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.BJP May Be Heading Towards Political Jolt
By Dr. Gyan Pathak February 14, the day of Vidhan Sabha Election in Uttarakhand and Goa is now only a week ahead, but the people of both the states have still been putting the ruling BJP on the tenterhooks, as much as the other political parties. The worse, it...
Pegasus Is Such A Deep Secret That Even RTI Fails To Crack It
y Vinita Deshmukh An application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking information about the purchase of the spyware `Pegasus’ from Israel-based NSO group and the availing of services from NSO is presently languishing as a second appeal at the Central Information Commission (CIC) for the past...
Israel Expands Iran Strategy To Exploit Worsening Domestic Crisis
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has laid out an expanded Israeli strategy to confront Iran that appears to move beyond a potential military strike against the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities. Bennett appeared to be guided not only by concern about the fallout of a unilateral...
Iranian Film ‘A Hero’ Puts The Struggles Of The Working Class Back On Screen
By Eileen Jones There’s a harrowing Iranian drama called A Hero currently playing on Amazon, and it’s getting a lot of attention. It’s sure to be nominated for many awards, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, not just on its own merits but because the much-honoured...
Oil Inching Towards $100-Mark As Bull Cycle Set In Motion
By K Raveendran Crude is climbing above 7-year highs and inching towards the $100-mark, which is no good news for importing countries like India. Although there are downside risks, such as Omicron and gathering clouds over Ukraine, the situation is weighed more in favour of tight supplies. Adding to...
Muslim Politics Facing Big Test In Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections
By Harihar Swarup As the decision dates close in, there is a scramble among parties in Uttar Pradesh to get social formula right in the selection of candidates. The last few days have seen major political players like BSP, Samajwadi Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen announcing a significant...
Budget 2022-23 Is Inadequate To Deal With The Problems Of MSME Sector
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The President of India Ram Nath Kovind and the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sang the praise of MSME sector in India, but struck different notes on performance of the government which indicates a grave faultline lying within that does not meet the eyes. Several provisions...
Demand For Repealing Labour Code By Centre Gaining Momentum
By Satyaki Chakraborty The fight by the central trade unions of the country against the implementation of the central labour codes has been extended to Parliament as Member of Rajya Sabha, Elaram Kareem, introduced on Friday, a Private Member’s Bill seeking the repeal of the Code on Wages,...
Russia And China’s Joint Statement Against NATO Expansion Significant
By John Wojcik Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, issued a joint demand Thursday that NATO halt its plans for further expansion and end their continued push to whip up a “Cold War mentality.” The joint call in the wake of NATO’s preparations for intervening...
Rahul Gandhi Has Offered A Visionary Programme To Fight BJP In 2024 Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Lok Sabha on February 2 during the debate on President’s address, stands out as a major policy programme which has all the points for emerging as a common minimum programme for the political parties who are interested in fighting...
2022-23 Budget Whose Silences On Immediate Issues Are Ominous
By Prabhat Patnaik No budget in recent memory has-been presented at a time when the economy is in such dire straits: unemployment is so bad that there are job riots in Bihar and UP; wealth and income inequalities are among the worst in the world; millions more have been...
Free Access For Pharma Corporates To Loot Rare Forest Wealth
By Dr. Soma Marla During the last winter session of Parliament Union government has introduced amendments to the existing Biological Diversity Act, 2002. It was said that the proposed amendments would ease access to biological resources (including rare medicinal plants, seeds and Traditional knowledge) by the Indian traditional medicine...
SP-RLD Alliance Of Jats And Muslims Crucial Factor In Western UP
By Rahil Nora Chopra With an eye on the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) are trying to revive MAJGAR, the caste combination of Muslim, Ahir (Yadav), Jat, Gujjar and Rajput, which suffered a major dent following the 2013-Muzaffarnagar violence. SP...
The Great Chinese Enigma Continues Despite Narendra Modi’s Bravado
By Sushil Kutty The Chinese have their own idea of immortality. China plans for the next 100 years, if not for the next 1000 years. If that is not immortality, what is? The Middle Kingdom turned communist and Mao Ze Dong took off with a vision, not just for...
Disinvestment Of BEML Faces Resistance From Employees At All Levels
By Rahul Chakraborty The Narendra Modi Government’s move to disinvest the public sector Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BMEL) is getting stiff resistance from both the employees of the company as also the former bureaucrats who are expert in the process of disinvestment. There is widespread anger among the central...
Socialist Cuba Has Withstood Sixty Years Of United States Blockade With Dignity
By Satyaki Chakraborty Sixty years have passed since the then United States President John Kennedy initiated economic blockade against Cuba headed by Fidel Castro which is still continuing now. On February 3, 1962, the blockade was first initiated in the form of embargo on all trade between Cuba and...
Indonesia’s Holocaust Museum Highlights Stakes In Battle For Soul Of Islam
By James M Dorsey Controversy over the opening of Southeast Asia’s first Holocaust museum highlights differences in the Muslim world over the limits of religious tolerance and Muslims’ ability to debate those limits. The controversy over the museum in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, home to one of Indonesia’s two known...
Narendra Modi Government Has No Defence Now In Favour Of Its Stand On Pegasus
By Krishna Jha “… Though the Israeli government’s oversight was meant to prevent the powerful spyware from being used in repressive ways, Pegasus has been sold to Poland, Hungary and India, despite those countries’ questionable records on human rights…” wrote Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti of the New York...
