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.Remembering Stormy WTO Ministerial Meeting In Seattle In December 1999
By Nitya Chakraborty From today November 30, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was scheduled to hold its 12th ministerial meeting for four days in Geneva to discuss a number of crucial issues for the developing countries including some waiver in respect of Trade Relates Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights...
CEL Is Second Victim Of Modi Govt’s Sell-Cheap Policy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The state run Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has become the second victim of Modi government’s selling spree of public sector companies this year. It was sold damn cheap at only Rs 210 crore to Nandal Finance, a company which has no expertise to run the...
Modi’s Great Fall: No More Gall In The Bladder
By Sushil Kutty If there is an Indian who can give coronavirus a run for its money, it is farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait. Now, in its Omicron avatar, coronavirus, with 53 spike proteins—meaning 53 mutations—is ‘stubborner’ than a mule, and Tikait a week and a half ago, unseated Prime...
Twitter Change Of Guard Marks A New Turn In Start-Up Ecosystem
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Jack Dorsey, 45, on Monday announced his resignation as the CEO of social media giant Twitter he co-founded in 2005. His resignation came almost abruptly although a media report had hinted at the possibility recently. Dorsey has been acting as the CEO of both Twitter...
State Laws For Domicile Reservation Of Job In Private Sector Are Unconstitutional
By Seema Sindhu Recently, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi announced that his government will soon bring a law to ensure that jobs in Punjab are reserved for Punjabis. Punjab will become the fifth state to join the “75 per cent reservation for locals” bloc. Earlier, Andhra...
Communist Yolanda Diaz Playing A Leading Role In Spain’s Coalition Govt
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Spanish Communist leader Yolanda Diaz presently serves as minister of labor and social economy in the coalition government of Spain headed by Pablo Sanchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE). It includes the United Podemos (UP) formation, with which Díaz’s own Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is...
Probe Into Vajpayee-Era PSU Sales May Delay Fresh Stake Sales
By Nantoo Banerjee The biggest economic achievement of the Atal Behari Vajpayee government was probably the sale of some of the country’s best known state-owned enterprises, almost all for a song. Vajpayee served three terms as India’s prime minister for a total period of 73 months and 13 days,...
Narendra Modi’s Four Labour Codes Are Substandard
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The four labour codes subsuming 29 labour laws that Modi government is vigorously pursuing to implement in the next fiscal 2022-23 are decidedly substandard, since it does not include a large number of standards that are already agreed by the international community. The codes primarily...
Leftist Xiomara Castro Set To Be The New President Of Honduras
By Satyaki Chakraborty Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro raced to an early big lead in the Honduran presidential election on Sunday November 28 positioning her to become the first female head of the Central American country. The wife of the former President Manuel Zelaya secured 53 per cent support...
Maharashtra Continues To Remain Hobsons’ Choice For BJP
By Sushil Kutty As Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray recuperated in hospital, recovering from a spine surgery, his three-legged Maha Vikas Aghadi government crept into its third year in power. It can be said, though, that the MVA dispensation could have done worse—it managed to stay afloat in the sea...
Tripura Civic Poll Results A Temporary Relief For Biplab Deb
By Sagarneel Sinha The civic polls results of the state have provided the relief that the ruling party BJP, particularly chief minister Biplab Deb was looking for. Since the start of the election campaign, the civic polls have been marred by allegations of political violence. Even on the polling...
What NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Report Doesn’t Tell Us
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On Saturday, NITI Aayog released Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2021 that loudly claimed that Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh are the poorest among all Indian states. Bihar, in particular, topped most of the indices that represent the state in a negative light such as malnourishment....
Paytm IPO Debacle May Be Signalling A Cycle Peak
By Matein Khalid Speculative manias in the financial markets invariably culminate in hysteria and greed run amok. So the 25 per cent fall in the $2.5 billion Paytm IPO, India’s celebrated fintech, could well be a cycle peak for the current zeitgeist, just as the busted IPO of Reliance...
British Study Reveals That Poverty Reduces Life Span By A Decade
By Andrew Kersley From conference speeches to multimillion-pound funds that have yet to materialize, we can’t stop hearing about “leveling up.” The British Conservative government’s flagship policy announced as part of its 2019 manifesto promised to redistribute wealth and jobs away from the capital and combat the widening level...
India Must Act Early To Escape Omicron Threat
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the third wave of COVID-19 in India is delayed and experts say its severity would be much reduced compared to the first and second, if at all it strikes, we cannot afford any slackness in guarding ourselves. Scientists have just discovered a new more...
Cryptos Integrate With Financial Markets Under RBI Nose
By K Raveendran Certain things grow on you without you even noticing it; it could be an emotion, an addiction or even a deadly disease like cancer. This has been the case with cryptocurrencies. Central banks, the very antithesis of cryptocurrencies, initially ignored its existence saying it was financial...
Farm Laws Repeal Prompted By More Than Electoral Calculations
By Harihar Swarup The repeal of contentious farm laws is a significant moment and a major political defeat for the Prime Minister and his government. The government’s turnaround is all the more remarkable as it is unusual for the PM to backtrack from major policy decisions, even for instrumental...
Desi Dynasties And The One With Sophistication And Poise
By Sushil Kutty When Mamata Banerjee made nephew Abhishek Banerjee TMC’s general secretary in June of this year, they said she was following in the footsteps of ‘Behan’ Mayawati, who had appointed her brother to an important post in the Bahujan Samaj Party. Mayawati, a spinster like Mamata, clarified...
