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.BJP’s Official Income Is Peanuts Compared To The Party’s Actual Resources
By Nitya Chakraborty The Election Commission Report on income of the national political parties in India released on Monday shows that the ruling party at the centre and in most of the states, the BJP has made an income of Rs. 3,623 crore in 2019-20 recording a jump of...
Climate Change Is Already Here, No Luxury Of Taking Measures Later
By Anjan Roy Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change — better known by its short acronym, IPCC — has raised a red alert on the grievous situation of earth’s climate. The IPCC’s sixth report, released by the UN on Monday, clearly pointed out that the earth is warming up faster...
Between Elimination Of Poverty And Mitigation Of Climate Change
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is caught between the two immediate responsibilities – binging out millions of its citizens from extreme poverty and mitigating the vagaries of climate change that has threatened the very survival of millions in short term and the whole humanity in general in the long...
India Face A Formidable Task In Achieving The Climate Goals In Next Two Decades
By Sushil Kutty Donald Trump reckons climate does not change, in the sense that global warming is a trick played on earthlings. He dumped both Paris and the Accord. He also christened the United Nations as a useless body. Now, we’ve been warned by the UN’s intergovernmental panel on...
Changing Equations In Indian Union Muslim League In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The all-powerful general secretary of the Indian Union Muslim League, P K Kunhalikutty, is no more the monarch of all that he surveys. The IUML strongman, who has enjoyed unchallenged supremacy in the party for four decades, is losing his grip on the IUML, which...
No Discussion, Few Disclosures: How Centre Puts Democracy At Risk
By Arsh Rampal In January, the Supreme Court mentioned in Rajeev Suri vs Delhi Development Authority, also known as the Central Vista judgment, that India is a representative democracy with aspects of participatory democracy. It noted two integral elements of participatory democracy, i.e., public involvement in decision-making and open...
Big Pandemic Push For India’s Flourishing Porn Trade
By Nantoo Banerjee Like it or not, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a blessing in disguise for India’s fast growing porn film industry, reaching practically every household using 4G cellphones and computers, desk or laptop. For India’s millions, forced to stay at home under lockdown conditions, porn films are...
Mamata’s Delhi Visit Has Galvanized The Congress’s First Family
By Amulya Ganguli It is not so much the threat from the BJP that has made the Congress bestir itself as the possibility of Mamata Banerjee emerging as the front-runner in the race for leading the opposition camp against the ruling party at the centre. Prior to the West...
Healthcare Must Get Top Priority As India Celebrates 75th Independence Day
By Dr Arun Mitra On 15 August 2021 when we celebrate 75th day of independence from the colonial rule, it is important to review what we have achieved in these 74 years. Even though health forms an important issue to be discussed but not much has been talked about...
Left Has To Be More Proactive In Harnessing Unity Of Opposition Parties
By Arun Srivastava The people of Bengal reposed their faith in the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, struck a severe blow to the BJP in the electoral battle of 2021 and in the process also catapulted her as the most potent alternative face to Narendra Modi. This happened at a...
Farmers ‘Modi Gaddi Chhodo’ Movement To Impact National Politics
By Gyan Pathak Farmers have begun ‘Modi Gaddi Chhodo’ (Modi Quit the Seat of Power) from today, the 9th of August, 2021. It is most likely to impact national politics, beginning with Punjab and Uttar Pradesh where elections to the state legislative assemblies are due early next year by...
United Nations Report Sets Out Stark Reality Of The Climate Crisis
By Niall Christie A new United Nations report sets out a stark message on the state of the climate crisis, raising pressure on governments in the run-up to the crucial COP26 summit in Glasgow this November. The report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on...
Lalu-Mulayam Meet Signals Four-Fold Strategy To Counter BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s meeting Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has clearly signaled a four-fold strategy to counter BJP’s political narrative in the country, and Uttar Pradesh will be the first testing ground for the moves and counter moves...
Congress And Trinamool Are Cosying Up Despite Differences In Bengal
By Harihar Swarup Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in the Central Hall of Parliament, catching up with members of the house. The country was gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections, and Mamata was in Delhi on a mission to prop up a ‘United India Opposition’. She bumped into...
Indian Sports Persons Have Potential To Get Not Just Bronze But Gold Medals
By K Raveendran Bronze seems to be the overbearing flavour of this year’s Independence Day celebrations. There is so much of hype about bronze that one is tempted to go back to the market screens and check if prices of silver and gold have crashed, only to find that...
BJP Sees Dip In Popularity In Tripura But CPI(M) Not Yet Gaining Much
By Sagarneel Sinha There has been a view across the state that the ruling BJP under chief minister Biplab Deb has been witnessing a dip in popularity, although it’s influence largely remains intact. There have been allegations of a declining law and order situation since the saffron party came...
Nitish Kumar Repositioning Himself Afresh In National Politics
By Arun Srivastava Instead of surviving on borrowed human resources and strength the JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar has started the exercise of reworking his old trickery and the first step he took in this regard was to install the upper caste Bhumihar face Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh...
Indian Employment Market Is In Acute Crisis Due To Jobless Growth Strategy
By Nilanjan Banik COVID-19 has taken a toll on the Indian economy. The size of the economy (read, GDP) shrank from $2.87 trillion in 2019-20 to $2.66 trillion in 2020-21. GDP growth also slowed from around 4 per cent in 2019 to -8 per cent in 2020. Starting from...
