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.Congress Manifesto For Uttar Pradesh Polls Making Positive Impact
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Congress is being watched, more keenly than ever before, not only by all political parties but also by the people in the country in general and Uttar Pradesh in particular, the state that goes to polls with first phase of voting on February 10....
Narendra Modi’s Interview To ANI On February 9 Was A Model Of Misconduct
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ANI interview was by a journalist who hobnobs with BJP leaders. So it was that the questions were to Modi’s comfort level. Most of the 70 minutes went with the feeling that Modi was interviewing Modi! The one-on-one interview setting, however, kept...
Emerging Knowledge Suggests Bitcoin Highly Co-Related To Nasdaq
By Matein Khalid It is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end but it is the end of the beginning. Churchill’s famous words express my own feelings about the latest psychotic Bitcoin cycle. This crypto-puppy was at an all time high of $68,990 last...
James Joyce’s Controversial Novel ‘Ulysses’ Is 100 Years Old This Month
By Jenny Farrell On James Joyce’s 40th birthday, Sylvia Beach in Paris published his now most famous work, Ulysses, written in Trieste, Zurich, and Paris, 1914-1921. That was on February 2, 1922. Excerpts had appeared in the U.S. magazine The Little Review between 1918 and 1920. But deemed obscene,...
Pakistan Advantageously Placed In New Geo-Politics Over Ukraine
By Sankar Ray Between an article, ‘A letter from Prime Minister of Pakistan: Pakistan and China, iron brothers and strategic partners – today and forever’ published in Global Times, state-run English daily in Beijing on 30 January 2021 and the forthcoming visit of Imran Khan Niazi to Russia next...
BJP’s Panic Is Reflected In Its Manifesto 2022 For Uttar Pradesh
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even though the manifestoes of political parties in India released before elections have lost their old values and integrity due to general experience of broken promises, these still offer windows through which one can see what actually has been changing between the two elections. BJP’s...
With Cryptos Under Tax Net, It May Now Be Turn Of Betting
By K Raveendran In the wake of cryptocurrencies gaining legitimacy with the imposition of 30 percent sin tax on the transactions, it may now be considered the next logical step to similarly recognise gambling and betting too as legitimate sporting activity. Revenue to the government has been a compelling...
Inflation Management Has To Be A Key Task To Achieve Budget Goals
By K R Sudhaman The much-hyped general budget is over and rightly it had avoided populism ahead of assembly elections including Uttar Pradesh. This is refreshing as it is deviation from the past as budgets had more populism, big ticket announcements and less substance. But has the budget done...
Kerala Ordinance Hurdle Cleared, Government Breathes Easy
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government is breathing easy with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan shedding his reservations and signing the ordinance seeking to amend the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999. The ordinance has averted a looming political crisis which threatened to overtake the...
Hijabs And Saffron Shawls Are Being Used As Political Pawns In Karnataka
By Sushil Kutty The chickens are coming home to roost—the half-hearted implementation of the Partition of India’s fruits. Across the Wagah border, Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir tweeted his support for Muskan, the Indian college-girl who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ to the ‘Jai Shri Rams’ thrown at her in a Karnataka...
90 Year Old Prabha Atre Is A Scholar Musician Remaining Still Active
By Harihar Swarup Hindustani classical vocalist, Prabha Atre, 90, who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award, continues to challenge ideologies of a rigid system and make classical music approachable to all. Over the last 15 years, Hindustani classical vocalist, Atre, has headlined the Sawai Gandharva...
NATO Members Are Not At Tandem With President Biden’s Anti-Russia Stance
By John Wojcik If the diplomatic events of Monday showed us anything, they indicated with striking clarity that old assumptions about how European security is to be achieved will not, if they ever did, work and that NATO is incapable of bringing the people of Europe the peace they...
The Nation Needs A Strong Congress And Unity Of Opposition Parties
By Kalyani Shankar India is missing an effective Opposition at the Centre and States as it tries to check the surge of the ruling BJP. Political equation often changes before the poll as the enemies become friends and friends become enemies. The BSP and Congress came together in 1996....
Congress-Left Front Brightens Prospects Of Non-BJP Government In Manipur
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Manipur is going for assembly elections in two phases on February 27 and March 7. The politics in the state has gained a higher pitch. There is a very high stake for the ruling BJP led NDA since the state still seems to be heading...
Yogi Adityanath And Akhilesh Yadav Are Confident To Win From Their Seats
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Fighting their assembly polls for the first time Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party national President and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav are facing tough challenge from their rivals but both of them should win convincingly. Though Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh would win their...
Narendra Modi‘s Allegation Against Kejriwal And Uddhav For Migrants Exodus Is Ridiculous
By Sushil Kutty Both Delhi and Mumbai are up in arms. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have watched his tongue. Covid-19 to the world came out of the blue, but when it struck India, it had already proved its killer-instincts across continents. And then when Modi clamped the...
A Story Of Intimidation, Illegality And (No) Right To Information In Gujarat
By Anusha R It is the year 2022, almost 17 years since the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) has been passed. Albeit, in a functional democracy, the emerging field realities would have resulted in legislative changes that would have strengthened the law. However, our experience tells us...
Several South Asian Economies Face Debt Trap
By Nantoo Banerjee A host of South Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, all India’s neighbours, are faced with sovereign debt crisis and growing internal disturbances. Nepal and Bangladesh are becoming increasingly dependant on bilateral loans and FDI flow from China which they may not be...
