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.Did Amit Shah Deliberately Target Ambedkar? The RSS Believes So
By Arun Srivastava The situation has gone out of hand. The tiger nurtured by the RSS has tasted blood. And RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat giving the impression he can goad the monster is nothing but a blinkered attempt to fool the people. The RSS claim that it’s a cultural...
Tripura’s Tribal Body Faces Fund Crunch, Will 16th FinCom Take Up Cause?
By Rabindra Nath Sinha Will the 16th Finance Commission, which has begun its exercise, be more sympathetic to India’s tribal areas than its predecessor? Will the commission, mandated by the Constitution and whose recommendations hold good for five years, devise ways to alleviate the chronic fund crunch of these...
Can Revised EU Product Liability Directive Serve As Blueprint For India?
By Harsh Gour On December 8, 2024, the European Union (EU) implemented the revised product liability directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853). This brings in a significant change in product liability rules. This update expands on the concepts outlined by the 1985 guideline. Nonetheless, it amends them to handle the difficulties...
UK Economy Seeking To Strike A Balance Amidst GDP Decline
By Tirthankar Mitra Consecutive monthly decline in GDP marking the first back to back contraction since the Covid-19 lockdown are signals to UK economy policymakers to clear the decks for a precarious balancing act. This is necessary to stabilise short-term economic performance while fostering long-term growth. Systemic vulnerabilities are...
Centre’s New Agri Policy Would Reincarnate Three Aborted Farm Laws
By Dr. Soma Marla The Union Ministry of Agriculture recently circulated a new draft for a policy framework concerning agricultural marketing. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, additional secretary in the ministry, proposed the draft to revamp the existing framework. According to the government, the proposed universal tax on agricultural produce will...
Humanity Needs Urgent Protection From Onslaught Of Artificial Intelligence
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Things in the course of development of Artificial Intelligence have come to such a pass that the General Secretary of the United Nations António Guterres had to warn the world about the impending danger to the entire humanity. And any delay in putting in place...
Parliament Fracas A BJP Plot To Arrest And Jail Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava It is a disease called ‘Rahulphobia’, which afflicts the Gujarat duo. The phobia is a proven strategy to defame Rahul Gandhi and possibly send him to jail. On Thursday, the Makar Dwar of Parliament saw violent scenes, unprecedented in the history of parliamentary democracy in India....
Can The Congress Be Revived In UP Without Samajwadi Party’s Support?
By Pradeep Kapoor Can the Congress be revived in Uttar Pradesh to challenge BJP in 2027? This is the question agitating senior leaders and Congress workers. Especially after the manner in which INDIA partner Samajwadi Party performed in the recent by-elections for nine seats. Senior Congress leaders and Congress...
Down And Out In INDIA Bloc, Congress Fights The Blues
By Rahil Nora Chopra In the wake of significant electoral defeats, Congress’ allies are seeking to reframe the power equations. For instance, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Congress to justify its leadership role in the INDI-Alliance instead of taking it for granted. TMC Chief...
Right To Information Is Being Constricted By Government & Judiciary
By Shailesh Gandhi I saw a video on YouTube in which the Supreme Court was scolding a young lawyer for having sought information about a municipal body by inspection. The court was asking him why he wanted this information and telling him not to use the right to information...
Elon Musk Gets Donald Trump To Push For Government Shutdown
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik Apparently heeding his corporate “handler,” multibillionaire Elon Musk, Republican President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed a spending agreement covering the federal government from now through March 14 unless congressional Democrats raised the U.S. debt ceiling. Musk and Trump don’t want to deal with the mess...
Physical Confrontation In Parliament Is A Symptom Of Democratic Breakdown
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Just a day before the scheduled end of the winter session of the Parliament of India, the confrontation between the ruling NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc turned physical at its entrance, and several MPs were injured. It is something different from the issue-based confrontations...
Bills On Simultaneous Elections Are Damaging To The Constitution
By P. Sudhir Two days after the BJP leaders waxed eloquent about protecting the Constitution in the debate in the Lok Sabha to mark the 75th anniversary of the framing of the Constitution, the Modi government has introduced a Constitution Amendment Bill, which seeks to damage the Constitution and...
Pushed And Shoved When Making A Fashion Statement In Parliament
By Sushil Kutty When push comes to shove, there’s no beating LoP in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, the only muscular MP in Parliament who can stand up to the ‘56” ki Chaati’ though there are pictures of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju flexing his muscles in a gym....
Indian Economy With Its Possible 6.6 Per Cent Growth Rate In 2024-25 Is Not Doing Too Badly
By Anjan Roy Within the span of this week, we have got two completely different and contrasting views of the Indian economy — one from the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and the other from the leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi. Both could not be true at the same...
In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party And Congress Have To Function More As A Team
By Arun Srivastava An impression had gained ground that Uttar Pradesh is the stronghold of the rightist forces led by RSS and BJP and the saffron ecosystem intends to turn it into the Hindutva laboratory. While the results of the Lok Sabha have shattered this belief, the latest developments...
Communist Party Of India Entering Its Centenary Year With A Legacy Of Glorious Struggle
By Krishna Jha In 2025, in December, Communist Party of India completes a glorious century of a revolutionary past. It was a continual process, involving every single moment, in past, in present and also in future. Through prolonged popular struggles, it has been moving on, with power, without power....
New French Prime Minister Francis Bayrou Is Facing The Same Fate As Michael Barnier
By Tirthankar Mitra France is struggling with political gridlock, economic uncertainty and public discontent. The new prime minister, Francis Bayrou has to run an obstacle race in this scenario. Bayrou is a seasoned centrist with decades of political experience. It is pragmatic on the part of President Emanuel Macron...
