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to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.The United Nations Charter Is Outdated And Unfit For Serving The Purpose
By Shreya Bansal From signing the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 to the United Nations (UN) Charter in 1945, the world has come a long way in its struggle to establish an organisation subordinated to no Earthly authority that upholds dignity and keeps a check on the untrampled exercise...
BJP’s Big Drive For Freebies To Voters Before Jharkhand Polls
By Rabindra Nath Sinha RANCHI: Hogging the limelight in the Jharkhand Assembly elections this time round are the women voters the sheer number of whom has compelled the two main contending coalitions the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led ruling side and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Opposition – to be generous in...
The Many Twists And Turns In The Career Of Bangladesh Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus
By Kunal Bose KOLKATA: Rajakaar is a pejorative term. This is used to describe pro-Pakistani collaborators during the war of independence of Bangladesh. Enraged by student protests, which at an advanced stage were joined by people from different walks of life, against the quota system reserving 56 per cent...
Playwright And Actor Manoj Mitra Was An Icon In Bengali Theatre For Five Decades
By Satyaki Chakraborty Leading playwright and actor of Bengal, Manoj Mitra dominated the Bengali theatre scene for more than five decades making his distinctive mark as a writer, actor, teacher and director. He passed away at the age of 86 in Kolkata on November 10 morning following a brief...
Donald Trump’s Return Threatens Renewed Assault On Venezuela
By Tim Young LONDON: The US election result raises the spectre of Trump renewing the assault on Venezuela that his loss to Biden interrupted in 2020. In office between 2016 and 2020, Trump’s approach to Latin America showed an implacable hostility towards Venezuela, as well as other governments in...
Thousands More People Dying In Poverty In Britain, Research Reveals
By Peter Lazenby LONDON: Thousands more people are dying in poverty in Britain, including fuel poverty, shocking new research has revealed. Victims include people suffering end-of-life illnesses who are suffering the highest increases in poverty and cannot afford to heat their homes. The research by Loughborough University for end-of-life...
Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus Is On His Way Out By March Next
By Nitya Chakraborty Three months after the installation of the interim government in Bangladesh headed by chief adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the politics of the 18 crore-nation has landed in fresh turmoil after the win of the Republican candidate Donald Trump in the just concluded November 5 presidential elections....
INDIA Bloc Has An Edge Over BJP Led NDA In First Phase Of Election In Jharkhand
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At the end of election campaign for the first phase of Vidhan Sabha Election in Jharkhand scheduled to be held on November 13, 2024 for 43 of 81-member Vidhan Sabha, INDIA bloc led by JMM seems to have an edge over BJP led NDA. Threefold...
Are The Indian Muslims Taking Their Destiny In Their Own Hands Now?
By Sushil Kutty With the Winter Session of Parliament due to begin its session on November 25, there is mounting panic in secular parties and in the Muslim community, which never votes for the BJP. Today, 78 years after India’s independence, Muslims are afraid they’re losing their special status...
Sri Lanka To Go To Crucial Elections On November 14 To Choose New Parliament
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On November 14 this year, Sri Lanka will witness voting to elect a new parliament. In September, left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the People’s Liberation Front, or Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), won the presidential election. JVP is part of a 21-party alliance, the National People’s...
Centre Is Lacking In Facilities For Elephant Counting In A Scientific Manner
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Elephant count in India is in doubt. Reliable population estimation of these huge land mammal is not easy as it is often in camouflage or on the move. The government read the Union ministry of environment and forests have shelved the latest census count of...
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Is Right To Be Incensed At The Democrats
By Branko Marcetic WASHINGTON DC: If you want to see the two competing visions of the Democratic Party’s future coming out of Tuesday’s electoral catastrophe, just compare the responses to the Democrats’ thumping from Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Harris’s concession speech was part and parcel...
Trump 2.0 Administration Will Have Varying Impact On Muslim Nations Of The World
By Asad Mirza Donald Trump’s re-entry in the White House is seen with a bated breath all over the world, especially the Muslim nations across the globe, as the world waits to see in which manner his current presidency will run. Will it be “America First” like the previous...
Trump And Gold Shall Never Meet As They Always Travel In Opposite Directions
By K Raveendran Trump divides people like nobody else does. The liberal Left all over the world are united in their assessment that there would be a presidential onslaught against whatever they stand for. It is not just people who detest Trumps return; even the elements are affected. Gold...
Under Trump’s Shift Towards Asia, Delhi Could Outshine London
By M A Hossain Since the end of second world war, the United Kingdom has been regarded as America’s “little brother”, a close ally through the Cold War and beyond, with shared interests and a strong transatlantic alliance. However, with the rise of new geopolitical tensions and a shift...
Broader Left Unity In Bengal Is Evident In The Bypoll For Naihati Assembly
By Tirthankar Mitra Left movement history in West Bengal is traversing a new trajectory at Naihati assembly by-election as for the first time a CPI(M-L) Liberation candidate is contesting with the support of Left Front. But the fact remains Trinamool Congress candidate, Sanat Dey and BJP nominee Rupak Mitra...
ILO At COP29: Prioritize Labour Rights And Decent Work For Just Transition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak International Labour Organization (ILO) is getting itself ready with its agenda at UN Climate Change Conference COP29 with its key message that just transition policies must prioritize labour rights and decent work and to highlight the critical role of social dialogue and labour protection so...
BJP’s Washing Machine Politics Is Most Active In Maharashtra Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty ‘The Elections That Surprised India’ is a book authored by a journalist who met Mahayuti minister Chaggan Bhujbal in a Nashik hotel in mid-2023 when the Nationalist Congress Party, of which Chaggan Bhujbal was a member, was still one whole and Bhujbal was out on bail...
