By Arun Srivstava The recent filing of cases against some journalists who have been articulating the dissenting voices against the prime minister Narendra Modi and his government are not merely the attempt to curtail the freedom to expression but more than that; it is an attack by Rightwing...
By C. Srikumar A news item was published in the Indian Express recently with title “Noida Apparel Export Cluster asks Government to immediately provide 2 lakh Tailors and staff”. The news says that the Noida Apparel Export Cluster has sent a Letter to the Ministry of Micro, Small...
By Palak Sharma The urban to rural exodus of India’s labour population is being met with travel challenges, a delayed response from the government, as well as axed labour laws, that further weakens the opportunity to revive the household of these 100 million internal migrants. As migrants in...
By Ujjwal Singh and Raj Shekhar The Coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented situation around the world with states struggling to curb the spread of infection and treat the already infected people. The impact of this pandemic is even higher in the South-East Asian Region where spending per...
By Nantoo Banerjee The fund-starved government seems to be in desperation to sell its stake in public sector undertakings (PSUs) worth several lakhs of crores of rupees in support of its growing expenditure. In fact, this is the easiest option before the government to raise large funds without...
By Amulya Ganguli The media has been the bete noire of ruling politicians ever since independent India’s first tryst with autocracy in 1975. Two years later, the loser of the 1977 general election, Indira Gandhi, ascribed her defeat to the absence of a feedback from the ground...
By Arun Srivastava Once the Chanakya of the BJP, the Union Home minister Amit Shah, during the period of coronavirus pandemic is being projected by his friends inside the party as the Shaurya Purush entrusted with the task to salvage the mage and prestige of the party. ...
By Satyaki Chakraborty The central trade unions of the country in a joint statement has asked all its members as also the workers of all industries, to observe protest day on July 3 to focus on the anti-labour moves initiated by the Narendra Modi Government taking advantage...
By C.H. Venkatachalam For the past two days, a news item published in a section of the media is in wide circulation regarding a reported move on the allegedly imminent privatisation of some of our banks, as well as to permit more and more private capital into the...
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Two decisions of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government have come as a surprise and to some extent shocking. One decision relates to the en masse transfers of IAS officers at the time when the state faces Corona crisis. IAS officers who have been transferred...