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.Peace Movement Must Be Firm No Foreign Power Should Dabble In Syria
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Israel has invaded Syria, its tanks moving beyond a “buffer zone” adjacent to the illegally occupied Golan Heights to within a few miles of Damascus. Its Defence Minister Israel Katz boasts that its bombers have entirely destroyed the Syrian navy as it sat idle in...
Pakistan Launches Major Offensive To Expand Trade, Investment Ties With Bangladesh
By Nitya Chakraborty On December 9 Monday, Indian foreign secretary held crucial talks in Dhaka with his Bangladesh counterpart as also the head of interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus to find some ways for improving the bilateral relations in the wake of reports of attacks on Hindus by the...
Impact Of Syrian Developments On Oil Could Extend Beyond Short Term Price Trends
By K Raveendran Syria, a relatively minor player in terms of oil production, has emerged as a key player in regional geopolitics. The country’s strategic position in the heart of the Middle East, combined with its deepening ties with Russia and Iran, places it at the centre of ongoing...
For President-Elect Donald Trump, ‘Tariff’ Is A Beautiful Word For American Trade
By Anjan Roy Just as the first Christmas tree of the season is going to be lit up in New York’s iconic Rockefeller Plaza, a popular American TV channel was holding an interview with maker of native Christmas trees for decorating American homes. Lo and behold, what the interview...
Opposition’s Impeachment Notice Against Vice President Is Unprecedented
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In an unprecedented move in the parliamentary history of India, the opposition INDIA bloc submitted a notice on December 10, 2024, at the Rajya Sabha Secretary General P.C. Modi’s office seeking removal of the Chairperson of the Upper House the Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar...
Both CJI And Narendra Modi’s Stand On Places Of Worship Act Hearing On Dec 12 Will Be Watched
By Sushil Kutty Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna has only a short six-month tenure to leave a stamp on India’s psyche. His predecessor Justice DY Chandrachud got two years and he left a stamp, which now refuses to leave him in peace. CJI Chandrachud allegedly played possum...
What Next In Syria’s Geopolitical Game Of Chicken?
By Matein Khalid The late summer and autumn of 2024 may well go down in history as the Berlin Wall moment for the Middle East as the collapse of the Assad dynastic dictatorship will have a seismic geopolitical fall out across the region. Iran has lost its land bridge/weapon...
Making Judiciary Above Suspicion Is The New Task For Chief Justice Of India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The current week is crucial for the Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna. He has a new task in hand –making judiciary above suspicion. The task has come on his way through two sets of petitions – the first was relating to the Places...
Theocratic Punishments Plague India, The Mother Of All Democracies
By Sushil Kutty He almost took a bullet, but survived the assassination attempt. For Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal to undergo religious punishment, it wasn’t God punishing him, his mistakes and decisions, during the time he was Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister, notwithstanding. And it shouldn’t bother any...
Supreme Court Hearing On Places Of Worship Act 1991 On December 12 Is Crucial For The Country
By Arun Srivastava At the first glace it does not appear to be ethically legitimate, complying to the judicial practices, that a three-judge bench would have a relook at the verdict of a five-judge bench which while pronouncing the Ayodhya verdict, had approved the law and held that Places...
Jeremy Seabrook Was A Chronicler Of The Struggles Of The Underprivileged
By Bharat Dogra and Madhu Dogra Jeremy Seabrook, who dedicated his life to writings which speak for the underprivileged and oppressed people everywhere, is no more. He breathed his last in a care home in London on November 30.. He was 86. His absence will be deeply felt by...
Romania’s Annulled Election Sets A Dangerous Precedent For Europe
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The annulment of the first round of Romania’s election marks a new phase in European authoritarianism. Given the growing alienation of populations across the West from “mainstream” politics — Britain is no exception to this — the precedent Romania sets is dangerous. This is the...
Can Germany’s Left Party Die Linke Revive Itself Before 2025 Polls?
By David Broder Julia Damphouse BERLIN: Germany’s Die Linke was once the shining light of the European left. Created in 2007 as a merger between the post-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and a pro-labour breakaway from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), in its first decade Die Linke became...
Russia And Iran Big Losers In Ouster Of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad
By Nitya Chakraborty The already war ravaged West Asian region has entered into a new phase of geo political turmoil with the ouster of the Syrian President Bashar-al Assad Government and the President fleeing from Damascus on Sunday to Moscow and granted asylum there by the Russian Government. The...
De-Dollarisation Move Should Worry Trump More Than Non-Existent BRICS Currency
By Nantoo Banerjee US president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to slap a 100 percent tariff on nine-member BRICS Plus countries if they try to replace the US dollar with a common BRICS currency may at best be called as a panic reaction to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s...
Outgoing President Joe Biden Pardoning His Son Hunter Has Turned Controversial
By Kalyani Shankar Last week, Americans and people worldwide were stunned by the news that President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden. This clemency controversy was significant because Hunter Biden, a family member, contributed to the debate surrounding the pardon. The pardon ensures that Hunter will not be...
Government Data Given In Rajya Sabha Conceals Frightening Unemployment
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The data given by the Union Ministry of State for Labour and Employment Ms. Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on December 5, 2024 conceals the frightening ground level reality of unemployment in India. The pattern is simple – first various government...
The Moment Of Truth For Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi In Maharashtra Politics
By Sushil Kutty The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is coming apart. The Samajwadi Party, which is a component of the INDI-Alliance and has two MLAs in the Maharashtra Assembly distanced itself from the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance and took part in the oath-taking ceremony, which the Congress, Shiv Sena...
