IPA Special
Political Prisoner, Pandemic And The Apathetic State
By Megha Katheria After a lot of drama, imprisoned poet and activist Varavara Rao, 79, was shifted to Saint George Hospital in Mumbai after testing positive for COVID-19. He has been moved from the Taloja jail prison hospital to J J Hospital in Mumbai last week. This was...
Trump Turns To Neo-Nazi Symbols To Attract Racist Votes
By C.J. Atkins It’s really no longer controversial to state that Donald Trump embraces the ideas and thinking of the racist right; he’s been brandishing his bigoted credentials since long before he was elected. But the recent adoption of explicit neo-Nazi and white nationalist imagery and symbols by...
World Bank Claim On Poverty Reduction Is Deceptive
By Prabhat Patnaik There is much self-congratulatory back-slapping among governments, the World Bank officials and many economists about the “decline in poverty” that is supposed to have occurred between 1990 and the onset of the recent pandemic. This decline is claimed on the basis of an International...
Surgical Strike Of CBSE Curriculum Is Motivated
By Binoy Viswam The rightist forces committed to the ideology of fascism have always been keen to impress upon the minds of the young generation their own line of thoughts. The guiding principle of Hitler in this regard was “catch them young”. Once in power they do...
Social Cohesion Is Imperative In Present Period Of Pandemic
By Dr. Arun Mitra Three main precautions are suggested to prevent oneself from Novel Corona Virus infection. These include washing hands regularly, putting mask on face to cover mouth and nose, and maintaining ‘social distance’. All the conscious citizens in general are following these instructions as advised by...
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Is Countering Yogi Govt Head-On
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Unlike other opposition leaders, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has succeeded in mobilising her party workers to hit the roads of Uttar Pradesh and take on the ruling Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government like no other. In order to achieve Mission 2022 assembly polls,...
Ahead Of Polls, Bihar Leaders Play Intense Alliance Games
By Rahil Nora Chopra The canvassing for the coming Bihar assembly election has started via virtual meetings in the state. The RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has demanded for polls to be postponed in Bihar and said that it is the responsibility of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to hold elections...
Britishers Are Angry At Tory Govt’s Corona Management
By Arun Srivastava A wide impression is gaining ground in the common Britons that Boris Johnson’s government is dangerously suppressing dissent and the mediocre, time-serving and sleazy survive as long as they blindly support the Prime Minister. This imprint certainly does not augur well for Boris Johnson...
Cuban President Welcomes Returnees Of Medical Brigades
By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet HAVANA – The Cuban president arrived early, when the blazing summer sun was still just a gentle caress over the beautiful gardens of the La Pradera International Health Center, in the western part of the capital, Havana. “We made this really early, 7:30...
Congress Is Resorting To Unscrupulous Politics In Kerala
By Prakash Karat The gold smuggling case in Kerala is being used by the Congress-led UDF and the BJP to tarnish the image of the LDF government and a joint effort to destabilise the government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The Congress and the UDF have...
