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.Appearance vs. Essence: A Marxist Look At The Harris-Trump Debate
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON: Watching the Harris-Trump debate, an old idiom came to my mind: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Karl Marx had another way of saying much the same thing: “All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.”...
Imran Khan’s PTI Leading Massive Opposition Rallies In Pakistan Cities
By Tirthankar Mitra A recent gathering of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) in Islamabad has led to the accentuation of political turmoil in the country. Recent arrests in Punjab and Balochistan are further pointers that the government is struggling against its own challenges as well as those from the Opposition. Reports...
A Pragmatic Approach Towards Chinese Investments Must For India’s Manufacturing Goals
By K Raveendran India’s economic aspirations have long been anchored in the expansion of its manufacturing sector, a goal that has become increasingly critical as the country seeks to position itself as a global economic powerhouse. It is widely believed that the realisation of this goal would be impossible...
Confident Kamala Harris Takes On Donald Trump In Her First Presidential Debate
By Sushil Kutty Who won Tuesday’s Trump-Harris debate and the answer was in the media’s pocket. Democrat Kamala Harris had to just show up while Republican Donald Trump had to field pointed questions. Harris owned the media and Kamala wasn’t late at the ABC show. Kamala’s highlight of the...
Edible Oil Crisis In India Is A Result Of Gross Neglect
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though oilseed crops are the second most important determinant of the agricultural economy, next only to cereals within the segment of field crops, India has lost the self-sufficiency in oilseeds achieved during the “Yellow Revolution” in the early 1990s. Government’s neglect in terms of policy...
Remembering Visit To Hiroshima And Nagasaki At This Time Of Big Wars
By Dr Arun Mitra Visit to Hiroshima to participate in the All Asia Conference of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in 2009 and again on the occasion of 20th World Congress of IPPNW in 2012 is an unforgettable experience. We had the opportunity to go...
Indian Goods Supplies To Bangladesh Begin To The Relief Of Consumers
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: With the resumption of bulk rail dispatch of goods/cargo from India to Bangladesh, the interim government has succeeded in restoring major supply chains to some areas, bringing much needed financial relief to people already hit by massive inflation. As Chief adviser to the current ruling...
ILO Finding On Share Of Labour Going Down In Production Process, Is Ominous
By Krishna Jha In its report, published for 2024, September, the International Labour Organisation has come out with its new findings on the share of labour going down in the production process. It is a signal for the unfolding of a new world with the advent of scientific technological...
Bhupinder Singh Hooda Is In Big Spirits To Bring Congress To Power
By Harihar Swarup Former Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda , who is sure to contest in coming Haryana Assembly elections on October 5 , is known for the sobriquet “Ganga Putra” after a narrow escape from death in 2003 when his car was swept away by the flooded Ganga...
What Is Dr. Jaishankar Up To? Does He Want A Globally Isolated India?
By Tirthankar Mitra A book launch is not the ideal platform to make a foreign policy announcement. Yet external affairs minister, S Jaishankar chose the occasion to announce that the era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over. Jaishankar’s take has dual interpretations. His comment is a pointer to...
Jammu & Kashmir Poll Scenario Has Turned Bizarre With Large Number Of Proxy Candidates
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is an open secret, but never admitted, that political parties in power often get some candidates contest elections to effect division in opposition votes to facilitate easy win for their own candidates. The “election strategy of the proxy” in Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing...
India Is Failing To Take Full Advantage Of China+ Strategy By Maintaining Barriers
By Subrata Majumder Narendra Modi Government is going hot with China on diplomacy through remarks by the external affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar, but at the same time, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is soft on the issue of allowing Chinese investment in India. The economic survey of 2023-24...
Rahul Gandhi In USA Spells Out What Defines An ‘Indian Leader’
By Sushil Kutty Will somebody tell Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi that ‘Devta’ is ‘God’ in many Indian languages and that is the only “true transparency” that he should see through? Rahul Gandhi is on a tour of the USA and some of his utterances...
Global Steel Use Between 2023 And 2035 To Rise To 2 Billion Tonnes From 1.764 Billion Tonnes
By Kunal Bose China, which is by far the world’s largest importer of iron ore required to run the BF-BOF segment of its giant steelmaking industry presents analysts with the riddle surrounding continuing arrivals of the raw material at Chinese ports in high volumes in the face of steel...
President Macron Lands France In Serious Political Turmoil By Surrendering To Far Right
By Satyaki Chakraborty President Emanuel Macron has landed France in a serious political crisis by appointing the conservative leader of a small right party Michel Barnier as the new Prime Minister after rejecting the candidature of the largest group of the national assembly Lucie Castets. President Macron took the...
Presumption Of Innocence Under UAPA: Meaning Of ‘Prima Facie’ Case
By Lakshmi Devi In the past month, there have been several decisions in which the Supreme Court of India has emphasised the right to life and liberty of undertrial prisoners. The court reiterated in several cases that “bail is the rule and jail is an exception”. One notable instance...
Pope Francis’s Asia-Pacific Visit Has Helped In Boosting Inter-Religious Harmony
By Asad Mirza Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday last week , kicking off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific, the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old’s papacy. The head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics touched down in the capital, Jakarta, for a three-day visit devoted...
Mexico Govt’s Proposed Judicial Reforms Invite Wrath From US Administration
By Kurt Hackbarth Following its landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential elections, the MORENA coalition is wasting no time in getting to work. Even before president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum takes office on October 1, the new Congress is taking up a package of constitutional amendments proposed by outgoing president Andrés Manuel...
