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.Taxation And Monetary Reforms Pull Growth Downwards
By Gyan Pathak Economic growth in Asia is estimated to continue at a steady pace in 2017 in comparison to 2016, but India’s growth is expected to nudge downwards as a result of taxation and monetary reforms, but expected to stay brisk, says the latest OECD bi-annual publication...
Government Must Stand Behind Tottering Banking System
By Anjan Roy It is rather irritatingly repetitive that borrowers jump their loans with banks. More so, large borrowers, who are themselves hugely rich, are making away with bank money. Details are now emerging, which show the ultimate hit on the banking system could top Rs20,000 crore. Maybe...
‘Chotta Modi’ Makes A Charm Offensive
By Aditya Amir Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi has written a letter to Punjab National Bank. In a jilted lover’s tone. Nirav is unhappy PNB came too soon, put him out to dry; for Republic TV to harangue and Times Now to maul. You’ve ruined my brand in...
CPI(M)’S Draft Political Resolution Is A Bundle Of Contradictions
By Nitya Chakraborty The draft political resolution released by the CPI(M) for debate among its members on the eve of the 22nd Congress of the Party at Hyderabad on April 18 to 22 this year, is full of contradictory positions. The document prepared by former general secretary of...
Kashmiri Journalists, Real And Unreal
By Sushil Kutty Kamran Yusuf is a Kashmiri photo-journalist. The other day, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) while branding him a ‘stone-pelter’, claimed that he is not a ‘real journalist’ because he never covered developmental projects as genuine journalists do! The “hard-working” freelance photo-journalist has been in...
Digvijay, Uma Keep Party Supporters Guessing
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Two former chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh by their actions and utterances are keeping their colleagues and party men in suspense. They are Digvijay Singh and Uma Bharti, two rivals. It was Uma Bharti who through her massive and stormy campaign ended the ten...
Arrests Put CPI(M) Under Greater Pressure
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Communist Party of India(Marxist) has come under greater pressure with the arrest of two party workers in connection with the murder of Youth Congress activist Shuhaib. The arrests have come after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan broke his silence over the murder seven...
Scam Has The Makings Of A Political Thriller
By Aditya Amir So who should hang from the rafters for the massive PNB Nirav Modi Scam – the UPA or the NDA? That is apart from nephew Nirav Modi and uncle Choksi and the one or two or scores of PNB officials who enacted the scam for...
Centre Appoints New Prosecutor For 2G Spectrum Case
By Amritananda Chakravorty The Government of India, in a surprising development, appointed Tushar Mehta, Additional Solicitor General of India, as the Special Public Prosecutor (‘SPP’)conducting “prosecution, appeals/revisions or other proceedings” arising out of the cases relating to 2G spectrum investigated by the CBI before the Special 2G court...
Nepal To Keep Both China And India In Good Humour
By Sankar Ray The 38th prime minister of Nepal Khadga Prasad (KP) Sharma Oli, the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist), will ‘balance between India and China’, believes editor of Nepal Times, despite his pro-Beijing propensity (a compulsion due to the Madhesi blockade of Nepal...
Wronged Family Of Slain Jawan Declines Govt Cheque
By Arun Srivastava No conscientious citizen can gloss over the ill treatment meted to the CRPF jawan Mujahid Khan, who died fighting militants in Jammu on Monday. He was offered an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh by the NDA government of Bihar, but intriguingly, gunner Kishore Kumar...
Unemployment Likely To Become A Major Political Issue In 2019
By Gyan Pathak Unemployment in India is likely to become a major political issue in the months to come. It is bound to happen this time because our educated youths are now a frustrated lot as they were hoping something for themselves under the Modi-led NDA rule. It...
Bank Frauds Puncture Modi’s No-Scam Claims
By K. Raveendran Congress and the BJP are playing hide and seek with the people of India by blaming each other for the massive banking fraud by Nirav Modi, the diamond dealer to the world’s glitterati. Originally estimated to cost Rs 12,300 crore, the value of the plunder...
Northeast States Brace For High-Stakes Polls
Harihar Swarup The election scenario in three Northeastern states – Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya – is extremely complex and the poll equations have been changing fast. Tripura is the first to have assembly election on February 18, followed by Nagaland and Meghalaya on February 27. Incumbents in the...
Yogi On Collision Course With Upper House
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government seems to be set on a collision course with the UP Legislative Council on the issue of fake encounters. It so happened that Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav directed the Yogi government to recommend a CBI probe into three alleged...
Our Mani Is On Their Haqqani Any Day
Sushil Kutty What suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar is to Indians, former Pakistan ambassador Husain Haqqani is to Pakistanis – fierce opponents of their home countries and routinely branded ‘traitors’ and anti-nationals. But while Aiyar gets away with his diatribes against India from Pakistani soil, Haqqani cannot...
Privatization Key Issue In Medical Education
By Dr. Arun Mitra The standing committee on health headed by Ram Gopal Yadav had called various stake holders to put forward their viewpoints on National Medical Commission (NMC). Since health is an issue of concern to all, such consultative process is a welcome step. The process to...
CPI(M) Under Severe Pressure Over Murder Of YC Worker
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The murder of Youth Congress worker, Shuhaib, in the violence-prone Kannur district, allegedly by CPI(M) cadres, has put the party and the Government headed by it under severe pressure. The murder could not have come at a worse time for the CPI(M), which...
