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.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...
India Can Not Afford To Have Its Neighbour Bangladesh Remain Hostile For Long
By Kunal Bose Much to its mortification, our country today is surrounded by unfriendly, if not hostile, neighbours. Leave out the Himalayan kingdom Bhutan, which is more like Switzerland equally well disposed to every other nation, the rest of India’s other immediate neighbours having undergone regime changes in recent...
Syrian President Assad Might Have Been Ousted, But Strife Among Winning Rebels May Continue
By Asad Mirza With reports that Syrian President Basher Al Assad has fled the country and the rebel coalition led by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham has seized power and control of major cities in Syria, the bigger question is what will happen now in Syria. How is the West, particularly...
Syria Power Vacuum Has Serious Implications For Middle East Stability
By Arjavi Indraneesh Syria is witnessing seismic shifts in its prolonged conflict, with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime having collapsed amid dwindling support from its critical allies, Russia and Iran. The rebel factions, spearheaded by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), are in control, creating uncertainty about the nation’s political future. This...
In Dhaka TV Channels, Defence ‘Experts’ Talk Of Indian Plan To Grab Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Since the anti Awami League (AL) coup of August 5, Bangladesh interim government authorities have employed grizzled army veterans/defence experts in media panel discussions , to counter what Dhaka perceives as ‘hostile , biased Indian propaganda’. This group of influential people has now come up...
Overawed By Trump, OPEC Struggles To Strike A Balance In Global Oil Market
By K Raveendran OPEC+ has recalibrated its production strategy, extending voluntary output adjustments to stabilize oil markets in the face of uncertain global demand and geopolitical pressures. The alliance’s decision to prolong cuts until the first quarter of 2025 aims to counterbalance potential oversupply and demand fluctuations, particularly linked...
Trump 2.0: Redefining India-US Ties In Technology And Semiconductors
By Girish Linganna Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. President could have a big impact on India-US relations, especially in areas like technology, chips, and semiconductors. As he begins his second term on January 20 next year ,, both countries will face a mix of opportunities and challenges that could...
Industrial Outlook Improving In Bengal With Big Success Of MSMEs
By Arun Srivastava Bengal, earlier known as the state for bandhs by the labour, has attained a prime position for doing business among the states in the country. The state which a decade back was most despised by the leading industrialists as well as academics and political leaders and...
India-Bangladesh Relations Are Getting More And More Complicated On The Minorities Issue
By Sushil Kutty ‘Hindu-Muslim’ is a post-2014 phenomenon. Now, there is the allegation that India is looking at Bangladesh through a “Hindu lens”, instead of looking at Bangladesh through a “Muslim lens.” The critic forgets that Bangladesh is looking at India through a “Muslim lens” and that there is...
