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.Delay In Irrigation Projects Costing Indian Agriculture Dearly
By K R Sudhaman Project delays are a common phenomenon in India unlike in China where cost and time over-runs are rare. In fact in 1990s and early 2000, China had a record in no delay in implementation of World Bank’s development projects. Cost over-runs occur because of delay...
Modi Has To Give A Relook At His Pak Strategy
By Amulya Ganguli Every act of terrorism carries the threat of war. The Pakistani attacks on parliament in 2001 and on Mumbai in 2008 were followed by the possibility of a major conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. It was undoubtedly the menace of the ultimate, Holocaust weapons which...
India’s ‘Working Poor’ Are Fast Rising
By Nantoo Banerjee With the growing trend of a more assorted part of the less-organised services sector emerging as India’s biggest source of employment, the job quality is becoming not only poor but also more vulnerable. Interestingly, the trend is noted with concern by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)...
Terrorist Attacks Lead To Violent Deaths
By Dr. Arun Mitra Terrorist violence in Pulwama which killed our brave young soldiers fighting to save the sovereignty of the country has shaken the whole nation. Each citizen is aghast at this violent act. There is natural wide spread anger and feeling of revenge. Life is the...
Democrats move to stop trump’s “national emergency”
By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik Donald Trump wants to use the pretext of a “national emergency” to grab billions of federal dollars to build his Mexican Wall. Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, and Sens. Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders were among those who immediately came out to say...
Is Modi taking Rahul for a Ride?
By Aditya Aamir Congress President Rahul Gandhi alone kept his word and did not extract political mileage from the deaths of the 41 CRPF martyrs whose mortal remains started reaching homes across India Friday morning. The bodies will be barely recognizable, missing as they will body parts. Rahul Gandhi...
Congress Is A Rejuvenated Party Before Lok Sabha Poll
By Harihar Swarup What India needs after 2019 general election is stability. One wonders if the Opposition with all efforts to unite, even if they come on one platform, can provide a stable government. Our experience with the era of coalition has not been happy. The country’s eyes are...
Turkey Gearing Up For Municipal Elections On March 31
By Conn Hallinan “Democracy is like a tram; you get off when you have reached your destination.” The comment by Recep Tayyip Erdogan—made more than 20 years ago when he was first elected mayor of Istanbul—sums up the Machiavellian cynicism of Turkey’s authoritarian president. As Turkey gears up for...
Priyanka To Take Holy Dip In Kumbha On February 17
By Rahil Nora Chopra Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is going to visit Kumbh Mela on 17 February to seek the blessing of Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati and take a holy dip into Sangam on her trip to Prayagraj and this is the first religious trip after being appointed the Congress general...
No Concern For Public Interest
By Binoy Viswam When the CAG report got presented in the 16th Lok Sabha on its last day, Narendra Modi might have breathed a sigh of relief. But Rafale will continue roaring in his ears and thoughts in the coming days. In the name of national security Narendra Modi...
Jobless Youth Rise Against Modi Regime
By Shameem Faizee After getting thoroughly exposed in the Rafale deal, nobody is ready to believe that Narendra Modi government has zero tolerance for corruption. This has proved to be the most corrupt in the shortest period of over four years. Now it is using different pretexts to divert...
Rahul Sets Up Five Party Panels In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Both Congress and BJP have started to prepare what may be described as infrastructure for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The state BJP President Rakesh Singh has removed 11 Presidents of the district committees. Those who have been removed include close confidents of former...
Pulwama Takes Spotlight Away From Rafale
By Sushil Kutty Going into general elections 2019, the Modi Government has been given, albeit late in the day, an opportunity to sway voters. The withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan sets the momentum. A long-standing demand from nationalists, this will go down well with the...
Rahul Has Got The Chance To Be An Agent Of Change
By Nitya Chakraborty With the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha ending on February 13, the stage is set for the holding of Lok Sabha elections in April/May 2019. The opposition parties have at last decided on drafting a common minimum programme for fighting the ruling NDA led...
United States Needs A Radical Change In Foreign Policy
By John Bachtell Trump’s State of the Union address aimed to unite a right-wing base and drive a wedge between Democratic moderates and progressives and the entire anti-extreme right-wing alliance, just as the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway. Trump spoke before a dramatically changed political landscape marked by. a...
Supreme Court Order Exposes Nitish Government
By Arun Srivastava The Supreme Court ordering transfer of the Muzaffarpur shelter home trial to Delhi is a slap on the face of the Nitish government which claims to ensure justice to its people. In shifting the case at Saket in Delhi, the apex court has demonstrated its lack...
Name Rahul Gandhi PM Candidate And Be Done With It
By Sushil Kutty Opposition unity is only skin deep. And Chandrababu Naidu’s ‘unite or perish’ warning may not register on Mamata Banerjee and the Left parties; Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s ‘endorsement’ of ‘Modi for PM again’ indicates the Yadav vote-bank is divided. Akhilesh might have forgiven...
‘State Of Working India 2018’ Is A Major Report On Labour
By B. Sivaraman The Centre for Sustainable Management of the Azim Premji University, Bangalore has brought out a unique report titled State of Working India 2018, the first of an intended annual series. At first sight, it might look paradoxical and surprising that when we get very little quality...
