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.Israel’s Aggression Continues Unabated In West Bank Defying Ceasefire
By Asad Mirza Israel unabatedly continues its expansionist policy in the West Bank. The US, United Nations and several Arab states have criticised Israel as it expands powers in the occupied West Bank by allowing Jewish Israelis to buy West Bank land directly, and extending greater Israeli control over...
At Long Last, Transatlantic Alliance Making Efforts To Bring Cohesion
By Anjan Roy World Economic Forum’s Davos dalliance of world leaders, both political and corporate, has become a widely recognised event. However, an even more critical and certainly highly prestigious pow-wow happened last week. This is the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in the eponymous German city held on February13...
Lakshadweep’s Island Agatti Poses Vexed Questions Of Development Cum Security
By Raju Kumar Agatti, one of Lakshadweep’s smallest inhabited islands, has recently found itself at the centre of a serious policy debate. Gazette notifications issued by the Lakshadweep Administration in January 2026 propose the acquisition of land for three separate purposes: 1,01,020 square metres for tourism and other public...
Can Unions And The Left Help Shape Post-Starmer Labour In Britain?
By Ben Chacko LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shows no capacity to respond to the ongoing fallout over Peter Mandelson’s appointment to Washington — which has engulfed the whole Labour Together faction key to his own rise to power. Nor to the demand, put more forcefully than before...
India’s Reliance On Imported Arms For Defence Is A Concern
By Nantoo Banerjee There is little to be excited about the defence ministry’s latest clearance for the acquisition of 114 Rafale fighter jets from France at a huge cost of Rs.3.25 lakh crore (nearly $40 billion), branded as ‘mother of all defence deals’. It is a matter of major...
Supreme Court Hearing On Sabarimala In April To Impact Assembly Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With the Supreme Court scheduling the petitions challenging its 2018 Judgment allowing women to enter into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala for hearing before a nine-judge constitution bench from April 7 to 22, it is most likely to impact elections not only in Kerala but...
How India’s Farmers Are Paying For America’s China Strategy?
By R. Suryamurthy Trade agreements are rarely about trade alone. They are instruments of power, redistribution, and risk transfer, disguised in the neutral language of tariffs and market access. The interim trade framework announced this year between the United States and India is a case in point. Framed publicly...
The Demand For Awarding Bharat Ratna To V D Savarkar Is Six Decades Old
By Kalyani Shankar Demands to award the Bharat Ratna to Hindu thinker Vinayak Damodar Savarkar have revived an ongoing political debate between the Congress-led Opposition and the BJP, highlighting the deep divisions over his ideas, beliefs, and role in India’s independence movement. The issue first gained major political traction...
Rise Of Jamaat-e-Islami In Bangladesh Is Worrying For India’s Security
By Asad Mirza The much-anticipated election results from Bangladesh are out. The BNP has secured 209 seats, while the Jamaat-e-Islami won 68, as the Election Commission disclosed the unofficial election results for 297 constituencies. But the scale of the win surprised some observers, given expectations of a tighter race...
Kerala’s Tiny Lifeline: How A 10-Month-Old Became A Beacon Of Hope
By T N Ashok On a quiet Sunday afternoon in Mallappally of Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, the tiny white coffin of 10-month-old Aalin Sherin Abraham was lowered into the earth to the sound of muffled sobs and whispered prayers. Hundreds gathered — neighbours, strangers, officials — not merely to...
Former PM Imran Khan’s Health In Jail Speaks Of Failing Democracy In Pakistan
By Tirthankar Mitra Things are not going well for Pakistan’s former prime minister and front ranking Opposition leader Imran Khan and democratic process of this country. Imprisonment of the former prime minister not dominating the political debate in a country which espouses democracy; this is an aberration. The deeper...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Budget Session Begins Amidst Big Protests By Congress
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: The budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has begun. This time, there are several issues in the state on which the opposition is expected to corner the government. Whether it is the deaths of children linked to substandard cough syrup or the fatalities...
Rubio’s Manifesto Means Total Imperialist Subjugation Of The World
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Marco Rubio has laid down the battle lines, and it is time for every socialist and anti-racist on the planet to recognise the danger the United States poses to the world. The Donald Trump regime is imperialism unmasked: shorn of the usual guff disguising military...
Indo-US Trade Deal Has A Most Unlikely Winner: Rahul Gandhi
By K Raveendran The unfolding political narrative around the Indo-US trade treaty has done more than spark debate on tariffs, market access and diplomatic alignment: it has reshaped the contours of India’s domestic political landscape, particularly by elevating Rahul Gandhi’s stature as the principal opposition leader. The Modi government...
Growth Trajectory Of AI Is Highly Uncertain Through 2030
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India AI Impact Summit 2026, branded as the first-ever such event in the Global South, scheduled to be held in New Delhi next week from February 16 to February 20, many claims of AI’s growth and impact, often contradictory, are making headlines. However, a...
Boasting About Big Rural Developmental Plans In Budget Has Little Basis
By R. Suryamurthy There is something almost theatrical about the rural development numbers this year. Rs 1,97,023 crore allocated for 2026–27. An expanded employment guarantee of 125 days. A near 70% jump in rural housing outlay. A 73% rise in spending for rural roads. If budgets were judged by...
Bhumjaithai Party Wins Landslide Victory In Thailand Stunning Its Rivals
By Tirthankar Mitra Dramatic turnaround of a political party is not unheard of in electoral politics. But not often does a political outfit rise from 13 per cent of national vote cast in an election to forming a government in the subsequent one as Bhumjaithai Party (BP), a pro-monarchy...
Supreme Court Calls Digital Arrest Frauds “Robbery And Dacoity”
By Akhil Yadav The Supreme Court on Monday February 9 heard the suo motu case on digital arrest scams. The Court sharply questioned banks over their failure to flag suspicious transactions and pressed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on regulatory oversight, even as it issued binding directions to...
