2 terrorists behind killing of civilians shot dead
Srinagar: Two terrorists, allegedly involved in the recent targeted killings of a civilian...
in Happening Now Oct 16 ·
Gehlot meeting with Ambika Soni ahead of CWC
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who has arrived here to take part in...
in Politics Oct 16 ·
Tension in Punjab border villages over BSF powers
Unseen emergency-like situation is being created in Punjab. People are scared that BSF...
in Politics Oct 16 ·
Opinion
An 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.NHRC Chairman Arun Mishra Praises Home Minister For New Age In Kashmir
By Prakash Karat The Modi government has been undermining all the institutions under the Constitution and denuding them of their essence. This was on display in the event to observe the 28th foundation day of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The anniversary meeting was attended by both the...
Air India Sale To Tatas Is A Mockery Of Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Slogan
By Binoy Viswam Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat has earned one more feather in its crown. India’s national air carrier, Air India has been handed over to a private corporate, the Tata’s. Thus, the frenzied moves to sell off Air India have been successfully completed. Air India and its 125 aircrafts...
Unemployment Number In India Is Much More Than Official Data Show
By Prabhat Patnaik Unlike in the advanced capitalist countries, a reduction in employment opportunities in India takes the form not of a larger proportion of the work-force being shut out of employment, but of almost everyone having lesser number of days of work. This is a reflection of the...
Under Narendra Modi Regime, Edge Of RTI Act Has Been Deliberately Weakened
By Sushil Kutty October 12 marked 16 years of the RTI Act. The Act supposedly empowered “we the people” with the right to seek information so that governments could be held accountable. The baseline property was that “all citizens shall have the right to information.” Did the Act guarantee...
Trade Finance Gap Impeding Growth, Jobs, And Poverty Reduction
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Increasing trade finance gap has been impeding growth, jobs, and poverty reduction across the globe. The COVID-19 impact widened the gap by 15 per cent in 2020 in comparison to 2018. Moreover, despite various measures to support the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), the...
Priyanka Must Blend Kheri Gains With The Party’s Support Base
By Arun Srivastava With Mamata Banerjee getting ready for a major intervention in the national politics and project her Trinamool Congress as the only genuine dynamic organization with Congress legacy , Rahul Gandhi has acquired a proactive stance and working tirelessly to present the Indian National Congress, the grand...
American Corporate Interests Dictate President Hernandez Of Honduras
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Chilean author and human rights advocate Ariel Dorfman recently memorialized Orlando Letelier, former Chilean President Salvador Allende’s foreign minister. Agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet murdered Letelier in Washington in 1976. Dorfman noted that Chile and the United States were “on excellent, indeed obscenely excellent,...
Divided Left In Greece Is Struggling To Emerge As An Alternative To Right
By Aliki Kosyfologou and Thanos Andritsos Greece is facing big challenges in terms of the country’s political situation as also the economic directions. For the last two years, Greece has seemed as if it is switching between two national costumes. The winter one consists of rising coronavirus deaths, decimated...
Energy Crisis Part Of An Emerging Post-Covid Phenomenon
By K Raveendran The shift in the national focus from covid to coal has been prompted by fears of a nation-wide power blackout in the face of disruption in the movement of the vital commodity from the mines due to excessive rainfall, but the fact is that the energy...
Narendra Modi’s Defence Of Human Rights Record Of His Regime Is Ludicrous
By Sushil Kutty Human rights are routinely violated in our country. But rarely do ministers’ sons drive a jeep over human beings, deliberately. Lynching of human beings, they say, became frequent after 2014. Mostly because of the cow. Lakhimpur-Kheri saw four farmers killed by a rampaging jeep driven by...
