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.Pakistan Army Is Groping For A New Role In Post Imran Khan Era
By Harihar Swarup Through months of melodrama in Pakistan, many experts expected that the army may intervene again in the name of saving the people from an “incompetent and self-serving” political class. Some experts believe that Pakistan army will avoid taking responsibility for a troubled economy and the evolving...
Mr. Jaishankar – You Can Find Out What BJP Fringe Groups Are
By Amulya Ganguli When the US-based commission for international religious freedom branded India as a country of “particular concern” because of its poor human rights record. a pro-BJP newspaper described the American outfit as “India-hating”. The casual dismissal of the criticism showed what external affairs minister S. Jaishankar has...
India’s Power Crisis And Putin’s Weaponisation Of Energy
By K Raveendran The worst fears have come true about problems in coal availability developing into a full-blown energy crisis. As most parts of the country sizzles in heat wave conditions, there is unprecedented draw down on available power, leaving gaping gaps in supply. Some states are going through...
Renewed US Intervention In Central Asia On The Cards
By James M Dorsey When US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened” that it would no longer be able to invade a neighbouring state, he lifted the veil on US goals in Ukraine. He also held out the prospect of...
Power Crisis In States May Worsen As Coal Shortage Hits Thermal Plants
By Anjali and Prabir Purkayastha Even before we reached peak summer, power cuts have started in many states. With power demand reaching 201 GW on April 26, we had a shortfall of 8.2 GW or 4 per cent. This shortfall is even before we have reached the peak of...
May Day 2022 Will Be Most Significant In India’s Recent History
By Dr. Gyan Pathak May Day is observed every year on May 1, but May Day 2022 in India will not be the same as earlier observations. It will be the most significant in the recent history since India has come to a biforked path – Modi government wants...
PM’s Fuel Tax Cut Remark: The Boot Is On Other Leg
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has termed as unfortunate and contrary to facts Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism that some opposition-ruled States have not passed on the benefits of the Union Government’s fuel tax cut to the people. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has taken strong exception to Modi...
How Free Will Be The Social Media Giant Twitter Under Elon Mask?
By Sushil Kutty Elon Musk wants to give everyone on Twitter full and final rights to free speech and the ‘blue tick’, which is now only the headband of a privileged few, the majority of who were of the Jack Dorsey bent of mind. Dorsey and his successor Parag...
Continuing Russia-Ukraine War Is Leading To Apprehensions About Escalation
By Dr Arun Mitra With repeated rhetoric of use of nuclear weapons between Russia and Ukraine, fear has gripped the minds of people around the globe. Rightly so, as the use of nuclear weapons would lead to unprecedented catastrophe. If the war doesn’t stop soon there is likelihood of...
Amit Shah Has Given Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit A Target Of 70 Lok Sabha Seats
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP are working for Mission 2024 to achieve the target of getting more than 70 seats in Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Soon after taking over as chief minister for second time Yogi Adityanath announced programmes for his ministers with...
AAP Winning A Seat In Guwahati Municipal Poll Is A Jolt To Trinamool Congress
By Ashis Biswas For the Delhi-based Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), winning a seat in the 2022 Guwahati Municipal elections was not exactly a major victory, but it certainly helped in consolidating its position as the undisputed front runner among regional parties in India, currently ahead of the Trinamool Congress...
Electricity Blackout Across The Country Exposes Faulty Policies
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “Netaji, do you know the meaning of converting UP into Gujarat? It means 24- hour electricity, no power cut for 356 days in every village and street. You can’t do it. You don’t have the guts to turn UP into Gujarat. It takes a 56-inch...
There Are Many Lessons To Learn From Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
By Prabhat Patnaik So much has been written on the Sri Lankan economic crisis that the facts are by now quite well-known the massive build up of external debt; the huge Value Added Tax concessions that pushed up the fiscal deficit and made the government borrow abroad even to...
The Missing Link Between Elon Musk And Indian Entrepreneurs
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Elon Musk’s financial muscle is being felt all over the world. After buying Twitter for $44 billion in cash a few days back, Musk is now joking that Coca-Cola is next on his shopping list. In a list of 2668 billionaires worldwide, India has 166...
Chief Justice Of India N V Ramana Has Got The Chance To Throw Out Sedition Law
By Sushil Kutty Finally, the much-maligned sedition law, Section 124-A, will meet its nemesis, when May 5 the Supreme Court will take up for hearing former Union minister Arun Shourie’s petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code. There is almost childish eagerness and...
Is There More To CM Nitish Attending Tejashwi’s Iftaar Party?
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s presence at an iftaar party hosted by RashtriyaJanata Dal (RJD) leader TejashwiYadav on 22 April, a day before Kumar moved out of his 1 Aney Marg house, has given rise to the speculation that both parties may be toying with the...
Congress Preparations For 2024 Lok Sabha Poll Without Prashant Kishor
By Nitya Chakrabory Now that the poll strategist Prashant Kishor has finally dissociated himself from the Congress Party’s plans for the next state assembly elections culminating into the Lok Sabha polls in March/April 2024, the Congress Party has to focus fully on how to make optimum use of the...
Time Of Final Reckoning Has Come For Sedition Law
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The time of reckoning has finally come. The Supreme Court of India is to begin final hearing of petitions challenging sedition law on May 5, 2022, as the Apex Court has said on April 27, and would not entertain any request for any further adjournment...
