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.Government Responsible For India’s Worst-Ever Oil Price Shock
By Nantoo Banerjee The big surge in global oil prices, especially through the second half of the current year, has been a big cause of concern for large oil importers across the world, including India. This comes at a time when the world is preparing itself to restore economic...
Blockchain Technology And Cryptocurrency Are Fraud-Proof
By K R Sudhaman There might have been some fake news about cryptocurrency, but blockchain technology on which cryptocurrency is based is certainly a disruptive technology. But days are not far off when digital currency and blockchain technology are adopted in a big way not only for digital currency...
Nuclear Arms Pose Grave Threat To Climate
By Dr. Arun Mitra Countries around the globe are meeting at the Conference of Parties – COP 26 at Glasgow. The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC and several civil society organisations have raised serious concerns over deteriorating climatic conditions. The issue has gained importance because the world...
Five-Year Balance Sheet Of Narendra Modi’s Demonetisation Decision
By Satyaki Chakraborty It was five years ago, on that fateful night of November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his ‘historic’ decision of demonetization promising that it would act as a game changer in the Indian economy by driving out black money, weed out fake notes and...
The Two-In-One War Being Fought Over Drugs
By Sushil Kutty Maha Vikas Aghadi minister Nawab Malik is the best thing that has happened to you-tubers in a while. His ‘disclosure a day’ on NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede’s exploits is enough masala to keep raking in you-tube dollars. In fact, some you-tubers have gotten fat just...
Organisation Remains The Weak Link For TMC In Tripura
By Sagarneel Sinha The Trinamool Congress is trying hard again to gain a foothold in Tripura, where the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held his first rally on October 31. It had made several attempts in the past to expand the party in the northeastern state. After the...
Minorities In Bangladesh Ponder Over What Next
By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, a section of beleaguered Hindus in Comilla, Chattogram and other districts, where widespread communal violence had erupted during the Durga Puja, is reconsidering their future citizenship options, according to recent reports; many want to relocate/migrate to other countries in the long run. There is...
Unannounced Internet Outages In J&K Disrupting Civil Life In A Big Way
By Gulzar Bhat Sporting a scraggly beard, Mudasir Ahmad Bhat has his eyes hooked to his mobile screen, trying to open a website. Suddenly the data services vanish, and he has to rush to a nearby locality to get his phone connected to the internet. Bhat, a student from...
Master Political Games Being Played Around Fuel Taxes
By K Raveendran The rather surprise cut in the central tax on diesel and petrol by the Modi government has turned out to be a deft political move. The timing of the announcement itself has been political. The cut came within 24 hours of the by-elections results in 11...
J&K Narrative Changes From Violence To Development
By Harihar Swarup Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent three-day visit to J&K was overdue. That it came over two years after the historic decision to abrogate Article 370 and bifurcate the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories of Ladakh and J&K, reflects the extraordinary times...
State’s Apathy Towards Remission Pleas Of Convicts Causes Concern
By Nikhil Parikshith Recent orders passed by the Supreme Court in Sonadhar vs. State of Chhattisgarh, offer a glimmer of hope for convicts languishing in jails for a considerable period of time. The orders passed in this case reveal the institutional apathy of the competent authorities in States towards...
View From Dhaka – Dynamics Of Subcontinental Communal Politics
By M A Hossain During the British colonial era, religion always played a catalytic role to achieve political power in the Indian Sub-continent. The colonizers subdued the natives to rule using religious division. Even the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 was commenced in the guise of the politics...
Wall Street View – Beware Of A November Market Sell-Off Waiting In The Wings
By Matein Khalid Trend is your friend until the trend comes to an end. So this has been a fabulous year to own US equities and I have surfed the Big Board/Nasdaq wave for high stakes with even occasional high octane leverage to bet on the right puppy. I...
African National Congress Is Losing Its Dominant Role In South African Politics
By Benjamin Fogel South Africa’s 2021 local government elections will go down in history as the moment that Africa’s oldest liberation movement saw its share of the vote slip below 50 per cent for the first time since the end of apartheid. The African National Congress’s (ANC) share of...
Corporate Encroachment On Peasant Agriculture Is A Matter Of Concern For All
By Prabhat Patnaik There are a number of misconceptions about Indian agriculture which, if not removed forthwith, can have potentially adverse effects on the ongoing kisan agitation against the three farm laws. The first of these is the belief that corporate encroachment on peasant agriculture is a matter concerning...
Prime Minister Has To Make Necessary Corrections In His Climate Programme
By Binoy Viswam Global warming is the biggest challenge humanity faces today. No country can afford to ignore its impact on the national and international levels. The Kyoto protocol in 1997 was a landmark initiative where 84 countries came together to address the menace of global warming. In the...
October Labour Market Deterioration Is Baffling
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even the festival season has failed to brighten the labour market. Employment rate fell to 37.3 per cent in October as against 37.9 per cent in September, the labour participation rate (LPR) to 40.4 per cent from 40.7 per cent, while unemployment rate rose to...
Facebook’s Rebranded Meta Bracing For A Dystopian Future?
By Prabir Purkayastha Last week, Zuckerberg at Connect 2021 launched a new company brand Meta. According to Facebook, “…brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand. Meta’s focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities and grow businesses.” Is...
