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.World’s Second Richest Person Gautam Adani Is A Big Beneficiary Of Modi Era
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The story of meteoric rise of Gautam Adani to world’s second richest person as per the leading journal Forbes, has indeed a key element of getting ‘benefit from a rising India’ since 2014, when his friend Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of the country....
By Refusing To Be Congress President, Rahul Gandhi Has Created A Mess
BY Sushil Kutty How can the Congress take a hit and no lightning bolts strike 10, Janpath when the loyalist stabs the cherished family in the back? Instead, the high command carries on as if nobody other than the perpetrator Ashok Gehlot could get hurt. And, by extension, the...
Employment Scenario In Bengal Is Still Precarious Despite Tall Claims By State Govt
By Tirthankar Mitra At the risk of sounding florid, the economy of West Bengal can be stated to be placed between a rock and a hard place. For claims shouted from the rooftops about its job generation fall flat on their faces at the sight of the faces of...
Neo-Fascist Meloni’s Win In Italian National Elections Is A Bad Omen For Europe
By C.J. Atkins Tally another victory for the neo-fascist, anti-immigrant right wing in Europe. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party—the successor to the post-World War II Italian Social Movement—is set to be the next prime minister of that country following Sunday’s national election. Almost exactly a...
Joint Opposition Rally In Haryana On September 25 Has Helped In Advancing The Cause Of Unity
By Nitya Chakraborty The joint opposition rally held at Fatehabad in Haryana on Sunday organized the INLD leader Om Prakash Chautala on the occasion of the birth anniversary of his father Devi Lal has made a good success in facilitating the unity of the anti-BJP political parties to...
Vedanta-Foxconn Semiconductor Fab Project Must Work
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be early to predict the future of Vedanta-Foxconn’s proposed $22-billion joint venture project in India for an integrated display and semiconductor fabrication ecosystem. The promoters have already got themselves enmeshed in a political controversy over a sudden change in the project location — from...
Ashok Gehlot Is Making His Position Vulnerable By Playing Not Straight
By Sushil Kutty Politics is the art of keeping the adversary guessing, which is what Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is good at. The harbinger of the crisis that is dogging the Congress in Rajasthan, Gehlot says something before going to bed and, then, something altogether different the next...
The War In Ukraine Is Behind Much Of The Present Distress In Germany
By Victor Grossman BERLIN: Some readers might expect – at last – a jolly, happy bulletin from Berlin. Germany, fourth richest power in the world, the strongest in Europe, seems to have overcome at least for now the ravages of the pandemic. Except in public transportation and medical institutions,...
Payroll Reporting In India Is Still Unreliable
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The latest data released by the National Statistical Office has been presented in a way that shows a ‘buoyancy’ in the formal job creations in India in July 2022 compared to a year before, across the three major schemes – Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), Employees’...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Outreach To Muslim Leaders Is An Eye Wash
By Arun Srivastava The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is not known for evolving the device of communal harmony. An insight into the working of the RSS would unravel the truth that its Maharashtrian Brahmin leadership are known for striving to give a concrete shape to their basic idea of...
Iran Has A Glorious History Of Women Struggle For Progressive Reforms
By Harihar Swarup The custodial death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested by the morality police in Tehran, has sparked wide protests in Iran. Under the scanner are police who patrol public places to enforce the headscarf law and other Islamic laws. Conversations are also taking...
Gold Has A Tough Summer, Yet Holds Out Well Amidst Turmoil
By K Raveendran The rampaging dollar has caused a bloodbath in the currency markets, with all other major currencies falling to multi-decade lows. The rupee has not done any better. The Indian currency touched historical lows, crossing 81 to the dollar, the lowest it has touched for all times....
Nepal President’s Refusal To Sign Passed Bill Leads To Political Crisis
By Subhankar Gupta With less than two months left before the national elections in Nepal, the refusal of the President of Nepal, Vidya Devi Bhandari, to approve the Citizenship Amendment Bill even after the passage of the proposed enactment by both houses of the parliament has thrown the Himalayan...
Upendra Prasad’s Demise Is A Great Loss For Hindi Journalism
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Veteran journalist Upendra Prasad, who had made a sort of history in Hindi journalism in 1990s by writing on socio-economic issues that influenced both the society in the Hindi speaking belt and the politics in transition at that time, passed away in the late night...
Amit Shah’s Visit To Seemanchal Failed To Enthuse The BJP Supporters
By Arun Srivastava A mellowed down Amit Shah at his Purnea rally on September 23 was not only the major question for disappoint of the Bihar leaders but severely troubled them about the future prospect of the BJP in Bihar. Their feeling dejected primarily owed to the fact that...
Pakistani Taliban Is A Volcano Waiting To Erupt
By Manish Rai Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in June this year declared an indefinite ceasefire to facilitate peace talks being brokered by the Afghan Taliban. But there have been regular clashes between TTP and Pakistan security forces since then despite both sides confirming the truce is still on. Recently, questions...
Ashok Gehlot Starts As Winning Candidate In Congress Presidential Poll
By Sushil Kutty Shashi Tharoor and Ashok Gehlot will contest the Congress president’s post election and Tharoor will walk into it already sidelined. Gandhi family loyalist Ashok Gehlot is naturally a hot favourite. Tharoor is not going to get the advantage of being fellow Kerala MP to Rahul Gandhi....
It Is Time To Make Employment Benefits More Inclusive In India
By Arjun Paleri and Anshu Singh The Great Resignation has hastened the pace of changes in the area of employment, and employers are taking a number of steps to ensure that their employees are reasonably satisfied with the workplace. The employment benefits package is a way for employers to...
