Opinion
Appeal
The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.P K Balakrishnan Nair (Balan), The Erudite Librarian Of Ajoy Bhavan Is No More
By Satyaki Chakraborty Com PK Balakrishnan Nair, popularly known as Balan, the erudite librarian at Ajoy Bhavan, the CPI headquarter, passed away in New Delhi on July 20 at a local hospital after a period of illness. He was 82. He had a fall in his house recently and...
AMLO Is Trying To Free Mexico And Latin America From US Hegemony
By Medea Benjamin When Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador travelled to Washington, DC, on July 12, his most exciting encounter for Mexicans in both the United States and Mexico was not his meeting with President Joe Biden but his impromptu encounter with well-wishers outside his hotel room at...
Inflationary Pressure Is At Its Peak In India In ‘Amritvarsh’ Year
By Binoy Viswam The BJP government was enthusiastic to adorn the 75th year of independence with a high sounding name. Because of that, the people every day read and hear the term ‘Amritvarsh.’ The word suggests a year in which life would be victorious over death. As it happens...
Dhaka’s International Image Undone By Bangladeshis Moving Out
By Ashis Biswas In a curious paradox, Bangladeshis are scrambling to emigrate to Western shores even as the country emerges as an economic model in South Asia, faring a cut above others during the pandemic-hit times. Yet, ina mystifying development, hundreds of Bangladeshis are denting their country’s increasingly glowing...
Bill For Alternate Dispute Resolution Has Numerous Loopholes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Mediation is an alternate dispute resolution (ADR) system outside the traditional court system. In India, this service is presently provided by private ADR or mediation centres, and also through the court annexed mediation centres set up by courts and tribunals. Mediation is a voluntary process...
Rishi Sunak Has A Tough Fight On Hand To Get Support Of Common Tory Voters
By Arun Srivastava The final ballot of the British Parliamentarians which put Rishi Sunak at the top place with 137 votes as against Liz Truss’s 113 votes does not give any indication of what finally can happen on September 5 when the final results will be out following voting...
In Yogi Adityanath’s Govt, Ministers Are At War With Bureaucrats
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh ministers are finding it difficult to function due to powerful bureaucrats who are running the show independently. High profile Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak created storm in UP when he wrote letter to his departmental secretary for health Amit Mohan Prasad and questioned...
France’s Left Needs To Speak To All Parts Of The Working Class
By Fabien Escalona Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s followers barely had time to appreciate their champion’s progress in April’s presidential election before François Ruffin sounded the alarm in Libération: “Peripheral France, the France of the small towns, does not appear to be a priority. And when we look at the vote numbers,...
Rupee Touching Rs. 80 Per US$ Is On Line With Global Developments
By Anjan Roy For people life begins at forty. For the Indian rupee, life is beginning to be exciting at 80. The Indian rupee crossed the psychological barrier of 80 to a US dollar on Tuesday in trading on foreign exchange markets. On Wednesday, it recovered a wee bit....
Falling Global Freight Rates Bring Respite To India’s Foreign Trade
By K Raveendran Amidst global supply chain disruptions and the attendant cost escalations, there is some encouraging news for India’s merchandise trade. Oversupply of containers is forcing a correction in the second-hand container market prices in the wake of average container prices and leasing rates declining globally since October...
Privatising Nationalised Banks To Spell Disaster In Indian Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak July 19 became a historical date for banking sector in India in 1969 when Congress led by PM Indira Gandhi nationalized the private banks in the country. Fifty three years later, on July 19, 2022, the Congress had to oppose PM Modi led BJP government...
Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana Has Too Many Pending Work On Hand
By Sushil Kutty The two Sena were back in the Supreme Court on Wednesday locking horns demanding the disqualification of the legislators of the “other Sena”. For the benefit of the public, the Uddhav Sena and Shinde Sena are engaged in a fratricidal war, both groups bent on eliminating...
Sri Lanka’s Economic Collapse Has Big Lessons For Indian Policy Makers
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently that India is the fastest growing economy at the moment. Statistics wise it may be true as other countries are doing badly. But the question to be asked is India’s growth story a myth or reality? On the face...
Five Months After Ukraine War – Russia Is Robust While Europe In Distress
By Nilanjan Banik Last week, I had a chance to visit the Baltic region in Europe for a conference. My destination was Lithuania. Once part of the erstwhile Soviet Block, Lithuania, still has a large proportion of their population who speak and understand Russian language. The buildings and the...
P T Usha’s Nomination To Rajya Sabha Is A Recognition Of Her Talent
By Harihar Swarup P T Usha was India’s fastest woman, winning a slew of medals across Asia. Then she began to groom a new generation of female runners. Now she has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha But sports will always be her life, says, Usha, 58. Usha was...
India Need Major Planning In Its Policies To Get Demographic Dividends
By Kalyani Shankar Is the overpopulation a boon or a bane for India, and will we be able to convert its human resources to productive use? Experts say it could be a boon, but only if the people are involved in regulating it. The topic has come in focus...
In Modi’s New India, Garbage Collector Loses His Job For Picking Up PM, CM Photos
By Sushil Kutty Citizens of Uttar Pradesh should beware. The next time they come across pictures of Modi or Yogi out in the streets leave it where it is, and flee the spot, as hastily as they can; or they’ll be in the tattered shoes of Bobby, 45, who...
Supreme Court Judges Have The Big Responsibility Of Protecting Rights
By Arun Srivastava Judges of Supreme Court are feeling aggrieved at the insinuation against them by a section of the social media. They nurse the feeling that social media has been targeting the judges for no tangible reason. Justice J.B. Pardiwala, one of the judges on the bench which...
