IPA Special

Modi Accuses Adversaries Of Whatever He Is Doing

By Arun Srivastava             Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows no hesitation in using abusive language and making accusations against those who criticise him. His description of mahagathbandhan as a collective of the rich and corrupt people can be seen only as part of this strategy.             In his eagerness...

Jan 23 · >

Rs. 1 reached as 15 paise to masses yet Congress did nothing: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Bharatiya Janata Party has ended 85 percent of corruption in just four-and-a-half years while the Congress party had made no such effort even after ruling India for so long. Addressing NRIs and Indian-origin people in Varanasi during the inauguration of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas...

Jan 23 · >

CAG Questions Decision To Do Away With Revenue Deficit Target

By K R Sudhaman             Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the government for doing away with revenue deficit targets from this financial year, which did not augur well for macro-economic stability and fiscal situation as it could lead to revenue expenditure like subsidies being met through debt....

Jan 23 · >

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

Notice issued on MHA notification on snooping computers – The Supreme Court issued notice in the petitions against the notification by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ order, which allows ten agencies to gather information stored on any computer. The Chief Justice though asked why no petition had been filed...

Jan 23 · >

Maharashtra Govt Still Reluctant To Allow Dance Bars

By Amritananda Chakravorty             The issue of the operation of dance bars in Maharashtra has been in the news again, wherein the Supreme Court struck down some of the conditions of license to run dance bars as arbitrary and violative of the fundamental freedom of trade guaranteed under Articles...

Jan 23 · >

Strike Against Handing Over Defence Production To Ambanis And Adanis

By B. Sivaraman             The labour arena in India has suddenly become a happening place. After a successful telecom strike by 2 lakh BSNL workers on 3 December 2018 and two successive bank strikes on 21 and 26 December 2018 involving a million bank employees, 4 lakh defence sector...

Jan 23 · >

Bot, Troll And Moron On The Fence

By Sushil Kutty             India’s electoral democracy is a spectacle. A political circus. What goes on under the big-top is quite literally a display worth the presentation: A visually striking performance, decibel-rich. Parade. Pageant, Extravaganza! Amidst all this, a five-year-long display of barely concealed hate spewed on Social Media....

Jan 23 · >

Bengali refugees to be granted Indian citizenship: Amit Shah

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah said all the refugees in West Bengali will be considered a part of official Indian population and to be given citizenship with the passage of Citizenship Bill. The chief was addressing to the people in Malda on Tuesday and added upcoming Lok...

Jan 22 · >

Electing Victor Modi (EVM) From The Cave

By Aditya Aamir             The way it is made, EVM is electing victors machine, not electronic voting machine: Sit in a cave and hack into the EVM and deliver votes to elect the government of the cave-hack’s choice. The guy obviously is hacking for a party, definitely the party...

Jan 22 · >

Pro-Wall Street Democrats Want Sanders Out

By C.J. Atkins             Bernie Sanders has a sexism problem. Bernie Sanders doesn’t get black voters. Bernie Sanders is becoming unlikable. Bernie Sanders is too old. Bernie Sanders is too white.             The television talk circuit, newspaper op-ed pages, and Twitter are all filled these days with analysts eagerly...

Jan 22 · >
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