts to rein in the inflation tiger, the more lawmakers loyal to Boris Johnson, as well as a section of the backbenchers, become aggressive critics...
Black Money Continues To Pour Into Real Estate Despite Demonetisation ‘Success’
By K Raveendran The government has been shifting the goal posts of demonetization from black money elimination to greater tax realization and finally digitization to suit its arguments from time to time for justifying the mindless decision, whose parentage is being disowned by every party involved. Prime Minister Narendra...
More Entrepreneurs But Fewer Jobs Exposing Job Market Distortion
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There were 1.3 crore more entrepreneurs in India in 2022 compared to 2018, but there were 1.4 crore people less in employment – 45 lakh fewer men and 96 lakh fewer women – in October 2022 compared to January 2020. Younger unemployed persons are the...
BJP Is Going All Out To Retain Karnataka In The Coming Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty Will the Bharatiya Janata Party ever get more than a foothold in states south other than in Karnataka? The number of times the BJP has undertaken serious forays down south has been equalled only by the number of times the Congress has launched Rahul Gandhi in...
