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.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...
Pakistan Media And Civil Society Take Strong Stand Against Black Ordinance
By Sankar Ray The journalists’ community of Pakistan and opposition parties are on the same page in condemning the ordinance on amending The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 and the Election Act by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf government describing the promulgation as a bid to “muzzle the freedom of...
2015 Minsk2 Agreement Is The Only Basis Now For Averting War On Ukraine
By Nitya Chakraborty The confrontation over Ukraine between Russia and the United States has reached a decisive stage with President Putin recognizing the two breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk and soon after President Joe Biden announcing strong sanctions aimed at crippling the leading Russian banks and the financial institutions....
Ukraine Tensions Bring Coal A New Lease Of Life In Energy Mix
By K Raveendran Tensions over Ukraine have combined with record-high gas prices to raise questions about the long-term security of gas imports through Russian-operated pipelines, giving coal a new place of importance in the energy mix. European countries have been gradually decommissioning coal infrastructure over recent years, as the...
Middle East Faces Spill-Over Effect From Ukraine War Threats
By James M Dorsey Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern states could prove to be a close second. That is no truer than for Turkey and Israel, whose management of the Ukraine crisis could determine their...
Russia-NATO Confrontation Over Ukraine Has Implications For Health System
By Dr Arun Mitra Whole world has suffered due to humanitarian crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic. The threat is not yet completely over as we are still not certain about the new variants of the rapidly mutating virus. Even though vaccination has given some respite, but glaring inequity in...
DMK Sweep In Tamil Nadu Local Body Elections Is A Mandate For Stalin
By K R Sudhaman The recent urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu held for the first time after 2011 has helped strong ruling DMK in the state to consolidated further decimating its rival opposition AIADMK. DMK won all the 21 corporations and unseated AIADMK in its traditional stronghold...
Make Healthcare System Strong Enough To Face Future Threats
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Circulation of all variants of coronavirus is declining, but it should not make the people and the public health authorities to put off their guards against the COVID-19. Government still needs to prepare the healthcare system ready to face any future threats, and people to...
The Unique Story Of The Pig Heart Transplantation Scientist M M Mohiuddin
By Sushil Kutty As the hijab controversy simmers and the Karnataka High Court hears the case whether wearing the hijab is essential practice in Islam, there are people who are asking if a recent breakthrough in heart transplants involving the heart of a pig does not tell a story...
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Is A Recluse Now
By Harihar Swarup Why former West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a hardcore Marist, declined to accept Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, bestowed on him by BJP-led Central Government? He put forward a feeble excuse for rejecting the prestigious award, saying he was not informed about it. This...
Forming Of A Federal Front Of Regional Parties Without Congress May Not Work
By Kalyani Shankar Will too many cooks spoil the Opposition broth? Many players in the national opposition camp are trying to come together ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against the BJP. You have Congress President Sonia Gandhi attempting to form a united opposition coalition. You have West...
Decoding CPI(M)’s Draft Political Resolution For 23rd Party Congress
By Nitya Chakraborty The CPI(M) central committee has just released its draft political resolution (DPR) for discussion and adoption at the 23rd congress of the party scheduled in Kerala in April this year. The last party congress was held in 2018 and this DPR assesses the course of developments...
Supreme Court Bench To Consider Interim Report On Pegasus On February 25
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice N V Ramana will be considering on February 25 the interim report submitted to the apex body by the technical committee set up by the CJI through his order given on October 27 last year to go...
