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.Family Re-Unites Behind Akhilesh
By Rahil Nora Chopra In the wake of the by-election victories, the family of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is rallying behind him. Father Mulayam Singh Yadav was seen in red cap and a grin after a long time during the Lok Sabha session. According to Akhilesh,...
Digvijay Yatra To Leave Lasting Impression On MP Politics
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Two recent events are expected to re-shape politics in Madhya Pradesh. One relates to the conclusion of Narmada Parikrama by Digvijay Singh. He along with his wife Amrita Rai covered a distance of 3,325 kms in six months. A grand concluding programme was held...
Pusillanimity of the State and Media
Sushil Kutty Better late than never. So, after dithering for months, the Modi government at the Centre brushed aside BJP’s blue-eyed CM Yogi Adityanath’s sensitivities and let loose the CBI after felon Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of a litany of crimes. The strongman of Unnao and BJP MLA was...
Dangerous Myths In Treating Diseases
By Dr. Arun Mitra Way back in history when the knowledge of causation of illness and remedy was primitive, cause of disease was attributed to some divine powers. The same powers were looked for salvage. With the passage of time the human race tried to find the causes...
Hunger Strike By A Prime Minister
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi made two important statements on a single day, that too within a couple of hours; he accused the Congress of killing democracy by not allowing parliament to function even for a day and second, he accused the Opposition, especially the Congress...
Always Listening, Always Recording Masters Of The Universe
By Sushil Kutty Ten hours of questioning and Mark Zuckerberg still managed to put ‘evasive’ over ‘evident’. But the evasives are adding up and by the time Zuckerberg is back in Silicon Valley, back to his t-shirt and jeans avatar, they will be a mountain he and his...
Despite High Reserves, India’s External Sector Is Vulnerable
By K R Sudhaman India might not be facing a balance of payment crisis now as in 1991, which forced government of the day to go for drastic reforms that opened up the economy. The country has come a long way since then. From $1.7 billion of foreign...
BJP Is Now A Darling Of Country’s Chrony Capitalists
By Nitya Chakraborty The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) continues to increase its coffers at a big speed taking advantage of the Party ruling at the centre and in 21 of the total 29 states in the country. There is nothing new in the latest report of the Association of...
Exam Pressures Are Driving School Kids To Suicide In Britain
By Ben Chako Teachers say academic stress is to blame for sharp rise in mental illnesses in children. Kids are self-harming and contemplating suicide in Britain in the face of constant exams and a narrow curriculum, teachers have warned. According to a new study published by the...
Dalits Are Unhappy With Yogi Government
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP seems to be in serious crisis, prompting party national president Amit Shah to visit the state and interact with state BJP leaders and ministers. The defeat in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha by-elections has already shocked BJP central leadership. The formation...
Milk Man Yogi Cannot Smell Coffee
By Sushil Kutty Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is a self-acknowledged milkman. Cows are a best part of his life. That is why he cannot wake up and smell the coffee. And, now, the question is being asked: Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President...
Trump Regime Expanding Fast Foreign Military Bases
By Cameron Orr U.S. President Donald Trump’s new discretionary budget will shovel 61 percent of the country’s social oxygen into the Pentagon’s fiery furnace. That’s $727 billion worth of schools, libraries, green jobs and infrastructure, housing, hospitals, nutritional support, healthcare, and other social needs that will go unmet....
Less Prospects Of A Full-Fledged Global Trade War
By Anjan Roy After US President Donald Trump announced three rounds of tariff proposals on Chinese products entering the US and the Chinese responses of counter tariffs on US goods entering China, it was felt that a raging trade war would soon break out. The Chinese had in...
Kejriwal’s Apology To Arun Jaitley Has Significance
By Amritananda Chakravorty After months of protracted litigation faced by Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, and prominent leader of Aam Aadmi Party (‘AAP’), pertaining to several defamation suits filed by various political rivals, including Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and Kapil Sibal, amongst others, Mr. Kejriwal has...
Amit Shah Diatribe Is A Sign Of Nerves
By Amulya Ganguli BJP president Amit Shah’s intemperate outburst against the opposition parties – calling them dogs, cats, snakes, etc. – was a sign more of nervousness about his own party than of disdain for its opponents. The reason for the uneasiness about the BJP’s prospects is...
Smriti Irani Is In Choppy Internet Seas
By Sushil Kutty Information & Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani is the talk of Online Town. From the wire to the scroll, she’s commanding attention and grabbing eyeballs. The lady minister wants to regulate online content. Especially, because there is an impression building that the Modi Government is dangerously...
Mamata’s One To One Strategy For 2019 Poll Is Workable
By Nitya Chakraborty West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has made major moves in forming a front of anti-BJP parties during her stay in Delhi last month. She has floated the idea of fielding a single opposition candidate against the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls so...
Equality Has To Be The Basis Of Future Indo-Nepal Relations
By Barun Das Gupta Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli came to New Delhi on a three-day visit last week. The tone for the talks he had with the Indian side was set by Oli himself. Three days before he left for Delhi, Oli told the Nepali...
