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.Republic Day Has A Chequered History Of Retaining Diversity Of All States
By Kalyani Shankar Petty politics ought not to ruin the solemn atmosphere in celebrating Republic Day. Unfortunately, more avoidable controversies arise between the ruling party and the opposition. For instance, while there is a well-established system for selecting the tableaux, the process becomes a flashpoint for regional politics nearly...
Modi’s IAS Cadre Rule Move Unbecoming Of A Prime Minister
By K Raveendran It takes no rocket science to understand the real reason behind the Modi government’s move to amend cadre rules of IAS and other civil service officers. The Centre has proposed the changes, citing ‘public interest’, but it is obvious that the unilateral move is meant to...
Rightwing Lobby Trying Hard To Revise Indian History On Communal Lines
By Sushil Kutty A revision of Indian history is on the cards. Meaning children will unlearn Aurangzeb and get well-versed in Raja Bhoj and Gangu Teli. For those who do not know, the royal was someone to marvel about while Gangu Teli was hardly worth mentioning, but in the...
J&K’s Baby Steps To Economic Progress Are Both Ironic And Humbling
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav There is little being heard about Jammu and Kashmir in the mainstream media after the abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of the state into two union territories with effect from 31 October 2019. Apart from occasional encounters between security forces and militants, whose number...
EPFO Pensioners’ Forum Calls For NOTA Option In Lok Sabha/Assembly Polls
By Sankar Ray National Employees Pension (1995) Co-ordination Committee, headquartered in Nagpur and affiliated to the Bharat Pensioners Samaj, has shot a letter to the President of India, Chief Justice of India, Prime Minister and all the chief ministers stated that its members unanimously resolved to push the ‘NOTA’...
Virat Kohli Has Left A Rich Legacy In Indian Cricket As A Test Captain
By Harihar Swarup The chaos over the successor in the immediate aftermath of Virat Kohli’s resignation from the Test captaincy tells the story. Following the announcement of Kohli’s stepping down, speculation has been rife over Kohli’s successor in the leadership role. Many have touted Rohit Sharma – who has...
Iran Could Be Unexpected Winner In Ukraine Crisis
By James M Dorsey Iran potentially could emerge as an unintended winner in the escalating crisis over Ukraine. That is, if Russian troops cross the Ukrainian border and talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement fail. An imposition of tough US and European sanctions in response...
Slain President Salvador Allende’s Granddaughter Is Now Chile’s Defence Minister
By Steve Sweeny In Chile, the wheel of history has turned full circle nearly fifty years after the elected Socialist President Salvador Allende was killed in a coup staged by the army generals with the backing of CIA, The date was September 11, 1973.Cuban President Fidel Castro was on...
Government Must Invest In Large Projects To Push Employment
By Nantoo Banerjee For almost two years in a row, the country’s economy faced with an uncertain situation. The Covid-19 pandemic, the Delta variant and the omicron wave are sweeping India as also other parts of the world. The situation brought the worst effect on the country’s job market...
Second Session Of ’Unpaused’ Gives An Objective Portrayal Of Pandemic Reality
By Nitya Chakraborty The second session of Unpaused – A Naya Safar released in the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video last week has offered the viewers the package of five short films like the first one, focusing on different areas of the society hit by the second wave of...
Public Health Spending In 2022-23 Budget Must Be Raised To 5 Per Cent Of GDP
By Dr Arun Mitra Needless to say that health and education form the basis of development of any society. Investment in these two sectors is an asset for the present as well as future. Unfortunately the successive governments have ignored these two sectors. Public health spending is far from...
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Is Emerging As A Real Challenger To BJP
By Sushil Kutty Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s spine is fine. He is also breathing fire, singe-ing erstwhile partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party, right where it hurts. The two political chums broke up after 25 years in the same bed. Today, there is no love lost between the Shiv...
Education Loss Demands Special Provisions
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Almost two years has been lost since the pandemic struck, schools in India are yet to open causing great damage to entire generation of students. Loss is worse than expected, according to several studies, and yet we could not open schools and educational institutions. We...
Bangladesh Is Looking Beyond China For More Economic Assistance
By Ashis Biswas Bangladesh has not gone the way of 35 other low/middle income countries in the world that have run into debt traps, while accepting funds for China-sponsored development projects. Unlike other governments, Bangladesh authorities have not shrunk from scrapping major Chinese road/rail infra projects on grounds of...
The West, Not Russia, Is Responsible For The War Danger In Ukraine
By John Wojcik The world is fearful of possible war once again. This time the hotspot is Ukraine, with the accompanying crisis there and the fact that two of the adversaries, the U.S. and Russia, are the two largest nuclear powers on Earth. Obviously not good! But there is...
Punjab Needs A Totally Renovative Growth Strategy For Coming Years
By Harihar Swarup Lately, Punjab politics has been making headlines, not always for the right reasons. The security lapse during the prime minister’s visit and the infighting within political parties signal that all is not well in the state. At the same time, all parties have made the betterment...
India’s MSME Sector Needs Big Boost In 2022-23 Budget For Job Generation
By Nilanjan Banik At 8:30 am every day, 3000-odd labourers begin their work at a hot rolling steel plant in Jind, a small dusty town in Haryana. Hot rolling steel is used as an intermediary for making steel utensils. Although, the large steel plants have become mechanized, the hot...
Put Healthcare Sector At The Core Of Budget 2022-23
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With uncertainty continues even after two years of COVID-19 crisis, India needs to replace its adhocism with a strong healthcare system, since inter-linkage of the healthcare sector to other sectors of economy has sufficiently proved. When the health sector is week, the whole economy crumbles...
