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.Delhi BJP And Centre’s Police Playing A Communal Card Over Demolition
By Sushil Kutty The case of the Jahangirpuri demolition drive can be rightly termed a curious case, if only because one of the petitioners, Ganesh Kumar Gupta, whose juice shop was demolished by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), is the best friend of the BJP government at the...
Russia’s Ukraine War Now Set To Be On A Long Term Course With High Tech Weapons
By Anjan Roy Two days ago Russian President, Vladimir Putin, had warned the west of “unpredictable consequences” in case of continuing weapons supplies to Ukraine. What appears to be more and more unpredictable is the course of the war and its consequences. Russians are perhaps becoming impatient with Putin’s...
Inflation Is The Major Challenge To The Reviving Indian Economy Now
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done reasonably well in managing the Indian economy during the difficult two years of covid pandemic despite several challenges by ensuring food security to millions of people who became jobless. This has won accolades from World Bank and International Monetary...
New Births Of Children In Rohingya Camps Rage Controversy In Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas Once more, the Bangladesh Government finds itself embroiled in a tricky public debate with civil rights groups — this time over a touchy matter involving the quantum of food supply to the stranded 1.1 million strong Rohingya population. The bone of contention: whether the Rohingyas produce...
The US Dollar May Be The Next Casualty Of Russia’s Ukraine War
By Branko Marcetic Nearly two months in, there’s little doubt Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been a colossal strategic blunder. NATO is unified, energized, and set to expand into two historically neutral countries, the Russian military looks to the world like a paper tiger, and the...
India Manages Hop From Crisis To Crisis Relatively Well
By K Raveendran It has been a hop from crisis to crisis, each more disruptive and destructive than the other. The pain and sufferings endured by people to change their demonetised notes in the wake of Modi’s midnight demonetisation were unprecedented. Another midnight move, the introduction of half-baked GST...
Concealment, If Any, Of Covid-19 Deaths By Govt Is Un-Ethical
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Concealing COVID-19 deaths is anti-people. It saves the exchequer some money that would have been otherwise given as compensation, and the government saves itself from the burden of fixing accountability for the deaths which may necessitate the guilty to put into jails. The greatest beneficiary...
The Queer Handling Of Demolition Drive By Municipal Corporation Of Delhi
By Sushil Kutty It was a setback to the narrow-minded right-wing, and victory for the liberal left, to the opposition parties, and to the anti-Modi of whom there are legions. But when the Supreme Court’s order took its own time reaching the respondents in this age of instant information,...
Political Killings In Kerala Acquiring A Communal Hue
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The most disturbing feature of the latest political killings in Kerala – two murders within 24 hours in Palakkad district – is that the violence seems to be acquiring a communal colour. Less than 24 hours after a Popular Front of India (PFI) activist was...
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...
