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.What The Second Quarter GDP Estimates Reveal
By Prabhat Patnaik It is ironic that government spokespersons should exhibit so much euphoria over the second quarter (July-September) Gross Domestic Product estimate, which shows a drop “only” of 7.5 per cent compared to second quarter 2019-20. The expectation had been that the drop would be larger,...
No End To The Continuing Woes Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Despite the fact that world’s biggest industrial tragedy hit Bhopal thirty six years ago there is no end to the woes of the survivors. Participants in several events held on December 2 and 3 not only recalled the shocking happenings witnessed by...
Isaac Episode In Kerala Govt Is Not A Closed Chapter
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thomas Isaac episode is a closed chapter, says CPI(M) state acting secretary A Vijayaraghavan. It certainly is not. The issues raised by the Finance Minister are very much valid. They need to be discussed and debated in detail and not brushed under...
Priyanka Should Adopt Strategy To Strengthen Party Organisation
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Congress leaders and workers want Mrs Priyanka Gandhi to strengthen the party organisation at grass root level to face 2022 assembly polls. There is a realisation among Congress leaders that Priyanka strategy to confront with Yogi government on people’s issues has succeeded in...
Search On For Filling The Position Of Treasurer Of Congress Party
By Rahil Nora Chopra The sudden demise of Ahmed Patel has triggered speculation about who could become the permanent treasurer of the Congress. The party announced Pawan Bansal’s name as interim treasurer. The entire discourse is based on the misconception that the treasurer is supposed to raise funds...
BJP’s Hyderabad Bid Is A Challenge To Regional Parties
By Prakash Karat The BJP conducted a high-voltage campaign in the just-concluded Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election, the results of which are awaited. Fresh from their victory in the Dubbaka assembly by-election, which they snatched from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the BJP conducted a vicious communal...
Pari Nirvan Of Dr Ambedkar And India’s Problems Today
By D Raja On December 6, 1956 Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar passed away after a brief illness. It is being observed as solemn Pari Nirvan of Dr Ambedkar. Nirvana is the process of enlightenment. Pari Nirvana or Maha Pari Nirvana is the term used to signify the day...
Workers, Farmers Fighting Together For Their Rights
By Amarjeet Kaur Despite all odds, with heavy rains and a typhoon in some states and oppressive methods of the government, the nationwide strike on November 26, 2020 was a grand success, surpassing the participation in the January 8, 2020 General Strike. The number of participants in...
BJP’s It Head Amit Malviya Branded ‘Manipulative Media’
By Sushil Kutty BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya is in the middle of a twitter storm and he cannot honourably tweet about it having been dishonourably tagged and red-flagged with the dubious honorific “manipulated media”, a reference that not even President of the United States Donald J....
Uttar Pradesh “Love Jihad” Ordinance Is A Sarkari Honour Crime
By Kavita Krishnan UP’s new “love jihad” ordinance is a sarkari honour crime against inter-faith relationships. With it, the District Magistrate becomes the government-approved khap panchayat which can arbitrarily decide to separate lovers; deem a marriage illegitimate, and sentence a Muslim man to prison for 5-10 years....
Trump Steps Up Terror Threats In Lead-Up To Biden Inaugural
By John Wojcik A top lawyer for Donald Trump called on national television for the execution of Chris Krebs, the former U.S. cybersecurity chief in charge of protecting the 2020 election from cyberattacks. The president fired Krebs, a lifelong Republican that he appointed, after Krebs described the...
Biden’s New Presidency Has Got Tougher Tasks Compared To Obama
By Nitya Chakraborty Now that the road has been cleared for the President elect Joseph Biden to officially take over on January 20 next year for a four year term, the question has arisen as to what will be the nature of his presidency and the shape of...
‘Desi Amazon’ Is Fine But Not In Government Sector
By K Raveendran The reported move by Government of India to set up a state-owned Indian version of Amazon.com is, to say the least, a move that is against the trend of technological power concentrating away from the hands of governments. In fact, the development of information technology...
Owaisi’s AIMIM Unlikely To Be Of Big Impact In West Bengal Elections
By Sagarneel Sinha After tasting success in the recently concluded Bihar elections, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul (AIMIM) led by Hyderabad MP Assaduddin Owaisi is now concentrating on West Bengal — where polls are just 5 months away. The state has around 27 per cent Muslim population — and...
Modi Ministers Desperately Trying To Divide The Farmers’ Unity
By Arun Srivastava Representatives of 35 farmers’ organisations rejecting Modi government’s offer to set up a new committee which would include the agriculture experts and economists to look into issues, has not come as a surprise. Narendra Modi deputing his ministers to talk to the agitating farmers had...
Indian Students Suffered The Most During Covid-19
By Gyan Pathak Digital India campaign, initiated by not less than the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is now five years and five months old. It was launched under the ‘visionary leadership’ on July 1, 2015. Within the last five years most of the people were made to...
Bank Licences To Corporates Is A Retrogade Step
By C H Venkatachalam With RBI’s Internal Working Group submitting their recommendation that Corporate Houses and Big Business Houses can be allowed as promoters of Banks, a lot of debate is going on. To us in AIBEA, it is not very difficult – rater it is very easy...
RCEP Creates World’s Largest Free Trade Block
By Amiad Horowitz On November 15, a group of 15 countries, including the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other regional powerhouses like China, Japan, and Australia, made history by signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The agreement establishes the...
