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.Fuel Price Hike Rekindles Debate On Balancing Direct And Indirect Taxes
By K R Sudhaman The Narendra Modi government may be elated at the ever increasing GST collections in recent months with the revival of the economy. A record GST collections of Rs 1.42 lakh crore in March this year is good and it also indicates that more and more...
Death Of A Doctor: Harassment Haunts Medical Profession
By Dr Arun Mitra Suicide by Dr Archna Sharma, a senior Gynaecologist of Dausa in Rajasthan has shaken the medical fraternity. A patient is reported to have died during a procedure after which the attendants reportedly under the patronage of a BJP leader created ruckus. The police instead of...
Delay In Release Of Prisoners After Bail: Case For Reform
By Deeksha Dwivedi The protection for individual freedom from arbitrary and unreasonable exercise of power, and authority of the State was sought to be secured by the Constitutional command that “no personal shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law”....
Covid Intensity Has Lessened But The Challenges Still Remain
By Dr. Gyan Pathak General decline in COVID-19 cases in India has emboldened several states in the country to remove curbs, even as in the morning of April 1, 2022 a slight increase in new infection were reported in the last 24 hours to 1335 from 1225 a day...
Centre Has To Opt For Alternative Pricing Mechanism For Petro-Products
By Prabhat Patnaik In the five days ending March 26, petrol and diesel prices in the country had been hiked four times, with more such daily hikes in the offing. On each occasion the hike had been by 80 paise per litre, so that the total increase during the...
Modi Government Is Using All Means To Curb The Powers Of State Govts
By Sushil Kutty The last time Union Home Minister Amit Shah stood up in the Lok Sabha to discuss the affairs of a state, that state was bifurcated and broken into two union territories. This time around, Shah has done the opposite—merged three municipal corporations into a single block...
No To NATO For Restoring Peace In Ukraine And Just World Order
By D. Raja Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, one organization has come to focus that is NATO. This organization can be seen all over the conflict. This infamous organization is the North Atlantic Treaty Association commonly referred to as NATO. Formed in the aftermath of the...
In Pandemic Period, The Injustices To The Underprivileged Have Increased
By Krishna Jha History is always a series of justice for one and the injustice for the other. It is the way evolution moves. Finding new ways amidst the darkest clouds, leaving them behind and move on. The days of March 28 and 29 were the similar days in...
Could Sharad Pawar Be Chosen As New UPA Chairperson?
By Rahil Nora Chopra After the bleak show put up by the Congress in the five recently held state assembly elections, lingering questions about its ability to lead the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) any longer have been doing the rounds. Sensing an opportunity, the NCP is pushing the candidature...
Israel Takes Centre-Stage Of Middle East Politics
By James M Dorsey A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United States: Israel is key to the security of Gulf autocracies and continued US engagement in the Middle East. It may be...
Europe Is Replacing Energy Dependence On Russia With Reliance On Africa
By Eoghan Gilmartin In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this month the European Union unveiled plans to slash Russian gas imports by two-thirds over the next year and to cease all fossil fuel imports from the country “well before” 2030. Officials acknowledged that to meet such ambitious...
M K Stalin Is Now The Best Choice To Head A Revamped UPA
By Nitya Chakraborty Three weeks have passed since March 10 when the results of five state assembly elections were announced. From that very day, the winner in four states BJP, is preparing for the next round of elections scheduled in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat by the end of 2022....
23rd Congress Of CPI(M) At Kannur In April Will Set Direction For Next Three Years
By Prakash Karat The 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) is being held at Kannur in Kerala from April 6-10. The Party Congress will set out the political direction of the Party for the next three years. The draft Political Resolution which was released more than two months ago by...
Nepal Prime Minister Deuba’s Three Day Visit To India Is Significant
By Sankar Ray Political circles in Nepal are keenly watching how much the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will score gains in his first bilateral visit (1-3 April 2022) after taking over as the PM in July last year. Moreover, the visit takes place during the year of election...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Can Save Opposition Unity By Taming Mamata Banerjee
By K R Sudhaman Mercurial Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Supremo, appears to have climbed down a bit to realize that she cannot on her own bring about opposition unity under her umbrella without main opposition Congress being in the pack. The fact that she...
Two Day Nationwide General Strike Of Workers Was A Big Success
By Amarjeet Kaur The Joint Platform of the Central Trade Unions and the independent Sectoral Federations and Associations congratulates the workers of all sectors, organised and unorganized, the govt. departments, the public sector, the private establishments, small-medium-micro enterprises, rural and urban working people, having participated in different ways, made...
Inadequate Funding Would Jeopardise Functioning Of MSME Sector
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Modi government has been very liberally distributing promises of help but not money. MSME sector is a case in point that is struggling for its survival, even as the Union Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises is deprived of sufficient funds for smoothly running...
SilverLine: SC, HC Orders Shot In Arm For LDF Govt In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The beleaguered Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government received a much-needed shot in the arm with the Supreme Court refusing to stay the ongoing land survey and social impact assessment (SIA) for the SilverLine project. Dismissing petitions challenging a division bench order of the...
