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.New Labour Codes Entrench The Macro-Patriarchal Tenacity Of The Indian State
By Ritu Dewan In India, the conflict between labour and capital has been intensified with the replacement and codification of all labour laws into four Labour Codes in the name of ‘rationalisation’ and ‘ease of doing business’ in order to reduce the labour compliance burden of industries. This has...
Political Parties In Bihar Competing With Each Other For Taking Credit On Caste Census
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political parties in Bihar are competing with each other to take credit for the Union cabinet’s decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming national census. Welcoming the move, RJD has defined it a victory of Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav’s decades of struggle...
India-Pakistan Military Stand-Off: Where Do We Stand On May 1, 2025
By Nitya Chakraborty Ten days have passed since the gruesome killings of 26 people at Pahalgam on April 22. In the following days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a lead to the boiling mood of the nation by announcing a number of measures, including the suspension of the 1960-signed...
Bigger Military Action Against Pakistan May Not Eliminate Cross Border Terrorism
By P Sudhir The terrorist outrage in Pahalgam, which left 26 tourists dead, has united the whole country in condemnation and grief. 25 families spread across India and one family in Nepal saw a beloved family member being murdered in cold blood. By choosing to kill people after ascertaining...
Independent India’s First Caste Census To Impact All Walks Of Life
By Dr. Gyan Pathak By announcing to conduct caste census in India after a gap of about a century, the last being conducted with the Census 1931, PM Narendra Modi led government has not only done away with the independent India’s historical decision not to have caste census at...
Political Leadership Takes Final Decision On War, Not Army Chiefs
By Sushil Kutty The more the three armed forces’ chiefs sit on a decision to strike at Pakistan with uncommon force, the more the chance Pakistan will escape with inconsequential punishment. Point being made is that in the Indian context, a decision on whether or not to go to...
Recessionary Fears Haunt U.S. Economy Once Again As GDP Contracts In First Quarter
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta forecast a sharp decline of 2.7% for US GDP in the first quarter of 2025. That would mark the worst quarter since the Covid era in mid-2020. The US economy has just witnessed its worst quarter since...
Pahalgam Tragedy: What Is The Best Way Ahead For Peace In Kashmir?
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The killing of 26 tourists and injuring of many more tourists in Baisaran in Kashmir was a tragedy beyond words. The terrorists claimed to be part of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s front ‘The Resistance Front’, who have taken the responsibility for this dastardly act. They identified...
Will The Latin American Nations Jointly Challenge Trump On Tariff War?
By Pablo Castaño NEW YORK: On December 2, 1823, US president James Monroe declared that the American continent “was no longer to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” With these apparently well-intended words, the “Monroe Doctrine” was born, which eventually became synonymous with US...
Next Presidential Elections In Bolivia On August 17 This Year Will Be A Stormy One
By W. T. Whitney Jr. NEW YORK: In advance of presidential elections on August 17, 2025, Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Council on April 17 registered 11 political parties and five electoral coalitions. It will soon announce the final list of presidential candidates. Incumbent President Luis Arce, elected in 2020, candidate...
Pahalgam Aftermath: Need To Juggle Economic Interests And Strategic Calculus
By K Raveendran Trump’s aggressive tariff war with China – built on a throwback protectionist logic more suited to the 1800s than today’s intertwined economy – has driven Chinese firms to redeploy their strategies. Major Chinese exporters, now facing punitive U.S. tariffs as high as 145 percent, are desperately...
Politics Over Gayab In A Period Of Intensive Preparations For War
By Sushil Kutty We have heard of the headless chicken flopping about. And of those days of ‘Jhatka’ when headless bled in plain sight. On Tuesday, April 29, a sketch of a headless torso in a kurta-churidar ensemble of rare finish and finery hit the scene. Whose headless torso...
Asian Countries Require Significant Efforts To Close Energy Transition Gap
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Asia and Pacific region’s energy mix is central to achieving global net-zero targets, but it has a 20 per cent higher emission intensity than the global average. The rising energy demand, reliance on coal power generation, energy import dependence, and depth of energy-intensive manufacturing, and...
Despite Setback To Trump, Canadian Election Results Give A Major Relief To India
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The victory of the Liberal Party in the Canadian general elections held on April 28 is a big relief to India and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the NDP led by the Sikh extremist Jagmeet Singh suffered a big defeat losing its...
Kuki-Zos Plan Events In Delhi, Guwahati And Manipur To Mark May 3, 2023
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Two dates – May 1 and May 3 – have assumed significance this time round in Manipur as organisations working for promoting the cause of Kukis, Zomis, Hmars and several others, which together work to realise shared objectives, have chalked out programmes that are...
After A Year Of Stagnation, Indian Cement Industry Poised For High Growth In 2025-26
By Kunal Bose Cement along with some other big polluting industries is being included in the national emissions trading system (ETS). A leading Indian cement producer says: “We are closely watching carbon capturing work by our counterpart in China and other pollution mitigating work done there. The common goal...
BJP’s Christian-Outreach Plan In Kerala Suffers A Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much-hyped BJP’s Christian outreach programme in Kerala has suffered a severe setback, thanks to a self-goal scored by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In the wake of the passage of the Wakf (Amendment) Bill by Parliament, the BJP appeared to have succeeded in making...
Trump’s Second Term’s ‘First 100 Days’: Tariff Chaos, Lower Popularity
By Nitya Chakraborty The United States of America President Donald J. Trump has completed his first one hundred days in office in his second non-consecutive term on April 29, Tuesday amidst continuing global disorder over his chaotic policies — unilateral tariffs hike, failure to establish peace in Gaza with...
