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.Bihar Will Witness Modi-Nitish Battle Of Nerves In 2023 With Lok Sabha Polls In View
By Arun Srivastava It is indeed a tough proposition to decode the political moves of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and to put in public domain. Even his close friends vouch that it is his political acumen not to allow his left hand to know what his right hand...
India Enters New Year 2023 With A Few Bright Spots And Lot Of Challenges
By K R Sudhaman The vision of founding fathers has ensured that the Indian economy developed wherewithal and resilience to weather the storm from time to time. The economy has developed unique ability to convert challenges into opportunity, be it food shortage of the 1950 and 1960s that led...
Rectification Drive Creates A Stir In Kerala CPI(M)
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala CPI(M)’s decision to undertake a massive rectification campaign has energized the party like never before. The drive, undertaken after a nine-year gap, is aimed at curbing the rise in bourgeois tendencies among the party leaders and cadres, especially after the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic...
India All Geared Up To Lead International Year Of Millets 2023
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Thanking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 27 for getting the UNO to announce 2023 as the International Year of Millets, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, “The more the practice of eating millets increases, the more the side effects of crops produced...
India’s Most Admired Athlete P T Usha Starts New Journey As IOA President
By Harihar Swarup The transition has been relatively smooth. Enough for P T Usha to flash that trademark smile at everyone present at Olympic Bhavan, headquarters of Indian Olympic Association in Delhi. Dressed in a beige tussore salwar kameez with a smart floral jacket on a wintry Saturday, Usha...
A Roadmap For Human Rights And Other Activists Beyond Qatar World Cup
By James M Dorsey Qatar 2022 put the myth of a separation of sports and politics to bed. Like in Qatar, human, worker, and LGBT rights are likely to be left, right, and centre as other Gulf and North African states move centre stage as hosts of and bidders...
2023 Is The Year Of Rahul Gandhi To Prove His Mettle Through Nine State Polls
By Kalyani Shankar What is in store for the year 2023? Will it be good or bad? For the past three years, the world has faced an unprecedented pandemic – Covid – which has devastated the globe. Crystal ball gazers are hoping for a better scenario next year. They...
Universal Health Care Coverage By 2022 Failed In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Universal health coverage (UHC) by 2022 has miserably failed in India. The year that is closing to an end, rather brought a costlier healthcare with price hike of even essential medicines, equipment and services. Deterioration of public healthcare system continued, and the country moved further...
Will BJP’s Election Juggernaut Get A Hit By Bearded Rahul Gandhi In 2023?
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party, the election winning machine, is closing the year a little rough for the wear, despite the resounding win in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home-state Gujarat, where fellow Gujarati, Home Minister Amit Shah, contributed his two bit with a threat and a promise,...
Supreme Court Must See To It That Bhima Koregaon Case Accused Are Released
By Arun Srivastava The day Union Home Ministry took away the investigation in the Bhima Koregaon case from the Maharashtra police and handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA,) it became explicit that the home minister has some ominous designs. This was not simply an endeavour to unearth...
Supreme Court Faces An Existential Crisis As The Govt Confronts
By Indira Jaising It is customary for all publications to review developments at this year-end festive season as we have been doing. However, there is nothing to celebrate as sadly, the most depressing event occurred in December and so, we must begin the year backward. A Supreme Court bench...
Russian And U.S. Diplomats Are Confronting Each Other In Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas Once more, Russia and the United States of America are embroiled in a sharp diplomatic face-off over recent developments in Bangladesh, as the country braces up for its bitterest general elections in January 2024. An unorthodox war of words has broken out between Russian and American...
Indian Navy Needs Big Expansion To Take On China In Indo-Pacific Region
By Nantoo Banerjee The capital budget for Indian Navy needs a rapid escalation in the coming years for its fleet expansion and modernisation to become a strong force to deter the growing threats from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the world’s largest naval power in size, in the...
Congress Has Finally Got A Real Ideologue In Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava In India, the political graph, image and charisma of a politician shoots up only when he continues to win elections. Electoral victory is the precondition for being a charismatic and popular leader. Winnability quotient defines the stature of the political leader. In contemporary Indian politics, the...
Hunger In India Remained A Major Concern In 2022
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hunger in India remained a major concern throughout 2022 due to slow recovery from the economic downturn after the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. True, as PM Narendra Modi drumming up, India became the fifth largest economy of the world, but his jubilation conceals...
Prachanda’s Negotiation Power Makes Him Nepal Prime Minister
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s most prominent global face, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has become the new Prime Minister of the former Himalayan kingdom. In a swift political development on Sunday, he broke away from the ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with the rival...
China Is Discriminatory In Treating South Asian Nations On Loan Repayments Issue
By Ashis Biswas Nepal has been taking so far a hard look at an impressive range of connectivity projects in the High Himalayas promised by its richer, powerful northern neighbour China, as part of its global Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) programme Nepal’s new found caution about accepting major...
India’s China Policy Has Remained Too Ad Hoc All Through The Year 2022
By Sushil Kutty India’s foreign policy is baked in the red hot sun beating down on the Great Gangetic Plains and can be encapsulated in “India will bend over backwards” to give the impression it never quarrels with other countries. Not with United States. Not with Russia. Not even...
