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.Congress Party Is Facing A Major Credibility Crisis In Assam
By Sagarneel Sinha The main Opposition party in the northeastern state of Assam, the Congress, is going through a crisis. Many party leaders see no hope in the grand old party, which was once the dominant party in the state. They are now looking for greener pastures in other...
What Makes Elon Musk Bet On Twitter With $42 Billion Cash Offer?
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Elon Musk made everyone sit up and take notice of what he is talking about – buying Twitter for $43 billion, all in cash! With a net worth of approximately $225 billion, Musk is the richest person on the planet. The price he is ready...
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Had An Extraordinary Journey In The Music World
By Harihar Swarup From a boy who ran away from home to become Hindustani classical music’s gold standard, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, who would have turned 100 this year, had he been living, had an extraordinary journey. Sometime in the early1960s, at a music concert in Calcutta’s Dixon Lane, in...
Israel’s Ukraine Conundrum May Have Implications For Gulf States
By James M Dorsey Middle Eastern states see their ability narrow to walk a fine line in the Ukraine conflict. Israel is a case in point as tensions with Iran in Syria and Palestinians in Jerusalem flare, and both Russia and the United States signal impatience with its attempts...
Can Prashant Kishor Shake Up Lackluster Congress From Within?
By Kalyani Shankar Will the poll strategist Prashant Kishor be an asset or a liability if he joins the Congress party? It is a million-dollar question as Kishor waits for the Gandhis to announce his induction. This speculation arose after Kishor had a four-hour meeting with the Congress top...
Prashant Kishor, A Ray Of Light At The End Of Tunnel For The Opposition
By Nitya Chakraborty Things are heating up in Indian politics as the BJP and the Sangh Parivar prepare for the next phase of assembly elections in the states within this yearend as also in 2023, and, eventually, tobe followed by the Lok Sabha polls in March-April 2024. After the...
Fund-Bank Meet Crucial To Tackle Evolving Global Financial Risk
By Anjan Roy The spring meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington has always remained a high point for those involved in the management of financial sector and public finance. For countries in a tight corner, the meeting is a lifeline. This year’s...
Resurgence Of Covid-19 Triggers Many Concerns
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Resurgence of new COVID-19 infection since the withdrawal of curbs — including the mandatory wearing of masks, keeping and use of sanitisers in public premises, and maintaining physical distancing —by several states from beginning of April 2022, is a serious concern, though it is too...
Johnson’s Upcoming India Visit In The Shadow Of Putin’s War
By Sushil Kutty With the first name ‘Boris’, he should have been a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But this ‘Boris’ would rather be addressed as ‘Johnson’ as he travels to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And, hopefully, the two will get along although...
It Is Clear – Russia And NATO Are In Proxy War Over Ukraine
By Ben Chacko The observation by Russian communists that Ukraine is now the scene of a proxy war between Russia and Nato is accurate — though the idea that this somehow justifies Russia’s invasion of its neighbour does not follow. Ukraine has certainly become a battleground in which Russia...
Parking Funds In Foreign Banks, Treasuries Now Look Less Safe
By Nantoo Banerjee The international financial system governed by western powers no longer offers safety to foreign currency deposits in their chests from other parts of the world. Even foreign private deposits and investments in assets are being frozen. The latest financial sanction imposed on Russia and its oligarchs...
India Has To Let Go Of Huge Coal Export Opportunity
By K Raveendran There is virtually a scramble for coal from non-Russian sources following a self-imposed ban by the European Union on coal imports from Putin’s sanctions-hit country. But as far as New Delhi is concerned, the opportunity will go abegging as India is by itself struggling to tie...
RSS Chief’s Akhand Bharat Fantasy Has Got Dangerous Implications
By Amulya Ganguli The RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, has spelt out the geographical contours of the proposed Hindu rashtra along with the warning that those opposing the Akhand Bharat concept will either be pushed aside or eliminated. This is probably the first time that such an unequivocal admonition has...
Saturday’s Bypoll Wins Bring Some Relief To Beleaguered Trinamool Congress
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: For West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her party’s by-election win announced last Saturday in the Asansol (Lok Sabha) and Ballygunge (Assembly) seats was the best news in some time. Of late the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had been facing some truly torrid times over...
India’s Hindu Rashtra Consolidating At Breakneck Speed
By Sushil Kutty The consolidation of the Hindus is at breakneck speed. The Hindutva forces at play have no competition. There is nothing to match the right wing’s polarization strategy. And the tactics employed are striking a chord with the Hindus. It’s being driven home that time is fast...
Post Regime Change, Time For A Big Push To India-Pakistan Trade Ties
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Pakistan’s leading industrialist Mian Mohammed Mansha of the Nishant conglomerate which has $30 billion in assets has said that trade relations between India and Pakistan should resume. “I feel very passionately that we need to get our things sorted out with India. Now whatever the...
Lesson In Raja Rammohun Roy’s Crusade For Press Freedom
By Dr Nityananda Ghosh Eminent journalist P Sainath deserves praise for reminding all via Twitter of the 200th anniversary of Mirat-ul-Akhbar, the Persian newspaper founded and edited by Raja Rammohun Roy, on 12 April, 1822. Rammohun, Sainath rightly noted, wrote a “brilliant editorial protesting the death of Pratap Narayan...
Serious Strains Developing In US Ties With Middle East Allies
By James M Dorsey Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spotlights seemingly widening differences between the United States and its closest Middle Eastern allies, sparking eulogies for an era of bygone American regional dominance. “America’s Middle East Friendships are Dying a Natural Death” predicted foreign policy analyst Steven A. Cook this...
