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.Unprecedentedly High Digital Surveillance Puts Human Rights At Risk
By Gyan Pathak July’s controversy over Pegasus spyware, that affected thousands of people in 45 countries including India, has now attracted even UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Michelle Bachelet’s call for a moratorium on sale and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems until adequate safeguards are put...
Hard Choices For Council On Shfting Petroleum Products To GST
K Raveendran All eyes are on the possible outcome of a crucial meeting of a ministerial panel of the GST council meeting on Friday, which is scheduled to consider bringing petroleum products under the GST regime. If there is agreement to do so, it would be great relief for...
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Poll Is Getting All Focus From Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty The most populous state of Uttar Pradesh is in election mode with the correct people making the correct noises at the correct time. For beginners, Congress leader Salman Khurshid has named Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the vanguard for the Congress, and Samajwadi Party top-man Akhilesh Yadav...
Priyanka Gandhi Galvanises Congress Cadres In Uttar Pradesh For Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Mrs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra AICC general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh during recent three day visit to Lucknow not only boosted morale of party leaders and workers but also gave mantra of strong organisation to win forthcoming state assembly polls. During her stay in...
Clean Energy Is Imperative To Transform India
BY Dr. Gyan Pathak Vagaries of climate change have tremendously increased the clean energy needs for India that needs a paradigm shift in its overall energy policy. It will ultimately change almost all aspects of human development. To make the transition smooth, India will have to devise better plan...
Labour Party Set To Lead Left Leaning Coalition Govt In Norway
By Sankar Ray Arbeiderpartiet (Ap), Norway’s Labour Party, partnering with Senterpartiet (Sp), ,Centre Party.and Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV),Socialist Left is set to form the next national government in this Scandinavian country Erna Solberg,Prime Minister of Norway, heading the Høyre (H),Conservatives, has conceded defeat in the general election Her party suffered...
New Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund Is An Enigma
By Harihar Swarup Mullah Hassan Akhund is the Prime Minister of war-ravaged Afghanistan. He is the chief of the Taliban’s powerful decision-making body ‘Rehbari Shura’. He has served as foreign minister under Taliban’s old regime, and is said to be close to Taliban’s spiritual leader Akhundzada. Known to be...
Narendra Modi’s Birthday Celebration Will Be A Mega Event For BJP
By Kalyani Shankar Who does not want a birthday bash, particularly politicians? It has been in vogue for many years, particularly among the famous and populist leaders. There are dedicated birthday functions for Nehru (November 14), Mahatma Gandhi (October 2), Indira Gandhi (November 19), Ambedkar (April 24), and so...
Indian Left Faces A Massive Task To Fight The RSS-BJP Regime At Centre
By D. Raja The Communist movement in India is almost a century old now and remains an important actor in the Indian political scene. From fighting the British imperialists to the inequalities of the Indian society, the Communist Left is one force which was at the forefront of these...
Yogi Adityanath’s Anti-Muslim Slur Has Reached Its Lowest EBB
By Sushil Kutty Is it time to hold Yogi Adityanath’s feet to the fire? This man often forgets he’s “respectable” Chief Minister. Besides, how many more months does Yogi Adityanath have as Chief Minister of UP? Max 6 months; perhaps seven or eight months. There are folks who say...
Custodial Death Of A Tribal Angers People Against Shivraj Ministry
By L S HERDENIA BHOPAL: Can a senior leader describe his own party’s MPs, MLAs as ‘Nalayak’ (inefficient or undeserving)? But this unusual episode has happened in Madhya Pradesh. Murlidhar Rao, central BJP observer used ‘Nalayak’ epithet to describe his party leaders. Addressing party conclave he said that during...
Kerala BJP Rebels Up The Ante, Seek Change Of Guard
By P. Sreekumaran The dissidents in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit in Kerala have upped the ante, after a long lull, by forcefully demanding a change in the party’s state leadership. The core committee meeting of the BJP in the state, which met in Kochi the other day,...
New Regional Alliance Emerging In North East To Combat BJP Led NEDA
By Sagarneel Sinha After BJP came to power for the first time in Assam, the saffron party, to strengthen itself and to counter the Congress, formed an alliance in the year 2016 by bringing non-Congress parties together. It was named the NorthEast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and BJP’s strongman in...
Rethinking Is Needed Over High-Speed Railways In India
By Gyan Pathak COVID-19 struck India in early 2020, and the country was put under general lockdown on March 24. The passenger traffic on railway tracks was immediately stopped. On May 1, India restarted running first special passenger train for migrant workers. One by one, special trains restarted, but...
Twenty Years Ago, Saudi Government Got Away With Their Crime
By Branko Marcetic One of the still unsolved mysteries of the September 11,2001 attacks is how the foreign government that was by far the most responsible for that atrocity got off completely scot-free — and, in fact, proceeded to be lavishly rewarded by Washington for years to come. If...
China Is India’s Top Import Source Despite Boycott Calls
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s massive annual imports from China are known. But, little is told about India’s large unclear imports from the communist neighbour, a global nuclear heavyweight. Last year, India’s second largest category of import from China was under the grouping of nuclear reactors, boilers and machinery. The...
Modi Govt On Backfoot In Supreme Court Hearing On Pegasus Issue
By Nitya Chakraborty The Narendra Modi Government on Monday refused to file a detailed affidavit on its stand on the Pegasus snooping issue annoying the Supreme Court judges who reminded the solicitor general Tushar Mehta that the Court had earlier given opportunities to the centre to file affidavit twice...
Modi’s Experiment With CM Change Before Polls, Covers Gujarat Now
By Sushil Kutty Nobody outside Gujarat knew there existed a Bhupendra Patel in the Gujarat assembly till the other day. Then, this man with a fringe of grey running a half-circle round the back of the head, is handed the baton by outgoing Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who had...
