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.Home Ministry Granting Release Of 11 Rape Accused In A Hurry, Is Preposterous
By Arun Srivastava The truth is now in the public domain. While admiring “Nari Shakti (women’s power) on August 15, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Narendra Modi resorted to uncanny act of concealing the fact that 11 rapists of Bilkis Begum and killers of her seven family...
Congress Has To Do A Lot In Next Three Weeks To Take On BJP In Himachal
By Sushil Kutty Most times we forget there is also Himachal Pradesh in the Union. Tucked between Punjab and the high Himalayas, largely Hindu–dominated with a burgeoning Muslim-led demographic change. This is a state nestling in the lower reaches of the Himalayas, a paradise on earth largely gone unnoticed...
Indian Economy Has Potential For High Growth But Job Generation Too Low
By K R Sudhaman After International Monetary Fund recognized India as a bright spot in a gloomy world economy in view of the impending recession, high inflation and none too comfortable geo-political situation. It is true that India is better off than other major economies where the slowdown and...
Baloch Conflict No Longer A Low-Level Insurgency
By Manish Rai For decades the Pakistani establishment has termed the Baloch insurgency as a low-intensity conflict confined mostly to Balochistan, the country’s largest province by territory. But that seems to have changed, as a spate of attacks that have taken place this year clearly demonstrate that insurgency has...
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan At It Again
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has, once again, kicked up a controversy by warning the ministers in the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet of expulsion if they make critical comments about him. In a tweet on Monday, the Governor said statements from ministers that lower the dignity...
New Third Front Of Seven Parties To Contest In Bangladesh Polls In 2023
By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, a new third force has emerged on the political scene, even as the ruling Awami League (AL) and the chief Opposition outfit Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) bitterly debate pre-election administrative arrangements. Seven parties and groups have recently launched a new formation called the Ganatantra...
Next Chief Justice Of India D Y Chandrachud Can Not Be Bracketed In Ideological Terms
By Harihar Swarup On October 16, 2019, when the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi read out the unanimous verdict on Ayodhya case, something that aroused as much curiosity as the judgment by five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court was its authorship. In a departure from convention, the judgment did...
Nagpur Panchayat Poll Results Signal A Big Swing Against BJP-Shinde Combo
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party could not be in a worse place than in Nagpur in the state ruled by the BJP-Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena alliance. The saffron party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah will be stewing in their juices when Congress leader...
Supreme Court Bench Behaved In A Bizarre Manner In Prof. Saibaba Case
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court of India has added very little to its credibility by holding a special sitting on a most uncommon Saturday morning and setting aside the Bombay High Court order for the release of human rights activist G N Saibaba, the wheel-chair bound former Delhi...
India Among Worst Child Food Poverty Stricken Countries
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is among the worst countries in the world where children are facing severe child food poverty, the latest UNICEF data reveals. Severe child food poverty is reaching dire levels, 1 in 3 children under five live in it globally, but in 13 countries, situation...
America’s Right Wing Has Long Been Enamoured With Fascists Abroad
By Berry Craig There’s ample historical precedent for Donald Trump and the MAGA GOP embracing far-right, if not outright fascist, European politicians. Their latest hero is Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s likely new prime minister. Never mind that her authoritarian, racist, Christian nationalist, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ Brothers of Italy Party was...
1962 Missile Crisis Was A Turning Point For The Cuban Revolution
By Antoni Kapcia As academics and the media recall and reassess the Cuban missile crisis sixty years on, their focus will primarily be on the two superpowers — the United States and the USSR — that seemingly came close to nuclear war. However, it is also timely to reconsider...
Rising US$ Could Be Bad News For Import Happy Indian Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee Indian Rupee (INR) is constantly depreciating against the US Dollar (US$). If the trend continues the exchange rate of INR vis-à-vis US$ may touch Rs.100 for a dollar before the end of this financial year. It could be a matter of great concern if India continues...
Indian Trade Unions Have To Be Ready For Bigger Struggles In Coming Days
By Amarjeet Kaur The situation worldwide and in India for the working class and the common people in general has further deteriorated on all counts since the last CPI party congress held at Kollam, Kerala. In 2018. The 24th congress of the CPI is currently on in Vijayawada till...
Algorithm Management May Be Destructive To Labour Market
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Future of work has been increasingly dependent on algorithm management for quite some time, the process of which has been accelerated after the COVID-19 crisis changing the world of work. It is posing new challenges to the labour market in general, and workforce in particular....
Southern States Are Doing Better Than North In Development Parameters
By K R Sudhaman There is always a debate in India whether South is doing better than North. In the early years after independence North was doing better and South which always had better administration, was lagging behind economically. One of the reasons for South todo better in subsequent...
Modi-Shah Duo Gearing To Silence Their Critics Before 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words of caution to the natives of Gujarat; “stay alert and away from the “urban naxals” and foreign agents who were creating roadblocks in development and pursuing a malicious agenda to wreck India,” may appear to be of local character, it echoes...
Supreme Court Overruling Bombay High Court Order On Saibaba Is Bizarre
By Sushil Kutty The wheelchair-bound former Delhi University professor, GN Saibaba, accused of being a Maoist “mastermind”, remains incarcerated in Nagpur Central Jail despite the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitting him, and five others, including one who is no more, ordering that they be released on...
