IPA Special
Modi’s Light And Sound Show Reveals Lack Of Ideas
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s light and sound show, or for the order to be right, sound and light show, as part of his national strategy to fight the coronavirus threat amounts to taking symbolism to the level of fantasy, or farce, as his detractors would rather...
India Must Intensify Its Fight Against Covid-19
By Arun Srivastava Even while India is in the midst of unprecedented coronavirus calamity and acute economic crisis, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been busy sharpening his charisma and perfecting image makeover by calling upon the people on Friday to hold a nationwide candlelight vigil at their homes...
US Surpasses China In Facing Brunt Of Coronavirus Pandemic
By Harihar Swarup Crisis faced by India’s hundreds of thousands of migrant workers has shown that the Union government’s centralized command-and-control approach of managing the coronavirus pandemic (Covid 19) will not work. Recent steps, from the poorly planned lockout to the decision to shut down borders without consulting the...
Covid-19 Lockdown And Rising Health Challenges
By Dr Arun Mitra, Dr Tejbir Singh & Dr Sham Sunder Deepti* The lockdown to break the chain of spread of COVID-19 is an essential step. In the initial stages it was found that the people who had come from abroad, Indians or non-Indians, carried this virus with them....
Sonia Gandhi Monitors Congress States During Corona Crisis
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi wants to prove that states ruled by her party are tackling the coronavirus crisis better than the states under the BJP. She first wrote to the Congress chief ministers and followed it up with a video conference with them....
Covid-19: Remain United To Overcome The Threat
By Binoy Viswam By all means these days are critical. In India this stage of the pandemic is the most decisive one. Its dangerous threat of spreading wide was predicted by experts. A national crisis does stare at the face of India. Its impact on India’s future is unpredictable...
Mental Health Of Quarantined Indians Needs Attention
By Arun Srivastava The fear of the unknown is most terrifying. It turns more acute when one is not sure what lies ahead and is not in the position to comprehend how many ways one should try to perceive an outcome. The same situation has arisen in the wake...
India’s Migrant Workers Are Facing The Brunt Of Covid-19 Chaos
By Amarjeet Kaur The plight of almost 40 crore of workers, based on a very miserly estimate, out of 54 crores of workers with almost 90 per cent of them in the unorganised sector as of now in 2020 needs to be addressed immediately. The estimates are that 10...
Karnataka Defies Kerala HC Order To Open Border
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala, which is engaged in a grim battle against the dreaded corona virus, suffered two setbacks on a single day. The most serious setback has been the refusal of the Karnataka Government to obey the order passed by the Kerala High Court to open the...
Fight Against Corona: Socialism Is The Global Future
By D. Raja The lockdown has completed a week and has two more weeks to go. By that time one hopes the lakshman rekha will be wiped off by Modi, who gloomily declared the lockdown and before on 19 March, ordered Indians to follow janata curfew and thali bajao...
