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.2020 Was A Mixed Year For BJP And Prime Minister Narendra Modi
By Kalyani Shankar When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath in May 2019 no one would have dreamt of many unexpected challenges he is facing today. Even otherwise, when he returned to power for the second time Modi inherited a long list of problems unresolved during his...
Inflated Ego Of Congress Leadership Is Hurting Building Of Anti-BJP Front
By Arun Srivastava It is a known fact that the Congress leaders are well versed with the art of committing hara-kiri. They cherish to live in their make-believe world and refuse to accept the ground realities. Even in the existing political situation when they and their parry have...
Amit Shah’s North-East Visit Is A Continuance Of BJP’s Act East Policy
By Sagarneel Sinha Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014 at the centre, the saffron party, keeping in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s Act East policy, has always given stress to increase its footprint in the north-eastern region of the country. The...
Mamata Loses Corporate Investment In Agriculture By Opposing Farm Laws
By Subrata Majumder West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is now quite vocal in opposing the three farm laws and has extended unequivocal support to the farmers agitation for the repeal of the acts. She had talks with the agitation leaders and send a delegation of Trinamool MPs...
Failing To Elect Speaker Shows Contempt For Vidhan Sabha
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Democratic institutions are the worst hit in Madhya Pradesh. The ill-effect is so serious that the Vidhan Sabha continues to be headless. The Vidhan Sabha could not elect a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker. The affairs of the Vidhan Sabha are being conducted...
2020 Brought Out Potential Of New Ideas, Talented Actors On OTT Platform
By Papri Sri Raman With home as the world, 2020 has been a bonanza for couch potatoes and others in India amidst a raging debate about large-screen or small. The year began with two exceptional films, big screen releases in last January and February, and exceptionally underplayed promotion-wise...
There Is Little To Celebrate In Brexit Deal Concluded Between EU And Britain
By Ben Chacko Much has been made of the fact that the long-awaited Brexit deal is the first in the “modern era” to erect barriers rather than dismantle them. The sorrowful tone in which this observation is made implies that Britain is shutting the door on progress...
Fake TV TRP Saga Becoming A Gang War Between Republic TV And Times Now
By Sushil Kutty The Mumbai Police has wound a complicated path in its quest to discipline Republic TV, struggling to get a foothold, gaining it and then, inexplicably, losing it at that exact time when it looked like the cops were on top and the journalist was down...
2020: The World’s Deadliest Of Times And Economic Downturns
By Nantoo Banerjee Few will shed tears to sing the dirge of the dying year, 2020. It was a year of fear, the fear of a pandemic the like of which the world never experienced. Covid-19 sent the world into a big death trap and depression. Will the...
End Of India’s “Howdy, Modi” Bonhomie With The USA
By Amulya Ganguli There are bound to be a few glum faces in India’s external affairs ministry over the news of seven American lawmakers approaching the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for interceding with India on the farmers’ issue. The officials in the ministry will...
Clean Energy And High Tech Will Be Drivers Of Global Economy In 2021
By Anjan Roy A well-respected think tank is projecting the new dynamics in world economy in the year of the pandemics which is going to change the league table standings. The uppermost is the long anticipated surprise: that the Chinese economy will overtake the US in sheer...
Living Conditions Of Indian People Suffered Most In 2020
By Gyan Pathak As the year 2020 drawing to a close, silver lines on the horizon have become visible. Some hopes have germinated on the economic front. India has somewhat been emboldened by her prospect to become the fifth-largest economy again by 2025, and third-largest by 2030. However,...
India Gears Up For Cold Chains In Face Of Covid Vaccine Rollout
By Ashok B Sharma India has planned rollout of COVID vaccines first with a dry run in two districts each in states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab considering the geographical locations. The Union government has already consulted with these states for the locations of the dry run....
Teesta Water Sharing Issue May Be Taken Up Only After Bengal Elections
By Ashis Biswas Even as official preparations are on, it is unlikely that the scheduled January 2021 talks between India and Bangladesh on river water sharing will make much progress. The major reason: West Bengal elections. For Bangladesh, this is both good and bad news. The negative...
Covid-19 Impact: Huge Decline In People Accessing Health Services
By Ravi Duggal The impact of Covid-19 in our lives is wide-ranging–loss of livelihoods and incomes, forced migration, increased unemployment, disruption of the education system, reduced access to routine healthcare services, interrupted work and home environments and restrictions on travel, meetings, leisure activities and visits to friends and...
Redrawing Of Parliamentary Constituencies Is Not Enough To Ensure Democracy
By Harihar Swarup The ground-breaking ceremony of the new “People’s Parliament” building took place with considerable fanfare two weeks ago. Under Article 79 of the Constitution, Parliament consists of the President and its two Houses. But neither the President nor the Vice-President, who is also the chairman of...
2020: A Year Everyone Is Happy To See Pass By
By K Raveendran There is no crystal ball to gaze and forecast what is in store for the rest of the century. But 2020 will be marked in history as a real turning point and one of the worst in memory for all contemporaries. We had approached...
Modi’s Ego On Retaining Farm Laws May Prolong Agitation
By Arun Srivastava The much publicised December 25 meeting of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with the agitating farmers was part of the design to project Modi as the modern day statesman and at the same time malign the agitation rather than being an honest exercise to find...
