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.Gold Shines Again As Safe Haven As Ukraine War Intensifies
By K Raveendran The Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided yet another instance of gold proving its safe haven value. As Russian forces entered Ukraine and pressed towards Kiev, gold price surged to an intra-day high of US$1,974 per ounce on Thursday, corresponding to Rs 52,797 per 10 grams...
Centre Needs Some Emergency Planning To Deal With Impact Of Ukraine War
By K R Sudhaman India cannot be oblivious to the fact that any war in Europe will impact its economy and trade. It may not be direct but the consequences will be felt in different areas in different ways, more so because India is now a close ally of...
Rajasthan Govt’s Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme Is Commendable
By Richa Chintan Presenting the State Budget 2022-23, the Rajasthan Government, on February 23, announced the introduction of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme. This scheme guarantees 100 days of employment in a year to those families residing in the urban areas who seek work. After Himachal Pradesh,...
Ukraine War Is Adding To More Orphans After Staggering Number From Covid
By Sushil Kutty So, as Ukraine eats into our conscience and we shirk from thinking of Ukrainian children caught in the Russia-Ukraine war, which is increasingly beginning to look like a battle of egos of two individuals, one presiding over a war-machine with the second best ranking in the...
No NATO Membership Of Ukraine May Be The Basis Of Ceasefire By Russia
By C.J. Atkins Despite the slanted propaganda that passes for “news” in the mainstream Western media right now, the truth of the matter is that there are no good guys when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine. But depending on the day, some of the bad guys outdo...
BJP Wooing BSP Supporters In Fifth Phase Of Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: By praising BSP during fifth phase campaigning in Uttar Pradesh polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has not only attempted to confuse dalit and muslim voters but also hinted about post poll alliance in the event of a a hung assembly after March 10. Much...
KCR, Mamata, Pawar, Thackeray Inch Closer To Third Front
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political buzz around the formation of a third front is back. While talk of a third front has been recurrent, the key difference this time is that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has met his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party...
It Is Vladimir Putin’s War In Ukraine, Narendra Modi Can Have Little Role
By Sushil Kutty It is Vladimir Putin’s war and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot do zilch to make it come to an end though for some unfathomable reason the Ukrainian ambassador in New Delhi believes Modi can sway Putin from his decades-long resolve to reassemble the dismantled USSR...
Global Left Can Never Support Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine At This Hour
By David Broder Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sickening. Vladimir Putin had this Monday claimed that the “Kiev regime” refused any resolution of the conflict in the Donbas except through “military means.” The Russian president now claims to resolve it with far more bloodshed, already spreading beyond the...
Middle East States Do Tight Rope Walking Over Ukraine
By James M Dorsey Israel and Gulf states struggle not to fall off the tightrope they walk as a Russian attack on Ukraine makes hedging bets increasingly tricky. Unlike Israel, the Gulf states may feel that they have more flexibility than the Jewish state that depends on the...
Concentration Of Power Led To Misgovernance In National Stock Exchange
By Chidambaram N While former managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra Ramkrishna and her deputy Anand Subramanian have been blamed for the mismanagement at the stock exchange, it now appears that the then board members of NSE were made aware of...
Putin’s War Is Not Just Against Ukraine, He Has Thrown A Challenge To West
By Anjan Roy As Russian military moves into Ukraine, our familiar world vanishes. The world order returns to the point when Winston Churchill had said “an iron curtain” was falling across Europe. The single step of a Russian soldier in Ukraine brings back the Cold War dispensation in international...
BJP Government’s Jobless Growth Model Continuing Since 2014
By Krishna Jha On February 21, 2022 the rate of unemployment was going up to 7.89 which is biggest jump in the second month of this year, according to CMIE. However, this is just statistics, the reality is much grimmer and ruthless. Almost all the young people, not to...
Energy Is A Strategic Weapon In Russia’s War Against Ukraine
By K Raveendran With the Russian invasion of Ukraine already playing out, it is clear that the war between US and allies on one side and Russia on the other would be fought not just at the military and economic levels, as already manifested by the western sanctions, but...
Time Is Ripe For Reforming The Process Of Appointment Of Governors
By Prakash Karat The Kerala government has written to the central government proposing amendments to the constitution to give powers to the state governments in the appointment or recall of governors. This has been done in response to the recommendations made by the Justice Punchhi Commission on reforms in...
Modi’s Programmes Are Many But Still Failing To Provide Food For All
By Dr. Gyan Pathak We have many food assistance programmes but not food for all, as the latest Hunger Watch Survey II has found. Food insecurity still hounds people at household level though India is self-sufficient in food at national level. The food assistance programmes that our Prime Minister...
Will Shashi Tharoor Take Up Imran Khan’s TV Debate Challenge With Modi?
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan must be wishing he hadn’t told Russia’s RT television network that he wanted a TV debate with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. What must be striking to Imran Khan and his countrymen and countrywomen is that cricketer Khan’s wish elicited a reply...
CPI Confident About Victory Of Progressive Secular Alliance In Manipur
By L Sotinkumar IMPHAL: ‘To defeat BJP and its manipulative politics please cast your vote for the ‘Manipur Progressive Secular Alliance’ said D. Raja MP Rajya Sabha and CPI General Secretary at a press meet held at Sangai Hall, Hotel Imphal on Tuesday.. He said, “Manipur is a border...
