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.Time Ripe For Revisiting Earlier Judgement On Defamation
By Amritananda Chakravorty Last week witnessed the biggest fall out of the #MeToo movement, with the resignation of M.J. Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs, and an (in) famous journalist, known for his sexual predatory ways. This was the first time that a Minister accused of...
Navjot Singh Sidhu Is No Ravana
By Aditya Aamir Can we say hurtling technology killed the 60 in Amritsar? And we’re not talking of bullet trains. The two trains that mowed people to death would have been least bothered if there were no folks to kill on the tracks. Regardless, it would have hurtled...
Electric Mobility Will Largely Replace Oil Imports
By Nantoo Banerjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi is right in saying that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) could replace Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as the key energy supplier in the future. However, alongside a rapid use of solar power, the world also needs to fast...
Trump Moving Ahead With Sanction Plan Against India
By Arun Srivastava Abandoning the Obama-era rule of granting work permits to H-4 visa holders, mostly Indians, who are spouses of professionals holding H-1B visas, is the first major move to make India bend to the wishes of President Trump. Soft measures against India were on the card...
4 Innovations Changing the Online Gambling Industry
In today’s fast-paced world, scientists discover new technologies all the time. Thanks to exciting advancements in technology over the past few decades, people no longer need to go to a brick-and-mortar casino to place their bets. The development of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s made it possible...
Sabarimala On Brink Of Finding Clousure
By Aditya Aamir Subterfuge, masking gender in police uniform, and threats to close the Sabarimala shrine have made null the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages into it. Women rights activists have been compelled to take on the outwardly cover of the male gender! The...
MJ’s groping hands up against ‘common knowledge’
By Sushil Kutty With Sabarimala and Amritsar, MJ Akbar’s shame seems to have gone under the radar. As we walk through another weekend – time forfeited, they come and go so swift and quick, it’s a wonder they last – the dumped Minister of State for External Affairs...
Sangh Parivar’s Sabarimala Slip Is Showing
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Sangh parivar’s sinister agenda to whip up communal passions on the Sabarimala issue and extract political mileage thereof has been exposed. Also laid bare is the double game the parivar has been playing right from the beginning. As a parivar detractor...
Modi Govt’s Dangerous Game On Women’s Temple Entry
By K Raveendran The Modi government is playing a dangerous double game using a flawed Supreme Court judgment lifting the ban on the entry of women of reproductive age into the Sabarimala hill shrine by insisting that the Kerala government ensure enforcement of the order despite widespread opposition...
India’s Energy Security Gets A Big Boost
By K R Sudhaman India, which imports 80 per cent of its oil in requirement, has at last woken up to the reality and embarked upon a plan to attract investment of up to $1 trillion in the oil sector to bring about much needed energy security....
New DNT Govt In Bhutan After Elections
By Barun Das Gupta The final results of the two-phase third general elections in Bhutan, published on Friday, must have come as a rude shock to the South Bloc. The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay suffered a humiliating defeat in the first...
Modi government’s dangerous double game on Sabarimala
By K Raveendran The Modi government is playing a dangerous double game using a flawed Supreme Court judgment lifting the ban on the entry of women of reproductive age into the Sabarimala hill shrine by insisting that the Kerala government ensure enforcement of the order despite widespread opposition from...
Mental Health: Irrational Practices Can Be Harmful
By Dr Arun Mitra Reports of medical students and young doctors committing suicide even in the premier institute AIIMS is a matter of grave concern. This issue needs serious introspection on the part of medical profession as well as the society. Depression that these young doctors and students...
Migrant Workers Flee The Flawed Gujarat Model
By B. Sivaraman If the ability of the state to protect its citizens—be they religious minorities or migrant workers from other provinces—from mass atrocities is the test for democracy, then Gujarat has failed the test again and again. In 2002, it was a failed communal state. In...
‘Sex Predator’ MJ Akbar Was Once A Brilliant Editor
By Harihar Swarup M J Akbar is one of the brightest journalists and a handsome young man in his younger days; even now he has an impressive personality. No wonder women fell for him. With all the talents and rated as one of the best editor, he has...
Modi’s Kashmir Policy A Grand Failure
By Bhal Chandra Kango The Modi government’s Kashmir policy has been a grand failure. In 2015 when the election to J&K Assembly took place people participated with a great enthusiasm. However, the subsequent opportunistic alliance between PDP and BJP vitiated the atmosphere as the central government started pursuing...
Informal Diplomacy For Afghan Peace Gathers Momentum
By Sankar Ray Peaceniks in Afghanistan heaved a sigh of relief, with subdued optimism, when in November last year Col Chris Kolenda, an Afghan war veteran, boarded a Doha-bound plane, along with Robin Raphel for a dialogue with the Talibans – an experimental diplomacy sans formality, aimed at...
BJP’s Chaos Theory Fits Chaotic India
By Aditya Aamir MJ Akbar is out of the Council of Ministers and “they” think the state is free of the #MeToo stain. Ha! PMO got MJ to quit. NSA Ajit Doval did it. EAM Sushma Swaraj did it. WCDM Maneka did it. Blahblahblah… O! Great, just great....
