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.Alternative Trading And Currency Arrangement Is Possible To Fight U.S. Hegemony
By Prabhat Patnaik The imperialist countries led by the US have been imposing unilateral sanctions that do not have any backing from the United Nations against countries that dare to defy their diktat. According to one estimate almost one third of the countries of the world have been subject...
Indian Workers Are Facing Increased Workload, Prolonged Shifts In Changing Scenario
By Dr Bhalchandra Kango In capitalist economy, unemployment is one of the basic needs that keeps the worker always on the edge. The apprehension of job loss haunts all those in employment. And those unemployed keep in wait at the gate to replace those who dare challenge the system....
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal Is A Great News But The Follow Up Depends On Netanyahu
By Asad Mirza Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal; Israel, Qatar and the United States have said, after more than 460 days of a war that has devastated Gaza. Apparently, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under intense American pressure had to convince a lot...
After The Ceasefire In Gaza, Pressure Must Grow To End The Occupation
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The ceasefire in Gaza, at least pausing a 15-month-long genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people waged by a depraved Israeli state, must be welcomed. If the ceasefire takes hold — always a doubt given Israel’s record in these matters — it offers some relief to...
Suman Ghosh’s Docu Journey With Aparna Sen Is An Objective Tribute To A Big Talent
By Tirthankar Mitra Ever since she faced the movie cameras in a tomboy’s role in Satyajit Ray’s Teen Kanya, in 1961,AparnaSen has been a head turner. Her unconventional beauty was heightened by her sex appeal through which her little grey cells brightly shone. No flash in the pan performer,...
Disruptor President-Elect Donald Trump Baffles Peaceniks And Liberals
By Nitya Chakraborty The announcement on Gaza between Israel and Hamas just five days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of USA on January 20 has baffled many leaders of the peace movement as also left liberal political analysts as to how to properly assess the...
Fast-Unto-Death By 112 Farmers At Khanauri Border Is Pathetic
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deteriorating health condition of the farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fast-unto-death hunger strike since November 26, 2024, has become a matter of serious concern, since he has been willing to end his hunger strike if Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government agrees...
Bankrupt Economic Policies Of Modi Govt Have Led To More Suffering For People
By P. Sudhir The GDP growth figures being officially put out are suspect, given the fact that the calculation is based on an implicit inflation rate that is not even a fourth of that emerging from the Consumer Price Index (CPI). But despite such manipulated figures, the fact cannot...
Rahul Gandhi Has Given The Right Focus By Exposing Indore Speech Of Mohan Bhagwat
By Arun Srivastava Rahul Gandhi has come under severe attack from the saffron ecosystem for using the word “the state” while identifying the challenges and ideological threat the country and its people face today. Rahul is not a Marxist. But his remark “We are now fighting the BJP, the...
“Sangathan Srajan” Is A New Mantra For Rebuilding Congress In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: “Sangathan Srajan” Is the new mantra for Congress leaders and workers for building the organisation to face Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2027.Although it is a big challenge for UP Congress leadership to achieve this task but AICC general Secretary incharge of UP Avinash Pande...
Rahul Gandhi Intensifies His Battle Against Sangh Parivar Over Bhagwat’s Remark
By Sushil Kutty Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, returned from wherever he was marking New Year from and promptly stirred the hornet’s nest, which is from where the BJP, RSS and the “Indian State” are forever in conflict with the Congress, the party which fought...
Global Economy To Weaken In 2025, Says 56 Per Cent Of Chief Economists
By Satyaki Chakraborty The global economy is set to face significant challenges in 2025, with 56% of chief economists surveyed expecting conditions to weaken, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook from the World Economic Forum. Only 17% foresee an improvement, pointing to heightened uncertainty in key regions and...
President Biden’s Latest Relief To Cuba Is A Delayed Action But Welcome
By W. T. Whitney Jr. WASHINGTON DC: Only days before he will leave office, President Joe Biden on January. 14 finally removed Cuba from the U.S. list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism” (SSOT). Designating Cuba as a terrorist state has long been a part of the U.S. blockade against...
Mandate Against AAP Leaders Shows Centre Only Weighs Political Dividends Of Corruption
By K Raveendran The latest decision by the Modi government to grant sanction for prosecution of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia marks yet another chapter in the ongoing narrative of central agencies being leveraged for political ends. At its core, the move highlights a...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Declares ‘True Independence Day’ Of India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On January 14, 2025, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat declared that India achieved its ‘True Independence’ on Ram Mandir’s consecration day in Ayodhya, that he called ‘Partishtha Dwadashi’. Ram Mandir was consecrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, 2024, but Bhagwat denied...
Donald Trump To Set The Agenda For Deliberations At World Economic Forum Meet
By Nitya Chakraborty The global body of the multinational CEOs World Economic Forum (WEF) meets annually in January end at Davos in Switzerland to discuss the global issues of development and technology but this year the 2025 conclave of WEF is going to witness an unusual affair of Donald...
Five European Countries Oppose Trump’s Formula For Defence Spending
By Satyaki Chakraborty Only a week before Donald Trump taking over as U.S. President on January 20, defence ministers of five European NATO member nations came out officially against U.S. President elect Donald Trump’s suggestion for raising defence spending to 5 per cent of the country’s GDP. The countries...
Cow Vigilantism Is Still Rampant Threatening Innocent People Of Minority Community
By Krishna Jha It is not the carnage yet, but horror keeps unfolding in various ways. One among them is cow vigilantism. The attack is real and fetal, and as usual the justification is irrational and horrific. A decade and more have gone by, but there has been no...
