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.India-Russia Bilateral Relations Have A Long Chequered History
By Sushil Kutty India-Russia ties are an extension of the Indo-Soviet bonhomie that lasted several decades, nurtured by successive leaders of both countries. The break-up of the Soviet Union and the emergence of Russia did not weaken the ties. The changes were more in India’s relationship with the United...
Education Crisis Is Worse Than Earlier Assessed
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At current value, the students of the world would lose their lifetime earning to the tune of $17 trillion, which far exceeds the $10 trillion estimated a year ago, indicating that the global education crisis due to closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic is...
Kodiyeri’s Return A Booster Shot For Kerala CPI-M
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The return of Kodiyeri Balakrishnan as the secretary of the Kerala CPI(M) is the best thing that has happened to the party, which is plagued by a plethora of problems. Kodiyeri is back at the CPI(M)’s helm a year after he stepped down on health...
El Salvador Is Steadily Emerging As Crypto Currency Capital Of World
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The El Salvador government headed by its colorful president Nayib Bukele adopted bitcoin as the legal tender with effect from 7 September 2021. At the UN General Assembly later that month, Bukele stood at the podium and took a selfie. Turning to the audience he...
Myanmar Communists To Opt For Armed Struggle To Oust Military Junta
By Satyaki Chakraborty The struggle of the civilian population of Myanmar against the ruling military junta has reached a new phase following the conviction of the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi to four year jail term which was later cut to half....
Anand Teltumbde Has A Right To Temporary Bail From NIA Court
By Hamza Lakdawala On December 1, the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Mumbai rejected the plea of Anand Teltumbde, who was seeking temporary bail of 15 days to meet his mother and family after the recent death of his brother Milind Teltumbde in an alleged encounter with...
Forty Years Later, “Reds” Is Still One Of The Best Political Films In USA
By Jim Poe Reds is a grand-scale historical drama based around the life and career of John Reed, a North American journalist who travelled to Russia to chronicle the Revolution. Based on his firsthand observations, Reed wrote Ten Days That Shook the World, his 1919 classic account of the...
Regulating Cryptocurrency Poses Big Challenge Before Governments
By Nantoo Banerjee The cryptocurrency and regulation of official digital currency bill 2021 is awaiting introduction during the current winter session even as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Parliament that the government has no proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency in the country. She also informed the...
Centre Has To Repeal AFSPA Immediately After Nagaland Developments
By Sushil Kutty The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958’s killing spree continues, begging the question for the nth time whether it isn’t long overdue for its removal lock, stock and barrel? Thirteen Naga civilians cannot reply to that question. They were in coffins wrapped in colourful linen, killed...
Babri Masjid Demolition Inspired Barbaric Bamiyan Desecration
By Sankar Ray The demolition of Babri Masjid – one of the stand-erect treasures of the Sharqi School of Architecture – on 6 December 1992 was a despicable and immoral inspiration to the Taliban. Roughly nine years thereafter, they dynamited two of the largest standing Buddha figures in the...
First Nuclear Power Plant In North India At Fatehabad In Haryana
By Dr Arun Mitra The climate crisis has forced the global community to debate over viable alternatives to the fossil fuels about which there is consensus that these are major cause of carbon generation responsible for climate crisis. There is also consensus on that renewable resources are the best...
Bangladesh Ahead Of India In Key Growth Indicators
By Ashis Biswas Even while struggling economically during the Covid 19 pandemic, Bangladesh has eclipsed India in terms of per capita GDP earnings, achieving a major milestone. Its growth story does not end here: IMF and other agencies estimate that it will stay ahead of India for the next...
`Desert Scorpions’ Played Part In Capture Of 13,000 Sq Km Of Sindh
By Sant Kumar Sharma In the 1965 India-Pakistan war, the Indian army faced lots of problems and serious setbacks because of lightening raids by Hurs. It is a sect of Sufis headed by Pir Pagara who has good numbers of adherents in the Sindh province. The Pakistan Army used...
Tamil Film Jai Bhim Is Brutal Portrayal Of Police Atrocities On Dalits
By Papri Sri Raman A number of Tamil filmmaker are telling Dalit stories anew these days, what has changed here is the perpetrator –not the traditional upper caste landlord –it is the state. The state is the people’s opponent, using a colonial, outdated instrument of oppression, the police. Where...
UPA: The One-Way Traffic Towards The Door
By Harihar Swarup On a visit to Mumbai on Wednesday, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made two politically significant statements. She said it would be easy to defeat the BJP, should all regional parties come together. And after a meeting with NCP chief Sharad...
India Was Fully Prepared For War With Pakistan On December 3, 1971
By Nitya Chakraborty ‘Gentlemen, I am late because we are at war. Pakistan has attacked India on the western front and we have retaliated. We are officially at war now’. That was what the Information & Broadcasting Secretary of the Government of India R C Dutt, belonging to ICS,...
Covid Response Needs Scaling Up To Meet Omicron Challenge
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though COVID-19 is almost under control in India, the emergence of Omicron variant should be considered as early warning for the challenges ahead. Gearing up for the Omicron challenge must also include scaling up of health infrastructure for making the country fully prepared for any...
Factors That May Have Prompted Unexplained LNG Price Hike
By K Raveendran Neither the government nor the gas companies have explained why the LPG prices for commercial cylinders have been increased, a decision that has caused widespread concern on its effect on the slowly recovering economy. Both seem to believe that they don’t owe an explanation anyway as...
