IPA Special
Domestic Violence During Pandemic Is Now A Global Phenomenon
By Prachi and Astutya Prakhar As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, reports of domestic violence upsurging all over the world is worrying. The pervasive spread of the virus has forced domestic violence victims to stay at home with their abusers, leaving them with little options to find...
Unemployment In Britain Has Emerged As Biggest Challenge
By Lamiat Sabin Ministers must take urgent action to tackle unemployment if Britain is to avoid a post-coronavirus financial disaster, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged. A sharp rise in unemployment is the “biggest danger” Britain’s economy faces, the TUC warned, as it called on...
Vikas Dubey’s ‘Encounter’ Exposes Criminalisation Of Politics
By Kalyani Shankar The BJP President J.P. Nadda addressing a virtual rally recently observed: “Criminalization of politics has scaled new heights, now we all hear about cut money in Bengal. We need to cut to size these leaders who demand cut money. We need to restore Bengal’s glory...
Mayawati Wooing Brahmins Making Use Of Vikas Dubey Killing
By Arun Srivastava Even while the upper caste Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh are yet to reconcile to the brutal reality of cold blooded murder of their Robinhood, Vikas Dubey, the BSP chief Mayawati has started working on the plan to reach out to them and float a new...
The Millstone Around LDF Govt’s Neck
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In politics, timing is as important as perception. If you get your timing wrong you are bound to land yourself in deep trouble. That is the fate which has befallen the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government reeling under the impact of the gold...
Afghans Take To Opium To Battle Coronavirus
By Sushil Kutty Afghan Covid-19 patients are picking up the opium habit to pander to the coronavirus vice, liking and getting addicted to opium’s painkilling prowess; many believing that Covid-19 isn’t ‘real’ but a manifestation of God’s anger and distaste against man’s cupidity for waste. But to get...
Germany finally had enough U.S. Militarism
By Victor Grossman BERLIN – Despite concern here about the continuing coronavirus danger, some still have an eye or an ear for new dangers on the international relations front. If they look and listen hard they are hearing an unusual tearing sound. It could be emanating...
Black Lives Matter Is Now Biggest Social Movement In USA
By Ian Sinclair Like many people I’ve followed and been inspired by the extensive news coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests in the US. But I really didn’t understand their extraordinary size until I read a recent New York Times analysis. The women-founded movement began in...
A Rejuvenation In Congress Leadership Has Become Imperative
By Arun Srivastava Like Jyotiraditya Scindia the scion of the Scindia dynasty of Madhya Pradesh, the deputy chief minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot too has been the blue eyed boy of the Gandhi family. Besides these two have one more commonality; both have become the victim of the...
Homelessness Is The New Pandemic In Britain
By Ben Chacko Last week a young woman posted a complaint that since she left her parents’ home she had spent £45,000 on rent and now feared eviction because, under the coronavirus lockdown, she couldn’t work, had exhausted her savings and was thus was unable to pay her...
