IPA Special
Kerala Deplores Terms Set On Borrowing
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has offered a cautious welcome to the Rs 20 lakh crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and unwrapped in fie tranches by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Government has welcomed the decision to raise the limit for...
Getting Muscular With China’s Xi Jinping
By Sushil Kutty Are we past the worst of the coronavirus crisis? From the looks of it and the behaviour of lots and lots of people across the world, yes! Countries worldwide are lifting lockdowns and markets are tentatively started selling with people buying into the belief that things...
Virtual Courts Are A Necessity At The Time Of Pandemic
By Saniya Siddiqui There can be no two opinions, that the novel coronavirus caught the entire world by surprise, and what set countries apart is how they responded to the crisis. India chose the world’s strictest stay-at-home restrictions to ensure life is preserved while allowing only essential services. Although...
Biden, Sanders Join Hands To Beat Trump On Progressive Agenda
By John Wojcik Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders have established a task force to unite the Democratic Party on a progressive agenda. The action reflects the urgency that not only most in the Democratic Party but labour and all its allies place on the task...
Post-Lockdown, Millions To Stay Jobless
By Nantoo Banerjee At least 200 million people may have lost job since the nation-wide lockdown was clamped on March 25 to curb the spread of Covid-19. Although the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) in its last report said that 122 million Indians lost their jobs in...
Migrant Woes Exposing BJP’s Brahmin-Bania Nexus
By Amulya Ganguli The Narendra Modi government is facing several problems. After the praise it received from the WHO about its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and also from Bill Gates, the signs are that India is on the verge of a second wave of the disease while the...
Time To Transfer Funds From Weapons To Making Of Vaccines
By Dr. Arun Mitra The world is seized with tackling COVID-19 which is being perceived as biggest health threat to the humanity today. True, this virus is more lethal than other Corona viruses. There is an all out effort by the scientists around the world to develop vaccines to...
People From Black And Ethnic Groups Are The Worst Corona Victims In UK
By Arun Srivastava The Prime Minister of UK, Boris Johnson is facing acute pressure to launch an independent public inquiry into the disproportionate impact of corona on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities (BAME) across Britain. This demand has cropped up in the wake large number of deaths the...
Madhya Pradesh Sandwiched Between States Seeing Labour Outflux
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Besides taking care of the corona-related problems Madhya Pradesh has to bear the brunt caused by migrant labourers from all over the country travelling back to their homes. This additional problem is being caused due to the geographical location of the state. Migrant labourers leaving...
Brazil’s Workers Party Set To File Impeachment Motion Against President
By Satyaki Chakraborty Brazil’s Workers’ Party (PT) is set to file papers for the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the Covid-19 crisis, saying that he “no longer works with this government.” The party said at the weekend that its executive had “decided to submit...
