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.UAE Follows Procedures, Not Quite The Indian Way
By Sushil Kutty The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has set procedures to deal with the death of a “visitor” to the country in a public place (hotel/beach/park/highway etc) and those procedures automatically come into play once an unnatural/untimely death occurs. The delay in the release of actor Sridevi’s...
Megaphone From Across The Border
By Aditya Aamir There was a warning before the shelling started, a megaphone blaring from across the border, asking the people of Silikote, the last village on the LoC in Uri, to “not waste time” and get the hell out, and away. Within the hour, when the shelling...
Yogi’s Lawless Bounty Killers
By Sushil Kutty If in Uttar Pradesh, take care. There are people there with the Yogi-given licence to kill. Desi James Bonds. Bounty Hunters. Most of them on the loose in UP’s Wild West – Shamli, Muzaffarpur, Saharanpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Kairana, Greater Noida, Noida – Right next...
China’s Big Business On Silent Investment Aggression Into India
By Nantoo Banerjee Strategically, China may appear to be India’s No. 1 adversary, but Chinese investors look at India through totally different glasses. They see fast-growing democratic India, having strong legal framework and independent judiciary, a very safe and attractive place to invest their millions for easy...
It May Be Time To Go For Non-Human Judges
By K Raveendran When two judges or benches of judges considering the same case issue different verdicts applying the same law, then there is something wrong with the law in question. And if there is nothing wrong with the law and the circumstances of the case remain...
Crocodile Tears On Breakdown Of Banking Controls
By Arun Srivastava Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian was correct in his observation that internal controls and external regulatory systems in public sector banks have broken down. But what is really disturbing and at the same time scandalous is his assiduous silence on identifying the nature of...
How Trinamool Splits Anti-BJP Consolidation
By Ashis Biswas It is not just a question of boycotting a proposed Joint Parliamentary Committee probe against Nirav Modi looting a PSU bank of Rs 11,000 crore: in Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has also blocked a State Assembly discussion on a controversial public religious conversion...
Centre-State Logjam In Delhi Becomes Uglier
By Harihar Swarup Delhi’s unique position as the union capital, under the Constitution, has led to constant tension between the Centre and the state government. If the governments at the two centres of power are of the same party, there is less bickering. In the event, however, of...
Policy Experiments May Sabotage Food Self-Sufficiency
By Gyan Pathak The government is keen to make agriculture policies and programs ‘income centric’ instead of ‘production-oriented’. It has been revealed by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh while addressing the National Conference on “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income”. Such policy...
Need For Policy Change To Make Drugs Affordable
By Dr. Arun Mitra The issue of exorbitant profit on drugs has been highlighted in the past few months. Several civil society organisations including the All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) and Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) have been taking up this issue for long and...
Polite But Firm Yechury Message To Kerala CPI(M)
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A polite but firm message to the Kerala unit of the CPI(M) from general secretary Sitaram Yechury; a public rebuff of Kannur CPI(M) secretary, P. Jayarajan; and an open expression of warmth towards Kerala Congress(M) chief K M Mani by CPI(M) leaders, EP Jayarajan...
Gen Rawat Is Not Modi’s ‘Batboy’, He Is Army Chief
By Sushil Kutty Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat draws a link between the AIDUF’s expansion in Assam to a ‘planned illegal immigration’ taking place because of a ‘proxy war’ engineered by Pakistan and China and all hell breaks loose. ‘Muslimeen’ politician Asauddin Owaisi promptly attacks the Chief and...
Meghalaya May Give A Fragmented Mandate
By Barun Das Gupta Meghalaya, the only State in the north-east which is headed by a Congress chief minister, is going to polls next Tuesday. In 2013, the Congress won 29 seats in the 60-member House. Together with the United Democratic Party’s (UDP) eight legislators, it formed the...
Trolls In Their Internet Sprawls
By Aditya Amir Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s three minor children can withstand the north Indian winter in rolled-up cotton shirt sleeves because Canadian children start shovelling snow from age two. It has got nothing to do with a meal of goat curry, basmati rice; tomato sauce with...
Kejriwal Making Delhi His Anarchy Laboratory
By Sushil Kutty Monday midnight Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash goes to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. Kejriwal is not alone. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is there. So are some AAP MLAs. Among them Amanatullah and Prakash Jarwal. Next day Prakash alleges assault at the CM’s house....
Mamata’s Bid To Reach Out To Hindus
Trinamool Congress has embarked on a new strategy to woo the majority community by their new strategy of reaching out to priests by organising conferences in different districts. TMC leaders have been addressing Hindu priests at these meetings. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee believes she will have an important role...
BJP, Congress Play Caste Politics In Madhya Pradesh By-Elections
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: With the stormy electioneering over, voters of Kolaras and Mungaoli will exercise their franchise on February 24. Both BJP and Congress have campaigned for the by-elections as if in a general election. Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan continuously camped in the constituencies...
Modi’s Balancing Act Between Globalization And Protectionism
By Subrata Majumder Controversy roared when Prime Minister Narendra Modi sneered at protectionism and sided with Chinese President Xi Jinping to advocate globalization in Davos. Nevertheless, China too towed protectionism in the early stage of development. Its strategy helped to push the country as the global hub for...
