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.CPI(M) Area Conferences In Bengal Expose Dismal Organisational State
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: West Bengal unit of CPI(M)’s organisational muscle has been weakening since 2011 after Trinamool Congress replaced it as the ruling dispensation in the state through that year’s assembly elections. The party which had called Bangla Bandh often during its tenure against “step motherly attitude” of...
Congress To Begin Yatra For Protecting Constitution From Mhow On January 26
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Both Congress and BJP are facing major rift while trying to solve organizational matters. While former Congress Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh publicly stated that they are not at all consulted while decisions are taken about organization matters. The BJP despite efforts...
78 Million New Job Opportunities By 2030 But Upskilling Of Workforce Paramount
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Future of Jobs Report 2025, just released by the World Economic Forum, reveals that job disruption will equate to 22% of jobs by 2030, with 170 million new roles set to be created and 92 million displaced, resulting in a net increase of 78 million...
Syrian Kurds Must Not Be Left To The Mercy Of Turks
By Manish Rai Since Assad’s regime fell in early December, clashes have intensified in northern Syria between the US-backed Kurdish fighters and the Turkish proxy force Syrian National Army (SNA). Following the regime change in Syria, Turkey has become the most important regional actor in the country. By providing...
Canadian Business Groups Rally To Conservative Party As Trudeau Resigns
By Dave McKee TORONTO—Three weeks after the abrupt resignation of his Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and amid a growing chorus of Liberal Party MPs and regional party caucuses calling for him to move aside, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on January 6 that he...
For AAP And BJP, The Final Battle For Delhi Is Set For February 5
By Sushil Kutty Voting is on February 5. Results will be declared on February 8. The BJP put out a poster within minutes of the announcement that Delhi will have a BJP Chief Minister by mid-February. But the BJP was beaten to the claim by AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar...
Is Justin Trudeau The First Victim Of Trump-Musk Duo’s Far Right Offensive In 2025
By Nitya Chakraborty Is the Canadian Prime Minister and the ruling Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau’s resignation marks the first success of the Donald Trump-Elon Musk duo in organising regime change as a part of far right agenda in 2025? Apparently, many might argue that this was not so...
Draft UGC Regulation 2025 Undermines Higher Education
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Draft UGC (Minimum Qualifications of Appointment & Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2025 released by Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan paves the way for greater control of...
Global Cooperation At Crossroads Due To Rising Geopolitical Uncertainty
By Satyaki Chakraborty The World Economic Forum (WEF) the organization of the leading global heads of the companies will be meeting in Davos Switzerland from January 20 to 24 this year to discuss the issues of development in an era of conflict. The World Economic Forum’s Global Cooperation Barometer...
Is Physical Media In The Last Phase Due To Domination Of Digital Ownership?
By David Moscrop Physical media has been up against decline for years, as manufacturers and retailers drop DVDs, Blu-rays, and video games on disc in favor of their digital alternatives, including streaming and downloaded copies of films, television programs, and games. The lure of the digital is real —...
The Global Far Right’s Dangerous Game Is On In Full Force In 2025
By John Green LONDON: Around the world, we have been witnessing the rise of new right-wing and neofascist political forces at the same time as we have experienced the demise or marginalisation of strong left-wing forces. We face a new and more virulent Donald Trump presidency in the US,...
Government Must Raise Infrastructure Spend To Push Jobs, Consumption And GDP
By Nantoo Banerjee The slump in India’s GDP growth rate is understandable. Contrary to the government claims, the job market is down. The income growth, in general, is shrinking. A vast section of consumers are not spending enough, except for wage goods or daily dire necessities, as their real...
Controversy Over Retaining H-1B Visa Policy Divides Republican Party
By Kalyani Shankar As the US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office on January 20, he faces a unique challenge. The issue of immigration and the H-1B visa has become a contentious point among the two key groups. He is trying to satisfy the conflicting interests of the...
National Anthem Controversy In Tamil Nadu Has Ominous Signs
By Dr. Gyan Pathak National anthem controversy picked up by the Governor of Tamil Nadu is ominous for the state and the country as well. Moreover, his refusal to follow the tradition relating to recitation of India’s national anthem in the Legislative Assembly of the state is also unwise,...
Delhi CM Atishi’s Missing Surname And Priyanka Gandhi’s Cheeks
By Sushil Kutty Playing the wronged man is Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal’s forte. Kejriwal is often heard reminding people he’s being targeted by the BJP for being ‘kattarimandar’ and ‘honest bloke Kejriwal’ says the “BJP has crossed all limits of shamelessness…” after serial slanderer Ramesh Bidhuri’s utterly...
Billionaires Get Ready To Take Over In Washington After January 20
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik WASHINGTON—Once again the corporate media, as it did in the election campaign, is failing to focus on the issues that are important to the U.S. working class. While the billionaires prepare to take direct control over the government in Washington and use that...
Coalition Partners Upset With BJP Administration In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: All is not well between BJP and coalition partners in Uttar Pradesh where Apna Dal and Nishad Party presidents expressed dissatisfaction on public platforms at the functioning of the Yogi Adityanath government.. Significantly ,Apna Dal (Sonelal Patel) leader and cabinet minister Ashish Patel publicly alleged...
Right To Information Is Being Transformed Into Right To Deny These Days
By Shailesh Gandhi It is worth revisiting two judgments of the Supreme Court. A five-judge Bench has ruled in P. Ramachandra Rao versus State of Karnataka: “Courts can declare the law, they can interpret the law, they can remove obvious lacunae and fill the gaps but they cannot entrench...
