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.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...
Rising Cases Of Covid-19 In The Country Bring New Concerns
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has achieved yet another milestone in vaccination when it exceeded 200.33 crore as per provisional reports from across the country till 7AM on July 19. However, this alone should not be a matter of complacency either on part of the government or the people...
Bangladesh And Nepal Badly Hit By Power Shortages, Seeking Help From India
By Ashis Biswas Nepal and Bangladesh are feeling the negative impact of the uncertainties plaguing power generation and related operations in India, in the wake of the Ukraine war. Neither Nepal, nor Bangladesh can expect much relief from long power cuts until more supplies can be sourced from India...
IndiGo’s Ban On Kerala CPI(M) Leader EP Jayarajan Unfair
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indigo Airline’s three-week ban on CPI(M) leader E P Jayarajan from flying on the airline for his alleged unruly behaviour onboard a flight in which Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was travelling from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram, is grossly unfair and unacceptable. A travel ban of...
Internationalising Rupee Is Unlikely To Stabilise The Currency
By Nantoo Banerjee The best way to stabilise the Indian Rupee is to contain inflation and imports. Simply put: the inflation rate should be below four percent and the country’s massive annual trade deficits need to be reduced to zero. The country should totally focus on making goods in...
