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.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...
Narendra Modi’s Aversion To Live Pressers Transcends Continents
By Sushil Kutty The other day in Denmark Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in one of those unguarded moments, found himself ambushed by the media! The next thing you hear is Modi with a “Oh! My God!” and every media reporting how startled, vulnerable and panicked the Prime Minister appeared...
Foundational Education Requires A Paradigm Shift
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Most developing member countries (DMCs) are facing serious gaps in student learning outcomes, that the World Bank calls learning crisis. Half of the students in Grade 5 in India cannot do two-digit subtraction or read connected text, and half of the students who complete primary...
Indian Right Is Determined To Give Wrong Lessons Of Country’s History
By Krishna Jha We are passing through a phase where present stands on a distorted historicity, with shifts, and leaves the world as it never has been, or at least efforts are made in that direction. When Faiz Ahmad Faiz is removed from the course of the tenth standard,...
It Is Time For Our Courts To Be Freed Of Elitist Tendencies
By K Raveendran It is not a clamour yet, but there is growing awareness about the need for the judiciary to shed its elitist character. As both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Supreme Court chief justice NV Ramana pointed out last week at the joint conference of chief ministers...
Remembering Karl Marx And His Teachings On His 204th Birth Anniversary
By Dipankar Bhattacharya Constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair… (what) we have to accomplish at present (is) ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense...
Press Freedom In India Facing Unprecedented Crisis Since 2014
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Press freedom in India is in crisis though there are over one lakh newspapers including 36,000 weeklies and 380 TV news channels. Such an abundance of outlets conceals tendencies toward the concentration of ownership while media in politically partitioned, journalists facing violence and authoritarian pressures,...
Raj’s War Against His Cousin Uddhav Is Leading To Turmoil In Maharashtra
By Sushil Kutty May 4, Wednesday 5 am, the loudspeakers started blaring. One began, and the other followed. The first one with the ‘azaan’, the second one with the ‘Hanuman Chalisa’. It was Raj Thackeray going ahead with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ challenge to the Maha Vikas...
BJP Policies Are Meant To Marginalise The Muslims In Terms Of Economic Power
By Arun Srivastava Saffron Majoritarian politics has finally succeeded in achieving its mission of forcing the Muslims to withdraw from the mainstream life and go back to ruts. This is clearly manifest in the manner Muslims celebrated their greatest festival Eid this year. Diktat was issued by the BJP...
