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.Christians In India Are Worried As Attacks By Hindutva Groups Increase
By Shreyasi Singh There has been a continuous increase in violence committed against Christians by Hindutva groups, which have largely been unnoticed in the media. On October 21, the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, United Against Hate, and United Christian Forum jointly released a fact-finding report highlighting...
Sonia Gandhi Has Established Firm Family Hegemony On Congress Party
By Harihar Swarup “I am a full-time and hands-on Congress president,” snapped Sonia Gandhi at October 16 CWC meeting and sent out an unambiguous message: On the question of Congress leadership there is no challenging the Gandhi family. Sonia has always been the keeper of the Nehru-Gandhi family flame,...
Vaccination Feat An Eye-Opener To The Power Of Inclusive Policies
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot be more right that the feat of 1 billion vaccinations is a symbol of national unity and strength. There have been no hues to the vaccination drive: no saffron, no green, no red. There was no caste, no religion either. It...
India Needs Urgent Action Against Forced Labour
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A joint statement by G7 Trade Ministers has signalled that they are going to harden their stand to eradicate use of all forms of forced labour in global supply chains, including state-sponsored forced labour of vulnerable groups and minorities, including in the agricultural, solar, and...
Protesting Farmers Need To Keep Their Ranks United To Fight For Their Demands
By Sushil Kutty India’s ‘praja’ is apportioned in two camps, both hating the guts of the other. There’s the ‘left’, and there’s the ‘right’ with the Congress supporters shifting toward the left from the no longer coveted centre. In the last 11 months, however, there is a third camp...
Deepening Faultlines In Congress Party In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The more things change, the more they remain the same in Congress in Kerala. As a wag has put, it is old wine in new bottle. He was referring to the reorganization of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). What has happened, in the process,...
Environmental Historians Predict Oceanic Disaster In Myanmar
By Subhankar Gupta Oceanic catastrophes, due to climatic vulnerability, await Myanmar along the coastlines, as a sequel to which the basic development plans, particularly exploitation of rich natural gas fields, face grave uncertainties. The potential devastation from the changing climate may extend to the Nicobar Islands face. The threat...
London Film Festival 2021 Showed Variety Of Subjects Of Big Interest
By Maria Duarte Panah Panahi’s debut Iranian family road trip movie Hit The Road won the top award at this year’s BFI London Film Festival which returned in full swing despite the ongoing pandemic. It opened with London-born musician and film-maker Jeymes Samuel’s debut feature, bold and stylish Western...
Centre’s Questioning Of Global Hunger Index Methodology Is Shocking
By Prabhat Patnaik The Modi government’s attempt to “explain” away India’s slipping from being 94th on the world hunger index in 2020 to 101st in 2021, a rank well below that of neighbours Pakistan, Nepal or Bangladesh, by questioning the “methodology” of the index, is jejune enough;...
Coming Climate Summit Must Take Due Care Of The Woes Of Developing Countries
By Dr Soma Marla Aftermath of the Paris Agreement in 2015, Conference of Parties( COP) meetings are being held every two years, attended by heads of state, diplomats, business leaders, campaigners and journalists from all nations to discuss the progress achieved since the last conference on various steps taken...
World Bank’s Ease Of Doing Business Index Is Misleading
By N Shankar World Bank was publishing its Ease of Doing Business Index and Ranking of countries every year after its so called study and World Bank and Its Misleading Ease of Doing Business Index researches. Such rankings and index were based on various parameters, relating to countries...
Unbriddled Lust For New Profit Endangering Human Rights
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Greed always makes victims – both the person who is carried away by it and the persons targeted. Shrewd ones camouflage it in the name of development, nationalism, new source of capitals, and public welfare, while the unsuspecting innocent common people become their victims....
Political Parties Have Become Family Properties In Tamil Nadu
By K R Sudhaman Durai Vaiko, son of regional party in Tamil Nadu, MDMK general secretary Vaiko, has been appointed as headquarters secretary of the party lately. This move paves the way for the mantle to fall on the son. MDMK is a breakaway fringe political party in...
40 Per Cent Of Seats For Women Candidates: Priyanka Leads The Way
By Rahil Nora Chopra In a bid to woo women voters into its fold and consolidate its support base in Uttar Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has declared that the party will be giving out 40 per cent of its tickets to women candidates in the upcoming...
India’s Present Distorted Economic Recovery Is Widening Inequality Further
By Nitya Chakraborty Two recent reports – one the World Economic Outlook (WEO) released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the other on employment status study made by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) have once again shown how the present economic policies of the Narendra Modi...
Fundamentalist Forces Are Posing Serious Threat To Secularism In South Asia
By Prakash Karat The series of targeted killings of minorities and migrant workers by terrorist groups in the Kashmir Valley have pushed the besieged territory of Jammu & Kashmir into new depths of despair and gloom. The diabolical aim of killing school teachers, street vendors and migrant workers is...
Global Hunger Index Ranking Of India Has Shattered Modi’s Propaganda
By Binoy Viswam The Global Hunger Index (GHI) has shattered the propaganda fanfare of the Narendra Modi government. The government along with its army of pracharaks was claiming that it has successfully resolved all the burning issues of the country. Some of the enthusiasts among them even went to...
Milestone That Reminds India The Cost Of Unpreparedness
By Gyan Pathak India achieves a milestone by administering 100 crore doses, including both the first and second doses, of anti-corona vaccines. The achievement is celebrated across the country, and it was good. However, it still reminds the cost of unpreparedness the country has paid since the first case...
