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.Mamata Banerjee Going The Wholehog In Emerging As Main Challenger To Modi
By Rahil Nora Chopra In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded that the decision to extend BSF’s jurisdiction in the state be withdrawn but the real game plan of Mamata is to unite the opposition parties and...
Killer Virus Does What Biden Could Not Do With His Strategic Release
By Matein Khalid Brent crude is now down 11% to 73 and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is now down a shocking 13% at 68. President Biden may wish to remember the old Persian proverb “do not wish for anything too badly. You may just get it”. Biden had green...
Cuba’s Covid Vaccine Could End Up Saving Millions Of Lives In Poor Countries
By Branko Marcetic Much of the press coverage of Cuba last week focused on the anti-government protests that didn’t eventuate. Less covered has been something of potentially greater global significance: its vaccination drive. After a dire twelve months, when a too hasty reopening sent the pandemic surging, deaths peaking,...
Farmers Forced A Change In Contours Of Indian Politics
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Today, November 26, marks the one year of farmers’ historic struggle, with their numerous protests and rallies across the country that forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strategically retreat and announce the repeal of his three controversial farm laws on November 19, which he seemed...
Mumbai Terror Attack Anniversary: Are We Any Safer Today?
By Sushil Kutty Ten gunmen, members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, carrying AK-47s and grenades, backpacks straining with dry-fruit. The 10 made a maritime entry into Mumbai, walking right through a waterfront village—pictures of curious villagers looking on surfaced later. At that time, on 26/11, the ’10’ were smiling and grinning,...
Success Of Farmers Struggle For Repealing Three Farm Laws Has Been Unique
By Prabhat Patnaik Particular battles often have a significance that goes beyond the immediate context, of which even the combatants may not be fully aware at the time. One such was the Battle of Plassey, which was not even a battle since one side’s general had already been bribed...
Few Takers For PLI Scheme Meant To Energise ‘Make In India’
By Subrata Majumder Make in India has lost steam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flaunted success stories from the rampart of Red Fort in the Independence Speech in 2019. Several attempts were made to rejuvenate Make in India, invoking major reforms like reduction in corporate taxes, land reforms at state...
BJP, SP Forge Alliance With Smaller Parties And Caste Groups
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Since caste is dominant factor in forthcoming assembly polls, both the ruling BJP and its main rival Samajwadi Party are making alliances with small regional parties and various caste group to expand their social base. BJP is working very hard to get support from non-Yadav...
Pinarayi Vijayan Rebuts CAG’s Criticism Against KIIFB
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The war of words between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) over the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Board (KIIFB) has taken a new turn. The confrontation began when the CAG criticized KIIFB in its report placed on the table...
Rich Countries Are Hypocritical On Providing A Path To Net-Zero Carbon Emission
By Prabir Purkayastha Fighting global warming is not just providing a path to net-zero carbon emissions for all countries. It is also about how to meet the energy needs of the people while doing so. If fossil fuels are to be given up as they need to be,...
UAE Chalks Up Significant Diplomatic Success With Pay-Offs
By James M Dorsey Headline-grabbing, fast-paced moves reinforce the UAE’s position as a regional power. They highlight the UAE’s willingness to chart a course that increasingly competes with Saudi Arabia, the Gulf’s regional behemoth; is at times at odds with US policy; and scoffs at assertions of human rights...
Narendra Modi’s Capitulation On Farm Laws Is A Victory Of Wider Consciousness
By Prakash Karat The capitulation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in announcing the repeal of the three farm laws, is a historic victory for the united farmers’ struggle led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). It is a victory which has far wider consequences than just the nullification of...
Oil, Strategic Release, Game Theory And Realpolitik
By Matein Khalid Von Neumann’s Game Theory can model strategic behaviour in the global oil market, as once Admiral Yamamoto used it to model the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and the IDF used it to model Israel’s pre-emptive strike against Nasser’s Egypt in June 1967. So the US...
Modi Perfects An Art Of Compromise Without Confessing
By Krishna Jha It is the moment when you celebrate democracy, yet realise that it is also out of bounds. Prime minister has stepped back on three agrarian laws that were to be among the darkest in the annals of history. The ruling forces have realised that to maintain...
The Story Of Parvaiz Qureshi Standing Up Against Pervez Musharraf
By Sant Kumar Sharma The Indian forces detected intrusion by Pakistani soldiers into Kargil heights in May 1999 and the political leadership of the day, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and others were categorical that they had to be evicted. What followed was massive mobilisation of the Indian Army,...
Indian Crypto Bill Seen As Bid To Strike A Balance
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav October has been extremely good for the cryptocurrency trade. Almost all major coins registered significant gains, with bitcoin closing the month at a staggering $61,880 – surging 40 percent during the period. The next few days were no less momentous as the first digital coin...
AFI Fest Features The Reel And The Real Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin
By Ed Rampell LOS ANGELES: My favorite film at AFI Festival from November 14 to 21I this year was The Real Charlie Chaplin, co-directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, who co-wrote the almost 2-hour biopic with Oliver Kindeberg. The highest compliment I can pay this documentary that traces...
Politics Of Closing And Opening Schools Cannot Improve Air Quality
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After the air quality in the Nation Capital Territory Delhi turned sever and out of control in the second week of November, and the Supreme Court of India made sharp remarks on the failure of governance of November 13, the government of Delhi announced closure...
