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.Delhi Riots Signal A Disturbing Political Direction
By Gyan Pathak By fourth day of riots in parts of northeast Delhi, 27 people have lost their lives and over 200 have been grievously injured. Armed mobs continued to rampage through roads and streets until the third night when shoot and order sight were issued and large number...
People Caught Between Hollow Assurances And Mercenary Actions
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister’s reiteration that “Peace and harmony are central to our ethos” does not appear to hold ground as his government and particularly his handpicked home minister, Amit Shah behaved like Nero while Delhi burnt for three days and around 27 persons were brutally murdered by...
Pageant, Optics, Platitudes And Nothing
By K Raveendran Magnificent pageantry, super optics and perfect platitudes. The much-trumpeted POTUS visit to India produced all this, but very little beyond. Of course, it generated a lot of hot air, creating a bit of ‘western disturbance’ which, however, did not induce any rain. President Trump’s maiden trip...
India-US Trade Deal Has Many Irritants
By Subrata Majumder The India-US Joint Statement of February 25 said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and USA President Donald Trump vowed to strengthen their Global Strategic Partnership by deepening defence and security cooperation, through maritime and space domain exercises, sharing information, exchanging military liaison and so on....
In Defence it is “Make in USA, Use in India”
By Barun Das Gupta During his one-and-a-half day’s stay in India, President Donald Trump successfully persuaded a cash-strapped and recession-hit India into signing defence contracts worth $3 billion. Never mind that India’s trade deficit with the USA stood at an astronomical $23,255.9 million by 2019 end. What is obvious...
Red-Baiting A Key Weapon In Sanders Agenda
By John Wojcik The red-baiting of Sen. Bernie Sanders has been stepped up as we near the date of the important South Carolina primary election on February 29. “Liberal” pundits have accused him of everything from supporting “Marxist dictators” like Fidel Castro to singing the praises of chandeliers installed...
Israel Facing Its Worst Political Crisis
By Ramzy Baroud Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channelling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel’s history. It is no secret that Netanyahu’s political behaviour is almost entirely shaped by his desire to...
Flotus Melania Trump’s Advocacy For Kids Is White House Tradition
By Kalyani Shankar The only visible programme arranged for the visiting American First Lady Melania Trump, apart from posing for photographs with the background of the iconic Taj Mahal and waving at the massive crowds lustily greeting the American First Couple in Ahmedabad, was a visit to a Delhi...
‘Pak-Made’ Bullets Recovered From Kerala Village
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The recovery of live bullets, suspected to have been made in Pakistan and China, has touched off a lively debate in the State. The bullets were found at a roadside in Kulathupuzha village in Kollam district, which has hogged the headlines for the wrong reasons....
Tony Blair Out To Demolish Corbyn Line
By Arun Srivastava It may appear to be preposterous assumption that former prime minister and senior Labour leader Tony Blair is envisioning to stage a comeback to the centre stage of the Labour politics, but the way he has launched an all-out attack on Jeremy Corbyn and his ideological...
Rising Income Inequality Leading To Political Turmoil: UN Report
By Mark Gruenberg Income inequality is increasing worldwide and within specific nations, and that’s producing political turmoil, too, a recent United Nations report says. “Rising inequality creates discontent, political dysfunction and can lead to violent conflict,” the report warns, in a statement buried deep in its 218 pages. But...
GST Evasion Is Becoming Commonplace
By Nantoo Banerjee It took over 10 years for the government to enact a law to introduce goods and services tax (GST), since it was first conceived, to replace the cumbersome indirect tax system. The genesis of the introduction of GST in the country was laid down on February...
Sanders Has Given New Life To American Left
By Nitya Chakraborty Bernie Sanders’s overwhelming victory at Nevada caucus on February 22 is a major development in the present campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for the Presidential poll on November 3 this year. Nevada results have given a new perspective to the changes that are taking place...
RSS Seems Concerned About BJP’s Recent Electoral Washout
By Amulya Ganguli How worried is the RSS about the BJP’s lacklustre electoral performance can be gauged from some of Mohan Bhagwat’s observations in the wake of the Delhi results. By saying that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah cannot win all the elections for the BJP and that the...
AAP Has To Finetune Its Strategy For National Role
By Sagarneel Sinha The Aam Aadmi Party currently is in a jubilant mood. After all, party supremo Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has now established himself as the popular face of Delhiites with a well crafted progressive image aided by soft shades of Hindutva and nationalism, has managed...
Nitish Kumar Facing Challenge From Young Leaders
By Arun Srivastava Senior politicians of JD(U) and LJP, both allies of BJP, confide that the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan have categorically asked the national BJP leaders not to thrust their ideas and dictates which made the BJP lose the Delhi polls last...
Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s Biography Of Manmohan Singh Is A Must-Read
By Harhar Swarup Manmohan Singh’s biography by former Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia reveals many facets of the former Prime Minister’s personality and landmark decisions taken during his ten-year rule. One of the most significant achievements of former PM was the conclusion of the Indo-US nuclear...
Need For Improved Road Design To Reduce Highway Fatalities
By K Raveendran The Brihat Mumbai Corporation (BMC) decision to appoint safety auditors to determine design faults in road construction that are mostly responsible for road accidents marks a change of approach to one of the long-neglected aspects of road safety in India. The civic corporation has identified hundreds...
