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.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...
Twin Bills For One Nation One Election Must Be Examined For Potential Risks
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The twin bills introduced in the Lok Sabah on December 17 seeking ‘one nation and one election’ – ie simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of the States and Union Territories –contains provisions of too much centralization of the governance in India...
India Leads Central Bank Buying Of Gold In What Is Seen As A Strategic Move
By K Raveendran The Reserve Bank of India has accounted for nearly half of all gold purchases by central bank in October this year. According to the World Gold Council, RBI bought 48 percent of all the gold that the central banks bought that month, adding a whopping 27...
Israel And Hamas Nearing An Agreement On Ceasefire By Christmas
By Satyaki Chakraborty After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer to a ceasefire 14 months into Israel’s invasion of Gaza. So far 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war that began on October 7 last year. Earlier also reports came out about possible...
Syria Developments Might Give Kurds New Opportunity To Bounce Back
By Manish Rai Shoresh Ismail Abdulla is the Minister of Peshmerga affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The Peshmergas are the military forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and one of the most capable forces in the region, which pushed back ISIS from its strongholds. Currently, Peshmerga...
Leader Of The Opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s Fortunes Are On Decline
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: A fountainhead of criticism and opposition to Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari is on a backfoot. And to make matters worse, it is in his own backyard Contai where the state’s ruling dispensation’s most...
Can Bernie Sanders And Elon Musk Jointly Bring Down U.S. Military Budget?
By Nitya Chakraborty Leftwing Democratic senator Bernie Sanders is a veteran self proclaimed socialist who has been consistently fighting for drastic cut in the budget of the U.S. military since his election as a young senator from Vermont decades ago. In the November elections, he won his seat for...
Unbridled Import Of Gold Widens Trade Deficit To A Record High
By Dr. Gyan Pathak One of the rationales brought forward by the Union Government of India for its pro-gold policy measures in the Budget 2024-25 was to address the vulnerabilities of the Indian Rupee, but today on December 17, 2024 it fell to a record low of Rs 84.93...
Main Political Party BNP Is In A Confrontation Mood With Dr. Mohammad Yunus
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Current Chief Adviser to the Bangladesh Caretaker Government, Dr Mohammad Yunus as a Nobel-winning economist, is known to have many friends in high places, starting from Mrs Hilary Clinton. Unfortunately, he has not yet succeeded in influencing too many people in Bangladesh on present indications,...
