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.Modi Govt Arguments Against W.H.O ‘Excess’ Death Numbers Fall Flat
By K Raveendran The declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of 4.7 million as ‘excess’ Covid deaths over and above the officially acknowledged figure in India and the response of the Modi government to the report are both shocking, but not surprising. The WHO has resisted persistent opposition...
L’affaire PC George: Many Points To Ponder
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will pull out all the stops to frustrate any attempt to rip the fabric of communal amity and effect religious polarization. That is the unmistakable message emanating from the arrest and subsequent release of Kerala Janapaksham leader P C George for making vicious comments...
New Jobs For Youth Becoming Scarce, Unemployment Rising
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Youth (age group 15-24) are almost five times more likely to be unemployed than adults across the Asia and the Pacific, and when they secure a work it is often in the informal economy with low wages and poor working conditions. After the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Sangh Parivar Is Bracing For Next Round Of Battle After Ayodhya
By Sushil Kutty The whole idea and ideal of secularism came decades later, but the day India decided to be a pluralistic society, with Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Isai, all living under the same sky, that day India ensured it would be a communal cauldron for all times to come. Dr. BR Ambedkar...
Rohingyas Are Causing Concern For Security In India, And Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas Random arrests of illegal Rohingya settlers from different Indian states remain a cause for concern among Indian security analysts. Mostly the detection of illegal aliens is more a matter of chance rather than the outcome of real time intelligence inputs. Subsequent official action taken either by...
Churning Behind Wikipedia’s Decision To Stop Receiving Crypto Donations
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the organization that runs the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has stopped accepting cryptocurrency donations, the no-profit with a mission to bring free knowledge to all, said on May 1. The news was broken on Twitter by a Wikipedia editor, Molly White who...
Hamas May Use Malaysia As New Operational Base
By James M Dorsey Malaysia has emerged as a potential external operations base for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip if Turkey expels or restricts the group’s movements as a part of its rapprochement with Israel. Turkey has in recent months deported Hamas activists or refused...
Congress Decline In Assam Has Led To Vacuum In Opposition Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha It has been a year since the results of the assembly elections of Assam were declared and the BJP scripted history in this northeastern state by winning for the state consecutively. During the election campaign, the Opposition in the form of the Grand Alliance led by...
One Death Reported While 10 Actually Died Of Covid In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The WHO data on global COVID-19 related deaths was finally out on May 5 despite Modi government’s best of efforts to stall its release which delayed it by at least four months. The actual data was more shocking than the leaked data a fortnight ago...
Chinese Yuan Steadily Improving Its Position In Global Market At The Cost Of U.S. Dollar
By Subrata Majumder As the year 2022 rolled in with a focus on new FTP (Foreign Trade Policy) for 5 years, which became overdue, global trade underwent major changes with US-China trade conflict, followed by COVID 19 and Ukraine invasion by Russia. The major deterrents as a fallout are...
CM Bommai To Stay On At Helm As Karnataka BJP Prepares For Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections, the BJP is likely to undertake a major invasive strategy and major changes will be seen in the state government. While Basavaraj Bommai will remain at the helm as chief minister, he has been advised to be more...
Central Public Sector MMTC Is Under Liquidation Due To The Apathy Of Centre
By Sankar Ray MMTC (erstwhile Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation) , India’s one of the two highest foreign exchange earners until seven years ago, largest exporter of minerals from India for several decades and a frontline international trading company with a turnover of over $7 billion heads towards liquidation...
Police Of Three States Acting At The Diktat Of Politicians Without Caring For Law
By Sushil Kutty It is the new normal: Of police being misused to misuse its powers given to it under the law because politicians and political parties want to settle scores with one another. The funny thing is, funnier things are happening because of this trend. An MP-MLA couple...
Illusive Food Surplus Amidst Shortage Of Food Affecting Poor
By Dr Soma Marla Prices of edible oils, wheat, fertilizers and other commodities are soaring high. On the other side food traders, exporters and political elite are upbeat seizing opportunity, hoarding, getting ready for a wind fall of profits from potential export opportunities amidst current Russia- Ukraine war. Despite...
Steady Deterioration In Media Freedom In India Under Modi Regime Is A Reality
By Prakash Karat The World Press Freedom Day, as proclaimed by the United Nations, was observed on May 3. Coinciding with this, the World Press Freedom Index was published by the Reporters without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres). India’s ranking in the index fell from 142 in 2021 to 150...
Sonia Gandhi Is Still Clueless On Dealing With Factional Fights In Congress
By Arun Srivastava If the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi would have refused to listen to the suggestion of Rahul Gandhi to appoint Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab Unit president or if she had initiated action against him once he launched tirade against the Punjab Congress chief minister Charanjit...
French Left Parties Arrive At Historic Agreement To Come Together
By Satyaki Chakraborty After the defeat in the French presidential polls, the socialists and the left-wingers of all hues in France arrived at a historic compromise on May 4 to form an alliance for the legislative elections in June this year to meet the dual challenge of both President...
Congress Workers Are In A State Of Restlessness In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With Priyanka Gandhi Vadra staying away from Uttar Pradesh after worst ever performance in assembly polls, senior leaders and rank and file are in a state of restlessness. It would be worth mentioning here that Congress could manage to win only two seats out of...
