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.Trivialising History In Books Are Continuing By BJP In Govt Funded Institutions
By Krishna Jha Jawaharlal Nehru University plans to teach the “Concept of Akhand Bharat”. It does not end here. The process has been unleashed. More distortions would be brought through Vidya Bharati, an institution through which the RSS runs a massive network of schools across the country. And here...
After 64 Years Of Film Career Aparna Sen Is Still Active As An Actor-Director
By Tirthankar Mitra A slip of a girl when Aparna Dasgupta made her debut as a tomboy Mrinmoyee in Satyajit Ray’s Samapti in 1961 , the final part of Teen Konya, few had doubts that she will go far. But perhaps none had foreseen that she would carve out...
U.S. Dominated International Financial Institutions Have Failed The Poor Countries
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The International Monetary Fund AGM in Washington had barely reflected on the efficacy of its austerity regime in reducing inflation before beginning to worry about the inevitable hike in global oil prices if Benjamin Netanyahu’s offensive is not stayed. Another global energy crisis is doubly...
Modi-Xi Talks At BRICS Summit In Kazan Signal A Breakthrough In Bilateral Relations
By Nitya Chakraborty The one-hour meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 23 on the side lines of the BRICS summit at Kazan, has signalled a breakthrough in the bilateral relations between the two largest nations of Asia and the...
India-China Agreement On LAC On October 21 Is A Welcome Development
By P. Sudhir The Indian government announced on October 21 that an agreement was reached between India and China on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This is a welcome development that hopefully would lead to the normalisation of relations between the two neighbouring countries. The...
The Curious Case Of India Attracting Lower FDI Inflows Amidst Higher GDP Growth
By Subrata Majumder An introspection of foreign direct investment flow in India reveals that FDI fell on the lowest ebb in 2023-24 within 5 years. This is despite the fact that country achieved one of the highest growth in the economy. It dropped to US$ 44,423 million in 2023-24,...
Kamala Harris Is Losing Her Earlier Lead, The Race Against Trump Is Too Close Now
By Sushil Kutty Indian origin Black African-American Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris faces imminent defeat unless former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, in one of his crankier moments, pulls out from the race before November 5, which is not a possibility unless a fourth assassin doesn’t miss the...
RSS Mobilises Fully Its Cadres For Poll Campaign In Both Jharkhand And Maharashtra
By Arun Srivastava If winning the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is crucial for the political survival of Narendra Modi, the electoral victory in these two states has wider connotation for the RSS, as it would reinvent the philosophical importance of its politics of Hindutva and reaching to...
Trinamool Congress Will Test Its Strength In Six Bypolls In Bengal On November 13
By Tirthankar Mitra With less than three weeks to go before November 13 when six Assembly segments will witness by-elections in West Bengal, the principal Opposition outfit BJP does not seem to have got its act together yet though they are contesting in all six constituencies. It applies equally...
Indian Railways For Onion Transport Amid Focus On Price Stabilisation
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Recently, the Indian government’s Department of Consumer Affairs announced that 1600 metric tons of onions procured by the National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India Ltd was shipped by the railway from Nashik to Delhi. The quantity of 42 BCN (Bogie Covered New) was enough to...
For Cuba, U.S. Presidential Elections Have Major Consequences On Economy
By W. T. Whitney Jr. and Emile Schepers NEW YORK: At the end of October, the United Nations General Assembly, for the 32nd consecutive year, will be voting on a resolution submitted by Cuba claiming “the necessity to put an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed...
हिंसा के मौजूदा माहौल में चिकित्सा पेशे के सामने बड़ी चुनौती
डॉ. अरुण मित्रा शायद हम तब तक यह नहीं समझ पाये कि हमारे समाज में नैतिक संकट खतरनाक स्तर तक पहुँच गया है, जब तक कि हमने कोलकाता में एक युवा महिला डॉक्टर के साथ बलात्कार और जघन्य हत्या की खबर नहीं सुनी। पश्चिम बंगाल में जूनियर डॉक्टर मुख्य...
With A Review Pending, Supreme Court Hardens Stand Against Enforcement Directorate
By K Raveendran Successive pronouncements by the Supreme Court have revealed a growing judicial sense against the potential for abuse in the draconian anti- money laundering laws. This has an important bearing on the pending petitions for the review of the apex courts verdict in the 2022 verdict...
Delhi Falls Into Red Zone, Severe Air Pollution Spreads
By Dr. Gyan Pathak People of India’s National Capital Delhi rose to see the city covered is such a suffocating thick layer of smog that almost all weather-monitoring stations fell into red zone in the morning on October 23, 2024. With it more areas moved into severe level of...
Supreme Court Judgment On Supply Of Arms To Israel Case Is Flawed
By Aman Kumar In 2019, M.K. Ranjitsinh Jhala, the renowned wildlife conservationist, joined hands with other conservationists to file a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India (SC) against the government of India regarding the protection of the great Indian bustard. They argued that the overhead transmission lines...
Nine Day India Festival Getting Huge Response In Riyadh
By Pradeep Kapoor RIYADH: The nine-day India festival organised here by the Ministry of Media under it’s Global Harmony Initiative will strengthen relations between India and Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Media, Saudi Arabia and the Global Entertainment Authority collaborated to organise an ambitious program under Global Harmony Initiative...
Centre Is Finding It Difficult To Work Out An Acceptable Peace Formula For Manipur
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: “We have no inhibition in socialising over a bowl of soup or a cup of tea or coffee; but thereafter it is ‘thus far and no further for us’. We have our long-standing demands and we are firm on pursuing those”, important Kuki and...
Political Instability And Floods Increase Bangladesh’s Economic Woes
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Months of unrest and violence leading to change of the government in Bangladesh is still taking a toll on its economy and its geopolitical neutrality. Recent floods in August and October have further pushed the country to the wall, making food prices rise by 20%...
