IPA Special
Hacking Of Public Sector Continues In The Period Of Pandemic
By Krishna Jha For the corporate sector, the phase is said to be ‘the golden era of privatisation’. The irony is not lost as the government has declared its decision on which side it would be, and that too openly and ‘unapologetically’ calling privatisation of public sector units...
Using Scientific Bodies For Political Ambitions Is Unethical
Dr Arun Mitra The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research has been and upright institution of our country and its opinions have been valued widely. But unfortunately like several other institutions in the country...
Vikas Dubey Saga Has Many Episodes To Unroll In The Coming Days
By Sushil Kutty It suits powerful domiciles that their sleazy secrets remain untold – hidden. And Kanpur ‘don’ Vikas Dubey had lots of beans to spill. The ‘eight-cop-killer’ was on the run for a week and then he surrendered shouting “I’m Vikas Dubey Kanpurwala.’ The next morning...
Britain’s New Plan For Jobs Is Inadequate To Deal With Latest Crisis
By Arun Srivastava Despite launching the “plan for jobs” the chancellor Rishi Sunak can not expect to check mass unemployment. His friends and economic advisers have been advising him to act far more decisively to prevent mass unemployment after unveiling a £30bn mini budget, but it...
Lack Of Diversity In Committee On Criminal Laws Reform
By Satyaki Chakraborty Several women lawyers, from across the country, have written to NLU-D Vice Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, the Chairperson of the ‘Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws’, expressing their serious concerns regarding the lack of diversity in the constitution of the committee. They highlight...
Scindia Clout With Centre Unnerves Chouhan In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: “Really BJP is a party with a difference” is the general comment in the political circles of Madhya Pradesh. BJP has created history- It took 102 days to get a complete council of Ministers. For more than a month the state was administered...
Bihar Opposition Fight Over CM Face
By Rahil Nora Chopra The assembly election of Bihar for 243 assembly seats is due in October- November this year. The opposition alliance is fighting over its chief ministerial candidate. RJD has projected 30-year old Tejashwi Yadav as the chief minister candidate of the grand alliance after its...
Axe Of Privatisation On Indian Railways
By C. Srikumar If your train’s on the wrong track, every station you come to is the wrong station — Dernard Malamud One by one national assets are being sold. The latest master stroke of the Modi government is the privatisation of the Indian Railways. On July...
Narendra Modi Has Made A Big Mess In Dealing With Covic-19 Pandemic
By Prakash Karat The Covid pandemic in India reached a landmark on July 5 when India became the third country, after the United States and Brazil, with the largest number of Covid cases in the world. It is no coincidence that the top three countries in this regard...
Journalism Has Been Systematically Losing Its Democratic Value
By Arun Srivastava Integrity and credibility of the media has degenerated to such an extent that now the police, not the judiciary, will issue its diktat and seek clarification who has given it the right and m whether it enjoys the privilege guaranteed by the constitution to...
