Opinion
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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.India’s Booster Dose Policy From April 10 Is Anti-Poor
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s booster dose policy announced on April 8 by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is clearly anti-poor, since de facto they cannot get vaccinated with booster doses against COVID-19, though theoretically they are also eligible to have it at private vaccination centres along...
Supreme Court Rebuking Central Agencies For Their Stand On Bail Is Welcome
By Sushil Kutty India’s well-lit prisons are home to lakhs of under-trials languishing in them for years on end because the courts of the land have no time to spare for the mountains of cases they are saddled with. And because investigating agencies challenge all bail requests, as also...
Madhya Pradesh Congress Gets Battle Ready For 2023 Assembly Elections
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: As a part of preparation for the 2023 Vidhan Sabha elections, Madhya Pradesh Congress President and Leader of Opposition Kamal Nath has constituted a broad based committee of more than forty members drawn from various factions of the state Congress. In pursuance to the...
BJP Leaders Demand For Ban On Meat Is Against The Indian Constitution
By Gursimran Bakshi First they wanted a ban on Hijab. Then they wanted a ban on Halal meat and loudspeakers for Azaan. Now, they want to ban meat. On April 5, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Mukesh Suryan attracted criticism from the citizens when he wrote a...
Imran Khan’s Tenure: A Bunch Of Lies And Disappointments
By Manish Rai In 2018, Pakistan witnessed the rise of new celebrity Prime Minister Imran Khan, who vowed to halt dynastic politics, end corruption and boost the economy. Common Pakistanis, especially the youth, saw Khan as their only ray of hope. As before coming to power, Khan in his...
Former Finance Secretary D Subbarao Stirs A Debate On Role Of Bureaucrats
By K R Sudhaman Former RBI Governor and Union Finance Secretary D Subbarao, who himself was a seasoned and a brilliant IAS officer, has flagged a serious issue in Indian bureaucracy that encouraged mediocrity and virtually dis-incentivized betterment and honest initiatives. There is definitely some merit in what he...
The Rise And Rise Of The BJP In Indian Polity In Last 42 Years
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi waxed eloquent on April 6, the 42nd foundation day of the Bharatiya Janata Party, dwelling deep into ‘parivaarvad’ and ‘rashtravaad’, besides pointing out that the rise and rise of the BJP is also centred round India’s growing global clout. Who he was...
Many Drugs Under Price Control No More Affordable For Majority
By Dr. Gyan Pathak From April 1, 2022, the majority of drugs have become costlier, and the poor patients are doomed to suffer, which is being termed as the highest ever price hike in the country. Even the drugs under price control mechanism many seem no more affordable for...
Politics Over Mangoes And Loudspeakers Doesn’t Make India Great Again
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On April 6, The American Bazaar published an article that goes by the headline: Alphonsos arrive in America as USDA okays Indian mango Import. The news story talks about the excitement among the Asian communities in the US on the arrival of famous Indian mango...
Hike In Fuel Prices Have Led To Steep Rise In Costs Of Essential Items
By Dr Soma Marla For the last two weeks prices on Petrol, diesel and cooking gas are increased twelve times. A litre of petrol costs Rs. 118.4 in Mumbai and diesel Rs 105 in Chittor. Rise in fuel prices has a cascading effect not just on transport but on...
Nitish To Remain Bihar CM Till BJP-JDU Alliance Holds
By Rahil Nora Chopra The storm of disagreement between NDA allies BJP and JDU shows no signs abating, with both parties bitterly disputing over Nitish Kumar’s future vis-à-vis staying on as the Bihar Chief Minister beyond 2025. In this context, the chairman of the parliamentary board of Janata Dal...
Bangladesh Defies All Pressures From USA To Take A Position Against Russia
By Ashis Biswas A section of Bangladeshi media analysts, unlike their more diplomatic Indian counterparts, has taken a distinctively acerbic view of the role played by Ukraine in Europe and elsewhere in recent years. The mainstream Dhaka-based media however is broadly supportive of their country’s present neutral positioning on...
Centre’s New Examination System Is Not Reform But Elite Centred
By Sanjay Kumar From this academic session, all undergraduate admissions to central universities will be based on a single test, the Central University Entrance Test, rather than marks obtained in the school leaving board examinations. The University Grants Commission, the primary funding agency for central universities, announced the change...
Supreme Court Has To Take An Early Decision On Electoral Bonds
By Nitya Chakraborty It is good that the Chief Justice of India N V Ramana has agreed to take up for hearing a pending petition challenging the Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018 .The 20th tranche of electoral bonds opened on April 1 this year and it will continue till April...
The Mystery Behind Russian Rouble Reverting Back To Pre-Ukraine War Level
By Anjan Roy The clawing back to the exchange rate of the Russian rouble to the US dollar in the recent days is not too much of a mystery. It is simply because there is no demand for the US green back from the holders of the Russian rouble....
Shiv Sena Thwarts The BJP From Bringing Down The MVA
By Sushil Kutty It’s come to where it does not matter if the slip is showing. The fiery Shiv Sena seems to be reconciled to paralysis, incapable of protecting its own from the trepidations of CBI and ED. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is as if nowhere in the picture....
New Coronavirus Variant Reminds Impending Threats
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Within few days of lifting all COVID-19 related curbs from April 2, including mandatory wearing of masks and maintaining physical distancing, Maharashtra reported India’s first case of Coronavirus variant XE on April 6 in Mumbai, though within hours Union Health Ministry disagreed saying the present...
Narendra Modi’s Recent Comments Indicate A Process Of Oligarchy
By Krishna Jha Even long before independence, in 1888, Sir John Stratchy told the Cambridge undergraduates “…There is not and never was an India, or even any country of India, no Indian nation, no people of India about whom we hear so much…that men of Punjab. Bengal, north west...
