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.‘Parasite’ Is Essentially A Political Movie
By Rolando Pérez Betancourt In 2019, the euphorically intoned question on everyone’s lips that defined the tiny world of cinematography was: Have you seen Parasite yet? In May last year, the latest film by the South Korean Bong Joon-ho not only unanimously won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes...
Can Congress Survive the Current Political Wilderness?
By Kalyani Shankar Many people are writing off the Grand Old Party, the 135-year-old Indian National Congress, after its poor performance in the recent Delhi polls, as it has suffered one set back after the other since 2014, despite some good patches in between. Can the Congress with such...
Of Madrasas And ‘Tols’ In Eastern India
By Ashis Biswas More often than not, political developments in Assam have an instant ripple effect on neighbouring West Bengal. With the unsettling effect of the Assam NRC updating exercise on Bengal and other states still continuing, another administrative decision announced in Guwahati has set Muslims elsewhere restive and...
Scotland Gets Ready For A Walkout From Post-Brexit UK
By Arun Srivastava EDINBURG (SCOTLAND): Boris Johnson has rejected a call from Scotland’s first minister for a second independency referendum. He said a referendum would “continue the political stagnation Scotland has seen for the past decade”. This is nothing but to simplify the peoples’ aspiration and deny the failure...
Delhi And Ahmedabad Top In Added Fat Consumption
By Satyaki Chakraborty The daily average consumption levels of visible fat (added fat) in Delhi and Ahmedabad was highest among the seven metro cities in India and the lowest in Hyderabad, according to a special analysis carried out by Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN) from...
Amid Corona Scare, Global Investors Diversify Portfolios
By Arnab Sengupta The outbreak of the coronavirus, coupled with record valuations in equity markets, has triggered a global sell-off of high-risk investments and a significant shift in sentiment among global investors. Accompanying the dip is a well-reported surge into traditional safe-haven assets such as gold. As global investors...
Trump Cuts Trillions From Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Congressional Democrats, progressive groups, and defenders of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid all blasted President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts for the fiscal year that starts October 1. Two top government worker unions chimed, in, too, slamming Trump for proposing only a 1 per cent raise...
Government Advising Public To Invest In Stock Market
By Nantoo Banerjee Ignorance may be a bliss for India’s most know-all politicians in power. Otherwise, how else could a top functionary in the government advise the country’s poor fixed depositors with banks and post offices to invest in stock market for better returns? To many, such a suggestion...
After Delhi Debacle, BJP’s Dilemma: To Hate Or Not To Hate
By Amulya Ganguli As Union home minister Amit Shah’s subdued body language during a recent media interview showed, the BJP has been shell-shocked by the Delhi defeat. It is also aware why the party was trounced. As Shah’s distancing of the party from the “golimaro” (shoot them) comment of...
Tough task Ahead for New Kerala BJP Chief K. Surendran
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After a seemingly endless rounds of discussions, deliberations and debates, the Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has found a new president: K. Surendran, who is at present one of the four general secretaries of the party. Kunnummel Surendran has managed to secure the...
New Political Party To Be Launched In Bihar On March 2
By Arun Srivastava It will be a party with difference. Same claim was made by the BJP leaders when they floated their party in 1980; a party with a difference. But the activist busy giving the final shape to the proposed Young India Party claim that the formal launching...
Congress Infighting Continues In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: While the BJP finally has chosen its President for Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is still to resolve the issue. On the contrary rift between Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia has widened. Although the BJP finally selected its state President many in the...
AAP Victory Sets Agenda For BJP In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The spectacular victory of AAP in Delhi has set agenda for ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh where assembly elections are due in 2022. Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath must be under pressure as AAP won on the basis of work done by Kejriwal government during last...
Kejriwal’s Delhi Delivery Shows Rebirth Of A Successful Politician
By Harihar Swarup What could be impact of Arvind Kejriwal’s sweeping victory in Delhi elections in other states where polls are due? Firstly, it appears that the BJP is losing its appeal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma has been waning. No wonder if West Bengal goes the Delhi...
China Virus Attack Brings A Trade-Off For India
By K Raveendran After a brief scare, domestic petroleum prices are showing a declining trend. That is certainly a point of consolation for the Modi government, which is facing trouble for the economy on all possible fronts. But new analysis of the emerging global oil market suggests that oil...
Delhi Debacle Has Not Changed Amit Shah
By Arun Srivastava It was not simply like devil quoting the scripture. But more than that; the action that manifest change of strategy by the BJP. Amit Shah politically acknowledging that resorting to hatred slogans like “goli maaro” and using derogatory language against the Muslims during the Delhi assembly...
Afghan Terrain Proved Tougher For The Pentagon
By Sankar Ray After 19 years of the USA’s determined aim to punish the Afghan terrorists to avenge the ignominious and helpless surrender to the 9/11 invasion, the ground truth that the Washington has learnt bitterly is that it ‘never could have won war in Afghanistan’, candidly admitted Scott...
Irish Unification Back On Agenda After Election
By Conn Hallinan The victory by Ireland’s left-wing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic’s recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island’s two centre-right parties, it suddenly puts the issue of Irish reunification on the agenda. While the campaign was fought...
