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.Easing Inflation A Bit Is Too Little For Common People
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A little easing of inflation in November has been projected by the Modi government as if they have finally controlled and successfully brought it within the RBI’s tolerable limit of 6 per cent. However, this little ease is too little for common man who will...
Indian Judiciary Has A Big Role In Defending Constitution In Narendra Modi Era
By Sushil Kutty Another five judges have been recommended by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment to the apex court. The five-member collegium led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. This comes on the heels of the Centre’s nod to the appointment of the Chief Justice of the...
New Himachal Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu Is A Self Made Man
By Harihar Swarup If there is something called a meteoric rise, this is the one. The son of a bus driver has taken oath as the 15th chief minister of Himachal Pradesh. Not many profiles can touch as many steps of the political ladder as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister...
Far Right Has Consolidated In Israel After Netanyahu’s Victory In Polls
By Uri Weltmann TEL AVIV: The troubling results of the recent elections to the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament), held on November 1, generated interest around the world for their possible repercussions on the situation in the Middle East and the danger they pose to the cause of Palestinian freedom....
Congress And Regional Parties Can Jointly Give A Good Fight To BJP In 2024 Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Now that the voters in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have given their verdict, what next? Each of the main parties got some gains but also suffered some losses. The immediate challenge before them and the Opposition are to set right things before the final 2024 polls....
Centre Armtwisting States Implementing Old Pension Scheme
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Devil of a New Pension Scheme (NPS) has now surfaced impacting government employee-pensioners in India, many of whom are getting a paltry monthly pension in the range of Rs 2000-Rs 4000 per month retiring after 18 years of service as a government employee. In...
Narendra Modi Govt’s China Policy Has Always Been Ad Hoc Since 2014
By Sushil Kutty Usually things start with a display of offensive banners and end with a flag meeting. Tempers cool followed by the rival “20-year-olds” going back to each their neck of the woods either side of the LAC. This time, it was at Tawang far to the east...
BJP Using Kurhani Defeat Of JD(U) To Malign Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
By Arun Srivastava Impervious of the defeat of his JD(U) candidate by the BJP contender in Kurhani assembly by-election, the leader of the seven party Mahagathbandhan, Nitish Kumar in a clarion call to his opposition friends underscored the need for coming together to successfully counter the BJP. After the...
Mamata’s Visit To Meghalaya Energises Trinamool Before Polls In 2023
By Ashis Biswas By launching its pre-election campaign in Meghalaya much earlier than other major parties, the West-Bengal based Trinamool Congress (TMC) has highlighted its striking differences in terms of its general political approach and mobilisation programmes. As Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched on Monday the TMC’s state...
Centre Is Eroding Judicial Freedom By Its Control Over Appointments
By Paras Nath Singh While the Supreme Court and the Union Government are locking horns in matters concerning the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, it has come out in the public domain that at-least on two occasions, the Supreme Court Collegium gave in to the wishes of...
In UK, Public Sector Workers Are Striking Against Austerity
By Grace Blakeley Wage growth in the United Kingdom over the past twelve years has been dismal. In the period after the financial crisis, the country experienced the longest period of wage stagnation since the Napoleonic Wars. Then the pandemic hit, and wages collapsed as unemployment spiked. As the...
Split Between Venezuelan President Maduro And Communists Deepens
By Robert Griffiths CARACAS: Venezuela’s economy is likely to grow faster than most this year and next, according to Credit Suisse. GDP is forecast to have grown by as much as 20% this year (the IMF reckons 6%), up from around 4% in 2021 (the IMF claims 0.5%), before...
India Is Fast Emerging As World’s Major Pharmacy Hub
By Nantoo Banerjee Few manufacturing industries in India have done as consistently well as the drug industry over the last four decades. The Indian drug industry is currently ranked the world’s third largest in pharmaceutical production by volume. The production has been increasing rapidly supported by rising domestic consumption...
New Era For Congress Has Just Begun From Himachal Win
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Throwing out BJP from power in Himachal Pradesh by bagging 40 seats in 68-member Vidhan Sabha was indeed a spectacular performance of Congress, but far more remarkable feat achieved by the party leadership was after the results were out. Dexterity of the high-command melted its...
AAP Cannot Fight Both BJP And The Congress In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
By Sushil Kutty The AAP strategy is to make lots of noise and hope that it registers with the voters. It worked in Gujarat where it got 13 percent of the vote share to technically become a national party though in terms of impact it remains “regional” with the...
Rishi Sunak Has Taken Few Positive Steps In Stopping Economic Downslide
By Arun Srivastava Six weeks are certainly not the sensible time frame to judge a new prime minister’s performance, that is too in the case of United Kingdom, which has been suffering economic malaise that has turned endemic during the decade with Conservatives in the power. But still Rishi...
Elon Musk Is Showing Flexibility In Dealing With Advertisers In Twitter
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Co-founder Jack Dorsey’s departure as the CEO of Twitter in November 2021 and Tesla CEO Elon Musk buying the social media platform in October 2022 are the two most significant moments in Twitter’s history since its inception in March 2006. Dorsey was reportedly frustrated due...
At The World Cup At Qatar, Palestine Is More Than An Arab Cause
By Ramzy Baroud We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective struggles that consume most Arabs, everywhere. The ongoing celebration of Palestine and the Palestinian flag at the...
