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.Over 700 Homeless People Died On Britain’s Streets In One Year
By Marcus Barnett Charities have called on the British government to take urgent action on the homelessness crisis after a record number of people died on Britain’s streets last year. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday show that 726 homeless people died...
Understanding Communist China On Its 70th Anniversary
By G Venkat Raman Since my first visit to China as a student nearly two decades ago, I have had several opportunities to go back and observe the remarkable changes occurring within that country. Recently, I supervised an educational tour of student-participants to Shanghai, which is referred by...
Festival Season Economy Hit By Slowdown
By B. Sivaraman Great Indian Festival…Big Billion Days…No, these don’t refer to Diwali and Dussehra or Eid and Christmas. They are the special festival season sales melas by e-commerce majors Amazon and Flipkart. As the names aptly capture, these sales festivals earn big billions for these mega...
Battle For Gaining Control Of Hong Kong Intensifies
By Arun Srivastava While China is celebrating its birthday with a massive parade in Beijing, with new weapons unveiled in a show of force and unity, Hong Kong witnessed huge violent protest, both economic and political, challenging the supremacy of China. Haunted by the dynamics and dimension...
Corbyn Prepares To Head An Alternative Govt
By Al Neal British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a record-breaking seventh House of Commons defeat last Thursday when Members of Parliament voted, 306-289, against his request to allow a short recess of Parliament during the Conservative Party’s annual conference. Earlier in the week, opposition Labour Party...
Total U.S. Control of middle east may be slipping
By Conn Hallinan In many ways, it doesn’t really matter who—Houthis in Yemen? Iranians? Shiites in Iraq?—launched those missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Whoever did it changed the rules of the game, and not just in the Middle East. “It’s a moment when offense laps defense, when...
India May Soon Start Export Of Rockets And Missiles
By Nantoo Banerjee India, in recent years, might have acquired the dubious distinction as the world’s biggest arms importer, but times seem to be changing. The country may soon become an exporter of high-tech rockets and missiles and join the small distinguished league of missile manufacturers, strictly following...
Judiciary Must Avoid Revisiting Emergency-Era Lapses
By Amulya Ganguli The period from June, 1975, to March, 1977, was undoubtedly the darkest in independent India’s history. Till the midnight of June 26, 1975, Indians could take pride in being the citizens of a free country in spite of the prevailing poverty. However, when they...
Boris Johnson Using Trump’s Language And Tactics
By Arun Srivastava The rightist political and social forces are out to extinguish the democracy and democratic ethos from the world map. They are intolerant and averse to listening to decent counselling and advice. The words and speeches of the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson explicitly manifest this....
Impeachment Probe Against Trump Getting Majority Support
BY C.J. Atkins and John Wojcik According to a new poll released early Friday morning, public support for the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump has now hit a majority. The milestone comes amidst the explosive revelation of a White House cover-up aimed at hiding the details...
American Democrats Host Historic LGBTQ Presidential Forum
By Michelle Zacarias Last Friday Democratic candidates took the stage at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to attend the first LGBTQ presidential forum. The gathering was historic in that it was the first time that Presidential nominees got together to discuss the prevailing issues affecting LGBTQ communities...
ED Case Against Pawar May Backfire As Poll-Time Witch-Hunt
By Harihar Swarup Believe it or not, Congress has improved its position in election-bound Haryana and Maharashtra. Giving reigns of the party to Shelja and Bhupendra Singh Hooda, the Congress has consolidated its position electorally in Haryana. In Maharashtra, the Congress-NCP alliance poses a challenge to BJP-Shiv Sena....
Pala Victory Is Historic For LDF In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: September 27 is a Red Letter Day in the annals of left politics in Kerala. The day saw the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front(LDF) score a historic victory in the Pala assembly by-election. The LDF candidate, Mani C. Kappan wrested the seat from the...
By-Election Results Provide Relief To The Beleaguered Left
By Sagarneel Sinha After the abysmal performance in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala, the bye-election results, particularly, Pala constituency of Kerala provide a big relief to the Left. The Pala constituency, which has been a Kerala Congress (Mani) stronghold electing late party founder...
Hope For Victims Of Failed Atm, Online Transactions
By Arjavi Indraneesh It would be hard to spot even one person who hasn’t had a bad experience with an ATM transaction, payment at a point of sale (PoS) machine or an online payment. It often happens while withdrawing cash from an ATM that the message from the...
Johnson Pushing Britain To The Civil War Like Situation
By Arun Srivastava Senior allies of Boris Johnson have warned him of the threat of civil unrest on a major scale if he failed to deliver Brexit. This warning from the MPs came on Friday just after Johnson tried to incite hatred towards MPs. Labour leader Jeremy...
Fascism And Cinema At The Toronto International Film Festival
By Bill Meyer TORONTO: While we’re on the theme of fascism and Nazism, it should be noted that there were several other new films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that addressed this increasingly popular subject. Fascism is defined as an authoritarian, nationalistic right-wing system...
New Corporate Tax Cut Will Boost India’s Prospects
By Mriganka M Bhowmick The surprising festive bonanza doled out by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to India Inc has already created widespread enthusiasm in Indian industry. The grappling business sectors are terming it as much-needed oxygen amidst slowdown, with a hope that they will sail through the low...
