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.CPI Calls For Nation Wide Stir Of Opposition Parties Against Modi
By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (CPI) at its National Executive Committee meeting held on October 27 and 28 decided to intensify its agitation to expose the Rafale scam and the desperate attempts made by the BJP government led by the Prime Minister Narendra Mod in...
Confusing Data On India’s Mobile Handsets Production
By Nantoo Banerjee Official data are like audited corporate financial accounts that hide more than they reveal. Just as some of the latest top level governments statements that claims 80 percent of the mobile handsets are now manufactured in India and the country “was able to save...
Not Only Wife, But Ceasar Himself Must Be Clean
By K. Raveendran We know how the world views Taj Mahal as a beautiful monument of love. We also know that the world considers Bangalore and Hyderabad as Indian versions of Silicon Valley. But we never knew that there is a world famous stretch of land near an...
Out-Goebbelsing Goebbels
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is not easy to out-Goebbels Goebbels. But the Kerala BJP leaders are tantalizingly close to achieving that feat! If Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief were alive, he would turn green with envy marveling at the vehemence and eloquence with which the BJP...
‘CBI Vs CBI’ Feud Shows Modi Government’s Incompetence
By Harihar Swarup Sadly, the Central Bureau of Investigation, India’s premier investigative agency, has been described as “Comical Bureau”, “Bureau of Intrigues” and headlines in newspapers, reflecting internal tussle inside the CBI, screamed “CBI vs CBI”. Why this prestigious agency has come to such a pass? Possibly, its...
Socialism’s Global Appeal Is Again On The Rise
By Ian Goodrum “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,” published on Tuesday by the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, attempts to smear socialism—worker ownership of production—as a bankrupt ideology. The 72-page paper uses the 200th anniversary of socialist thinker Karl Marx’s birth as a jumping-off point for condemning...
Some Safeguards To Temporary Workers Finally
By B. Sivaraman Apprentices, badlis, casuals, probationers and temps—one thing common to all these five categories of workers, besides contract labourers, is their precarious existence as workers. Not only they have no job security, they are also invariably underpaid, often doing the same work as regular workers...
Supreme Court Sees Through CBI Madness
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court Friday ordered the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) to complete his probe against CBI Director Alok Verma in two weeks’ time under the strict eye of Supreme Court-appointed judge AK Patnaik. The top court issued notices to the Centre and the CVC; and...
Jaitapur Nuclear Deal Is More Toxic Than Rafale
By Sonali Huria While the Rafale fighter jet deal will entail huge financial losses for the country, the agreement for the world’s largest nuclear power project at Jaitapur in an ecologically diverse and fragile region like Konkan, along with attendant concerns of the safety of EPRs, an unsteady...
Police Raj So That Pinarayi Rules
By Aditya Aamir Will it take a Caravan – such as the one closing in on the United States border with Mexico – of Ayyappa devotees to convince Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that there’s more to the Sabarimala issue than just gender-justice? For, it appears the...
Congress-Rjd Seat Sharing Talks Not Yet
By Rahil Nora Chopra While Nitish Kumar and BJP have announced their seat-sharing plan for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the RJD-Congress alliance has not opened their card yet. The left parties are also not disclosing their stand, although all the three are opposed to Nitish-BJP alliance. It is...
Stakes Are High In Brazil Elections On October 28
By Chris Williamson Brazil heads to the polls on October 28 for the second round of what has perhaps been the most volatile and unpredictable election campaign since the country’s military dictatorship ended in 1989. The run-off is between the far-right Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad who is...
Revolt Over BJP Move To Deny Tickets To Sitting MLAs
By LS Herdenia BHOPAL: It is an uphill task to select candidates for the elections. The parties, particularly BJP and Congress, are finding it extremely difficult to handle the problem. For BJP it is much more arduous to select proper candidates with reports that the ruling party may...
Chinese Debt Trap Escalates Trade Colonialism
By Subrata Majumder China’s Belt and Road Initiative, later renamed as BRI, is feared to be a cobweb for debt trap for developing and emerging nations. China woos small and weaker nations with infrastructure loans and when their debts are not paid, it captures their land and...
Sabarimala standoff: govt. Slips into proactive mode
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan government has shed its ambivalence and reactive mode on the Sabarimala issue. A combative chief minister has sounded out a stern warning to the ‘criminals’ camping at the hill shrine and fomenting violence to thwart the attempts of the government...
Another One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
By Aditya Aamir Morning, we found, it was a night of the long knives. But was it actually the night of the scorpion? It was raining allegations of corruption and the scorpion was in the house. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in danger of being Rafale stung...
Smaller parties set to hit U.P. Alliances
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: It is becoming clear that smaller parties can cause damage to all possible alliances and force new alignments for 2019 Lok Sabha elections in UP. Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav is likely to hit by Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia ) of...
Achhe Din, No Corruption, Good Governance
By Nitya Chakraborty Come December. It can be the cruellest month for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP. If the present trends continue and the Congress and the other opposition parties can meet the electoral challenge of the assembly polls in the five states-Rajasthan, Madhya...
