Opinion
Appeal
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.Jobless Growth Is Leading To More Hunger And Mass Poverty
By Krishna Jha Our economy is in shambles as growth without jobs goes up to 8.3 percent. Unemployment has been rated at 394.6 million, a fall in the employment availability by two million as the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) reports have revealed. In July, the unemployment rate...
Congress Workers In Uttar Pradesh In A Demoralised State Before 2024 Poll
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The Congress is facing biggest challenge to revive the party in Uttar Pradesh to face 2024 Lok Sabha polls after worst ever performance in assembly polls held in March. this year. It would be very difficult for Congress to save Rae Bareli Lok Seat which...
Remembering Nityapriya Ghosh – A Maverick Left Wing Literary Theorist
By Kunal Bose Born in Barisal, now in Bangladesh, Nityapriya Ghosh who passed away on September 7 in Kolkata, lived a highly productive 87 years and much of that in studying the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore. Expectedly so, since his teacher father Manindra Kumar Ghosh enjoyed the...
Ukraine War Is Fanning Fascist Tendencies In Members Of European Union
By Ramzy Baroud As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, that Europe should sever all links with “Russia’s propaganda machine” were taken seriously by the...
Denial Of Decent Work Increases Poverty Level In Asia
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Working poverty has become a serious concern in Asia and the Pacific region since majority of employers do not give the majority of the workforce enough wages. As for South Asia, India is worst, and among the countries out off track on several counts including...
Unprecedented Increase In Investments Into Greenfield LNG Projects
By K Raveendran Thanks to the fallout of the Ukraine war, greenfield investments in new LNG plants are showing an unprecedented 20 times increase. From just about $2 billion invested annually in such plants in 2020 in the wake of Covid pandemic, the total annual investments in greenfield projects...
Arvind Kejriwal’s National Aspirations Depend On Gujarat Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty By end-2022, we’ll have pinpointed the identity of the primary challenger to Narendra Modi’s hegemony over the Prime Minister’s chair. That is, if the Gujarat assembly elections are held on schedule, and not delayed. If the Gujarat elections are postponed, then it will take a few...
Turkey’s Zero Problems With Neighbours Mean A Lot Of Problems
By James M Dorsey Turkey’s reconciliation with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel is doing little to return the country to its ‘zero problems with our neighbours’ policy declared more than a decade ago. To be sure, albeit fragile, Turkey has smoothed feathers with the Gulf states...
Bharat Jodo Yatra Is An Opportunity For Congress To Reassert Its Secular Moorings
By Arun Srivastava Rahul Gandhi in September 7 launched his most cherished “Bharat Jodo Yatra” after offering obeisance to his father Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur, where he was assassinated in 1991. Choosing Sriperumbudur for launching Yatra is quite significant. It might prove to be the turning point in Indian...
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss Is A Party Hopper With Limited Vision
By Anjan Roy Britain gets a new prime minister alright, but that also means the country shows its true colour — a total right wing swing. The new prime minister has won by support of less than 1% of British voters, just by some 20,000 more supporters among the...
Ghulam Nabi Azad Has Always Been A Loyalist Of Gandhi Family
By Harihar Swarup In the summer or 1977, when Ghulam Nabi Azad first came to Delhi after being appointed as general secretary of the Youth Congress by Sanjay Gandhi, he could not withstand the torrid summer. Hs nose bled for several weeks, and he told his colleagues that he...
Medical Doctors Have To Identify With Society And People’s Concerns
By Dr Arun Mitra Medicine is not a profession but a passion. To uphold the dignity of medicine and to ensure commitment to the health care of the people, the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Geneva was adopted in its 2nd General Assembly at in September 1948. The...
Amit Shah Is Determined To Decimate Uddhav In Maharashtra Politics
By Sushil Kutty Union Home Minister Amit Shah is not known for his kind face. When Shah throws his considerable weight around it can be like 10 tonnes of heavy rock on the toes. Compared to Shah, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray is a lightweight, quite literally! Now, Shah...
Worst Unemployment And Joblessness Beneath High Growth Rate Is Bad Omen
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Unemployment rate on September 5 in India on 30 days moving average was as high as 7.8 per cent. Urban unemployment was even worse at 9.1 per cent, while rural unemployment remaining as high as 7.2 per cent during agriculture activities is alarming. The Centre...
Behind The High Suicide Rate Among Daily Wage Labourers In India
By Paarth Pande India’s stunning 13.5 per cent Gross Domestic Product (‘GDP’) growth rate could have been a cause for much celebration had it not coincided with the release of the National Crime Records Bureau (‘NCRB’) data for 2021. ‘Crime in India’, the annual report of the NCRB for...
Rishi Sunak Is Only 42, He Can Look For Another Round Before 2024 Elections
By Arun Srivastava Rishi Sunak (42) being an Indian is not the only reason for Indians taking keen interest in the election of the prime minister of Britain. There are other factors too; one of them, the most important, has been the resurgence of the rightist forces in that...
November Mid-Term Elections Are Crucial For Future Of Democracy In USA
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston America is going to a cliff hanger midterm election in November, this year. A few months ago, the election looked primarily a referendum on the performance of the Democrats and the Biden presidency, centering economy, inflation, crime, immigration and Biden’s stalled legislative agenda in...
Gorbachev Couldn’t Reform The Soviet System But A Better Socialism Is Possible
By Ben Burgis The last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was laid to rest on Saturday in Moscow. It wasn’t officially designated as a state funeral, although it had “elements of a state funeral,” and Russian president Vladimir Putin skipped it. The snub isn’t surprising. Gorbachev’s program...
