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.Remembering Georg Weerth, The First German Working Class Poet On His Bicentenary
By Jenny Farrell “Weerth, the German proletariat’s first and most important poet, the son of Rhineland parents, was born in Detmold, where his father was church superintendent.” So wrote Frederick Engels in 1883 of his friend Georg Weerth, who came into the world 200 years ago on February 17,...
Putin’s Deescalation Announcement In Ukraine Is A Master Stroke Of Diplomacy
By Anjan Roy The Russian announcement of de-escalation of its defence posture in eastern borders with Ukraine is a master stroke of diplomacy. Several components of the Russian military formations near Ukraine borders have completed their mission and were being stationed back, Russian defence minister had announced on Wednesday....
Iran At Last Provides A Silver Lining Over Darkening Oil Clouds
By K Raveendran Iran has always provided a shock element to the global crude market, often spooking the market with histrionics linked to disruption in supplies, thanks to overarching intransigence on the nuclear deal. But for a change, Iran is now proving to be a reassuring prospect even as...
Covid Intensity Has Certainly Eased In India But Precautions Must Remain
By Sushil Kutty Has Covid-19 gone? If you think yes, you are not alone. Large chunks of people across continents and countries believe the same. There are still the cautious, those who advise there should not be laxity in Covid-appropriate behaviour. To the majority of world denizens, however, the...
Kerala LDF Govt Has To Ensure Proper Climate For Business In The State
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a strange paradox. While the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government is pulling out all the stops to woo investors, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), affiliated to the CPI(M), is indulging in acts which effectively undermine the Government’s efforts. Two...
Indian Wheat Shipment To Kabul Through Pakistan Finally Gets Moving
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav In a major development that indicates that rational forces are back at work, Pakistan has allowed the shipment of 50,000 tonnes of wheat from India to Afghanistan. Diplomatic sources revealed this in Islamabad on February 14 and hoped that the transportation of wheat to Afghanistan...
Ukrainian Ripples: Turkey, Israel Eye Extended Cooperation In Central Asia
By James M Dorsey Proceedings at a recent dinner in Washington suggested that a forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog could be about more than putting an end to strained relations between the two erstwhile allies. Engineered by an influential American Jewish leader, Malcolm Hoenlein, vice-chair...
Rahul Bajaj Was An Industrialist With Courage, Conviction And Vision
By Harihar Swarup I met Rahul Bajaj first time in Central hall of Parliament when he was an MP in Rajya Sabha; we developed instant liking for each other. As an MP, he made a mark in the upper house as a parliamentarian; he participated in every important debate...
American Natural Gas Interests Have A Role In Fuelling The Ukraine Crisis
By C.J. Atkins Along with trying to militarily absorb Ukraine into NATO, another major factor that’s becoming more apparent in the Biden administration’s unceasing talk of war with Russia is the desire of U.S. energy producers to invade European markets with fracked natural gas. Though the mainstream press is...
Caste Equation Playing Important Role In Third Phase Of Polls In UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Although Samajwadi Party and alliance will get the benefit of trend set in its favour during first two phases of polls in Uttar Pradesh, but Akhilesh Yadav is facing tough challenge from BJP in Yadav land and Bundelkhand in third phase of polling on February...
Channi Or Bhagwant Mann – Who Is The Next Chief Minister In Punjab?
By Sushil Kutty Political parties have been told by the Punjab Pollution Control Board to keep the noise level to the permissible limit. Notices have been issued to a few bombastic politicians. That said, the PPCB diktat matches Navjot Singh Sidhu’s frame of mind. The volatile Punjab Pradesh Congress...
Wordle Is Now The New Mind Game Engaging Attention Of Senior Citizens
By Kalyani Shankar The Covid pandemic has posed a challenge to many people feeling isolated. We are amid the third wave Omricron. People look to new games during the pandemic. For the past two years, I too got clued into New York Times crossword puzzle, mini crossword, Sudoku, letterboxed,...
Inordinate Delay In SC’s Hearing Of FCRA And Electoral Bonds Cases
By Md Tasnimul Hassan The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 , originally enacted in 1976, mandates for all NGOs, associations or groups which intend to receive foreign funding, to obtain a certificate of registration under FCRA. Recently, it was reported that nearly 6,000 organisations including Jamia Millia Islamia, Indian...
Drug Pollution In Rivers Is The Next Danger
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Access to clean water is not a basic human right in India, nor will be in near future, given Modi government’s lenient attitude towards polluters. It had even abstained last year when a motion was moved in the United Nations Human Rights Council that recognized...
Trinamool Congress Further Consolidates Its Position In Bengal
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) made a flying start towards winning the civic polls: blowing away all opposition at Siliguri, Asansol, Chandannagore and Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City). In the first phase of polling, out of 226 urban wards in contention, the TMC...
Philosopher-Politician Debi Prasad Chattopadhayay Is No More
By Sankar Ray Quietly passed away Professor Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya, former Union minister of commerce in the 1970s on 13 February in Kolkata – known as DPC and also ‘Chhoto Debida’ among his juniors in the academia to be differentiated from the older DPC, a Marxist, famous for his...
Global Brands Taking Part In Local Politics Is Unethical And Risky
By Nantoo Banerjee The social media tweets and Instagram/Facebook posts sent out by dealers and outlets of some top order multinational consumer brands in Pakistan in support of ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ and ‘Right to Freedom’ are simply shocking and deserve universal condemnation. Such posts by dealers of those popular...
Chief Ministers Meeting To Save Federalism Is Significant
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand for a stronger Centre is well known by now, and also how these are undermining and weakening the very provision of federalism in the Constitution of India, both in letter and spirit. We also have examples when the Modi government...
