Opinion
Appeal
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.Last-Minute Posturing With Eye On Ayodhya Verdict
By K. Raveendran The last minute volte face by the Muslim parties to the Ayodhya dispute rejecting the terms of the so-called settlement as reported by the mediation panel is a clear case of grandstanding meant to influence the court’s decision. An agreed, settlement would have made...
BJP Pitches Hyper-Nationalism Even In State Assembly Polls
By Sagarneel Sinha With the election dates for Haryana and Maharashtra approaching nearer, one picture that emerges very clearly is that of the paralyzed opposition battling against the BJP, which is leaving no stone unturned — not only to win both the states but to register a victory...
Hunger In India Is Too Serious To Be Ignored Now
By Gyan Pathak Falling of India from 55th position in 2014 to 102nd position in 2019 in Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a terrible global indictment of the miserable performance of Modi government on tackling incidents of hunger in the country. On GHI severity scale, the country scored...
Canadian Election: Who’s The Real Progressive?
By C.J. Atkins Justin Trudeau won in 2015 on a left-leaning platform filled with pledges to tax the rich, make elections more democratic, and save the world from climate change. But four years, a number of scandals, and several broken promises later, it’s getting harder for his Liberal...
Opposition Disunity & New Social Alliances Put Bjp Ahead In Haryana
By Sagarneel Sinha Haryana, which goes to poll on October 21 along with Maharashtra, is witnessing a gradual shift with formations of new social alliances replacing the old existing ones. When in 2014, BJP formed the government for the first time in the state on its own, the...
Mystery Of Triple Murder In West Bengal
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Once more the professionalism of west Bengal police has come under the scanner and for the wrong reasons. Even normally, the sensational triple murder on October 8 of Bandhuprakash Pal, his wife and young son at their Jiaganj residence, Murshidabad district, would have launched...
Air Pollution Levels Reach Danger Zone Again
By Dr. Arun Mitra Like the past several years, we are once again faced with a situation where air quality index has crossed dangerous level. Those already suffering from respiratory illnesses are at the worst receiving end. One such serious situation occurred in 1998 when whole of...
NSS Sheds Its Policy Of Equidistance
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The campaigning in the five Assembly by-elections in the State has acquired a new dimension with the Nair Service Society (NSS), the powerful organisation of the Nairs, changing its political stance. Shedding its traditional policy of equidistance, the NSS has opted for the...
EU Offered Brexit On Platter To Boris Johnson
By Arun Srivastava LONDON: Apparently the UK prime minister Boris Johnson has got the Brexit deal, but an insight into the development gives rise to suspicion about the true nature of the deal and whether it prove to be successful. The deal is to be ratified by the...
Talibans Repent Destroying Bamyan Architectonics
By Sankar Ray The Taliban leadership today regrets its adventurist stand of ‘smashing the rare sandstone relief of Lord Buddha in the Bamyan province of Afghanistan in the very early March 2001. Although the Islamic fundamentalist outfit, is yet to admit this openly, the repentance was writ on...
Economy Is In Shambles, Democracy Is Under Attack
By D. Raja The Economy is in shambles. The experience has shown that NDA government has failed to manage the economy. The relentless neo-liberal drive towards privatization and crony capitalism has been the core of the governance. Moving away from pro-people Structural reforms, the Modi government exclusively remained...
Congress Is In A Bad Shape In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Priyanka Vadra Gandhi is the main face of Congress in Uttar Pradesh which is evident from the new executive announced recently. Ajay Kumar Lalloo who is serving second term as MLA from Tumkahiraj constituency in eastern UP, is the state President. Priyanka is...
Congress To Announce Its Delhi Chief Soon
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress party may announce its Delhi unit chief soon. The post of Delhi Congress president has been vacated since the death of Sheila Dikshit on July 20 this year. The absence of a Delhi Congress chief has impacted the Congress’s preparation for the...
Democratic Hopefuls Unite On Impeachment, Spar On Medicare-For-All
By Mark Gruenberg WESTERVILLE, Ohio: If there’s one issue the Democratic presidential hopefuls seemed to agree upon in their nationally televised debate on October 15, it’s the absolute need for an impeachment inquiry against their foe, incumbent GOP President Donald Trump. And, they said, the country agrees. ...
CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s Tryst With History
By K Raveendran If Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi manages to produce a verdict on the vexed Ayodhya land dispute before he retires next month, which he seems to be poised to do in all likelihood, his name will be etched in golden letters in the annals of Indian...
Economic Slowdown Turning Into A Real Crisis
By Anjan Roy In the foreground of the annual Fund-Bank brainstorming sessions in Washington, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been the latest to decipher India’s slow down. It has cut down growth forecast by close to one percentage point. But is predicting a rebuking in 2020 to...
Modi Govt Is Mistreating Its Own Public Enterprises
By Nitya Chakraborty The Narendra Modi Government has been aggressively following anti-public sector policy in its second term. The premier public sector enterprise like ONGC, BPCL, NTPC and HAL are getting step-motherly treatment from the Government and all focus of the Modi Government advisers is on bringing about...
Thirty Years After The Fall Of Berlin Wall
By Victor Grossman BERLIN: Remembrance Days are rewarding for journalists, especially since Google made research digging so easy. And how the German media love such days! We are again blessed with one such year. Not German unification, a 29th year is not round. But November 9th fits...
