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.Principles Of Land Acquisition Must Not Be Violated By Centre
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Modi government has been violating the principles of land acquisition in the country. Lands of the ryats acquired in the name of ‘national interest’, are now being maneuvered in favour of ‘private interest’. It is nothing but land grab from the public by the state...
Punjab Congress Is Always A Hotbed Of Factions And Intrigues
By Sushil Kutty Punjab Congress continues to spring surprises. Ousted Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh left a week ago and everybody thought that’s the end of it. But no, Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu had to unbuckle that belief and give Capt. Amarinder Singh another opportunity to say...
Austrian Communists Emerge As Largest Group In Graz, Second City After Vienna
By Satyaki Chakraborty A new left wing wind is blowing in many parts of Europe and this has been reflected in the outcome of the national and local levels of elections in Germany, Norway, Belgium and now in Austria. On Sunday, voters of Austria’s second largest city after Vienna,...
BJP And Congress Gearing Up Campaign For Bypolls In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: October 30 will witness trial of strength between Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress – two major political parties of Madhya Pradesh. On that day, voters of one Lok Sabha constituency and three Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the state will exercise their franchise. The date of...
Kamla Bhasin’s Death Is A Big Loss To Women Movement In India
By Harihar Swarup Poet, author and a pioneer of the woman’s rights movement in South Asia, Kamla Bhasin is dead after a short but spirited battle against liver cancer. She was 75. Bhasin remained committed to the causes she fought for until the very end, participating in an online...
Donald Trump Really Instigated Coup In Capitol Hill On January
By John Wojcik Thanks to the work of the congressional committee investigating January. 6 and journalists connected with the Washington Post and other outlets, we now know that an actual coup was underway before and on January 6 when the Capitol came under siege from right-wing mobs. The conspiracy...
The Why And Wherefore Of Sudheeran’s Resignation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The resignation of senior Congress leader V M Sudheeran from the State unit’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) constitutes a major setback for the party in Kerala. The seriousness of the crisis can be gauged from the failure of...
Rahul Gandhi Infusing Young Blood In Congress By Inducting Kanhaiya, Jignesh
By Sushil Kutty Former Jawaharlal University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar would henceforth be Congress neta not CPI ‘comrade’. Ditto Jignesh Mevani, ‘independent’ MLA from Vadnagar, Gujarat. The two will grace Congress ranks. Rahul Gandhi himself was at the forefront to welcome the two into the grand old party....
Taliban Regime In Kabul Battling For Diplomatic Recognition With No Success
By Sankar Ray The Talban are on the horns of a serious ideological dilemma. Their sympathisers from the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and from the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud look...
Coalition Making Process In Germany After National Elections, Will Be Long
By Nitya Chakraborty The German voters gave a decisive rebuff to the ruling centre right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the national elections on September 26 as the party of the present chancellor Angela Merkel got only 24.1 per cent of the votes as against 25.7 per cent by...
The Curious Story Behind Google Turning 23 This Week
By Devasis Chattopadhyay The Google Doodle showed that the organization turned 23 on September 27. Is that really so? How interesting. Fascinatingly, even before Google was incorporated in 1998 as a formal corporate entity, the idea of the Doodle was born when Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders...
CJI N V Ramana’s Emphasis On Indianisation Of Justice System Is Welcome
By Vikram Hegde As the Constituent Assembly Debates were drawing to a close, on November 17, 1949, Mr Kengal Hanumanthaiah, who would later become the first Chief Minister of united Mysore State (now Karnataka) remarked: “We wanted the music of Veena or Sitar, but here we have the music...
Can Left Policy Wins At British Labour Party Conference Be Made To Stick?
By Ben Chacko Yawning contradictions between the radicalism of delegates and trade unionists at Britain’s Labour Party s conference and careful hedging from the top table tell us a lot about the state of the Labour Party. The five day conference beginning from September 25 has been eventful despite...
Asia And The Pacific Are Set To Witness Fierce Arms Race
By Nantoo Banerjee The brewing rivalry between the United States and China over the strategic control of parts of Asia and the Pacific region is set to scale new heights in the coming years. This may altogether change the character of the global arms trade which has been increasingly...
India Has Still A Long Wait For Becoming Member Of UN Security Council
By Kalyani Shankar India has been in quest of a place at the UN high table for long. The issue has arisen again during last week’s bilateral meeting in Washington between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India has been lobbying for the Security Council’s expansion...
Bharat Bandh Marks The Changing Contours Of Politics
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Much water has flowed down the Yamuna in one year after September 27, 2020, when the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind had given his assent to Modi’s three controversial farm laws. To mark one year of the assent, the Bharat Bandh observed on September...
Centre’s Talk Of Development To Combat Naxalism Is Welcome
By Sushil Kutty How Mamata Banerjee tamed the Naxals of Junglemahal in 2011 is still lore in West Bengal. Today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah wants to emulate Mamata. True, at that time, it was indeed “Banerjee (who) single-handedly wiped out” the Maoists from West Bengal, but she disappointed...
Ministry Expansion Is A Part Of Mandal Card Of BJP For Assembly Poll
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP has played aggressive mandal card with induction of with three OBCs, two Scheduled Castes, one Scheduled Tribe in Yogi Adityanath ministry . One brahmin was also inducted the ministry. Since BJP is playing both kamandal and Mandal cards to win over support of voters...
