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.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 At the same time, the union government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, which had been in the making for five years.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...
Rahul Gandhi Will Remain Central Leader Of Congress Irrespective Of President
By Kalyani Shankar Now that the Congress Party will have a non-Gandhi Chief, what happens to the three Gandhis- Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka? Will they continue to dominate? When a reporter asked about their future role, Sonia said, “Of course, you have to ask the party, I suppose.” But...
Politics On Freebies In Indian Economy Need A Fresh Look
By Dr. Gyan Pathak While targeting political parties in opposition, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had equated ‘subsidies and freebies’ as ‘reveri culture’ which he wanted to be stopped. His languages was politically surcharged in such a manner that game impression to the public that only political...
BJP May Again Sweep Gujarat In The State Assembly Polls By Year End
By Sushil Kutty One opinion poll places the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Congress and AAP in the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, slated for December 2022, with the BJP reportedly all set to beat both anti-, and pro-incumbency; perhaps, even another altogether different strain of incumbency if there’s...
Coach M Harikrishnan Has A Long Record Of Training Leading Athletes
By Harihar Swarup At the end of the fourth round of the triple jump finals at 2022 Commonwealth Games, Abdullah Aboobacker found himself in fourth position. A medal seemed unlikely at the moment. But Coach M. Harikrishnan, who couldn’t travel to Birmingham due to visa issue, knew exactly what...
RSS General Secretary Hosbale’s Comment On Economy Is An Indictment Of Modi Govt
By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s comments on rising poverty, unemployment and inequality is virtually of the nature of censoring the Modi government for its utter failure to provide a people oriented governance. Target the Modi government by Hosabale, next only to Mohan Bhagwat,...
Nobel Prize Winner Svante Paabo Has Revolutionised The Study Of Genomes
By Anjan Roy Svante Paabo the Swedish Nobel Prize winner in Medicine in2022 had proved through hiswork that modern humans shared some of their genes with the ancient and now extinct Neanderthals. This meant early humans had come into contact with these human-like species, the Neanderthals, and they interbred....
