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.Death Of Eight Persons During Flash Floods In Mal River In Bengal Poses Many Questions
By Tirthankar Mitra Questions outnumber answers in the tragic death of eight persons in a flash flood in Mal river in North Bengal recently. Even as the Opposition is crying itself hoarse that a “temporary barrage” allegedly in aid of the sand mafia led to the tragedy, the theory...
Betting On The Wrong Horse: Battle To Define Moderate Islam
By James M Dorsey Proponents of a moderate Islam that embraces tolerance, diversity, and pluralism may be betting on the wrong horse by supporting Muslim scholars on autocrats’ payroll. Polling in the Middle East seems to confirm that state-sponsored clerics lack credibility. Recent research suggesting that non-violent protest has...
Bharat Jodo Yatra In Karnataka Has Given A Big Boost To Congress
By Nitya Chakraborty The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi completed one month of its march in Karnataka on October 6. With the participation of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Yatra got massive character boost, attracting thousands of men, women and even children, as...
Eurozone Countries Facing Double Digit Inflation Hitting Working Class
By Prabhat Patnaik For the first time ever, the annual rate of inflation in the Eurozone, measured by the Consumer Price Index, has reached double digits: it exceeded 10 per cent in September 2022, up from 9.1 per cent in August. Energy and food prices of course drove this...
Digvijaya Singh Likely To Be Leader Of Opposition In Rajya Sabha
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, after filing his nomination for the election for the party presidential post, resigned as the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha. He met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and submitted his resignation and in line with the party’s one-leader, one-post...
Indian Economy Beset With Dwindling Growth And High Food Inflation
By Sanjay Roy The post-pandemic recovery in the world economy that picked up in 2021 is likely to slow down due to expectations of rising inflation, continuing war, restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and prolonged real estate slump in China as well as a slower than anticipated consumer...
Narendra Modi Govt’s Draft Telecom Bill Is A Gift To Telecom Monopolies
By Prabir Purkayastha The government has recently released a Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022, for public comments. At the same time, the union government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, which had been in the making for five years. This bill was to give a framework for the...
Atrocities Against Dalits In India Have Recorded Steep Rise Under Modi Regime
By Dr. Soma Marla We are celebrating 75thyear of our independence and our prime minister proudly claimed that we are now in the cusp of Amrit Kaal. In these times of Amrit Kaal in Lakhimpur Kheri of UP, two Dalit sisters were raped and murdered, their bodies left hanging...
Tripura Bats For New Tea Auction Centre At Dharmanagar Town
By Ashis Biswas Prospects have brightened for a new tea auction centre (TAC) in Northeast India to be located in Tripura, following recent negotiations among local trade circles and state officials. Earlier, Indian Tea Association(ITA) authorities had suggested that NE-based tea producers , especially those operating out of the...
Election Commission Is Infringing On The Rights Of Political Parties
By Prakash Karat The Election Commission of India wants political parties to provide detailed information about the financial implications of the promises made in their election manifestos as well as the effects of these promises on the fiscal sustainability of the state or central government’s finances. For this, the...
Economic Crisis In India Accentuating With Continuing Loss Of Jobs
By Krishna Jha “One of the most striking results of the path of capitalist development is the concentration of Capital with economic power in the hands of big monopolies who enrich themselves at the expense of people and even other broad sections of the Indian bourgeoisie… “ These are...
High Energy Prices Jeopardise Global Solar, Battery Industries
By K Raveendran Record breaking energy prices in Europe are threatening the global solar and battery industry, with manufacturing capacity facing a serious risk. The energy intensive nature of these manufacturing processes is leading some operators to temporarily close or abandon production facilities as the cost of doing business...
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Has Finally Gone National
By Sushil Kutty Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi turned national on Dussehra and is now the ‘Bharat Rashtra Samithi’ with Rao its prime mover and shaker, also the man who will replace Narendra Modi if a “BRS-led Opposition” wins big in 2024. With that K...
India Can Become A $25 Trillion Economy In Twenty Five Years From Now
By K R Sudhaman As India celebrates its 75th year of independence this year, several roadmaps are being laid for it to become a developed economy in the next 25 years when India would celebrate its 100th year of independence in 2047. Some of us might not be alive...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Dussehra Address Is Full Of Inconsistencies
By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh under the stewardship of Mohan Bhagwat has completely transformed; from an NGO claiming to undertake social work to a political outfit. Obviously with this modification the basic approach of the RSS to the prevailing issues and ideas have also undergone significant variation. The...
Kanam Rajendran Gets Third Term As Kerala State Secretary Of CPI
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cassandras have ended up with egg on their faces. The prophets of doom have been embarrassed beyond mention. Belying all dire predictions, Kanam Rajendran has been re-elected unanimously as the Communist Party of India (CPI)’s Kerala state secretary for a third term. The most...
Doctors Have To Care Of All Patients, Irrespective Of Religion And Colour
By Dr Arun Mitra During training as a doctor we are told to be empathetic, compassionate and caring for anyone who visits us for advice. This becomes part of the value system of most of the doctors. To treat, to care and to advise in a scientific manner to...
Ukraine Averting Negotiations As More And More NATO Supplies Arrive
By John Wojcik NEW YORK: News reports this week continued to say Ukrainian forces were advancing in the Kherson area in the south of Ukraine, but there were no specifics beyond those general statements or assessments about whether they would soon retake the city. Kherson fell to the Russians...
