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.World Of Work And Trade Unionism In Transition In Pandemic
By Gyan Pathak The world of work has been in transition for one and half years. So is the case with trade unionism. There are multiple reasons for it, which began with the outbreak of COVID-19, followed by lockdowns and containment measures put in forced shutdowns of establishments barring...
LDF Government In Kerala Must Listen To The Voices Of Reason
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is, once again, an unredeeming tale of refusal to learn from past mistakes. A bitter product of the failure to listen to sage advice and the resultant legal snubs from the courts of the country. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front Government (LDF) defended...
Mystery Around The Name Of Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel In Pegasus List
By HariharSwarup For those who have known Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel, his name figured in Pegasus list, along with Railway & Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, came as a surprise. “After all, he is someone who puts it all out there— where was the need to know...
Former Contra Rebel To Stand In Nicaraguan Presidential Elections On November 7
By Satyaki Chakraborty The political situation in Nicaragua, a country in Latin America, has turned tense, four months before the Presidential elections on November 7 as the present president Daniel Ortega has imprisoned some opposition leaders including a presidential potential candidate and the anti- Ortega parties are putting a...
Mamata Has Set A Fresh Narrative For Building Firm Unity Of Opposition Parties
By Kalyani Shankar West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee made a whirlwind trip last week to the capital, making another attempt to unite the Opposition parties. She met all the right people and made adequate noise about the eluding opposition unity. Will she be able to succeed where others...
Samyukta Kisan Manch’s Action Plan In Uttar Pradesh Rattles BJP
By Arun Srivastava Ahead of the September 5 programme of the Sanyukta Kisan Manch programme to seal all roads leading to Lucknow, the BJP-RSS is gearing for a fierce, if needed resorting to an aggressive violent confrontation with the farmers. Sangh strategy to win the 2024 Lok Sabha election...
Corona Battle Becomes Tougher In Kerala
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The battle against COVID-19 has become tougher in Kerala. The dubious distinction the state has gained of being the best performer and having the worst in new cases of infection. For Kerala, the second wave is hardly over, but the third wave is already predicted...
Three Gujarati Musketeers Messing With Future Of Lakshadweep
By Sushil Kutty The ‘Save Lakshadweep Forum’ did not take into account the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi spends at least 17 hours a day mulling what to do, and where, to disturb the status quo no matter what the cost because money is not a factor for...
Dialogue Between States Is The Only Way To Contain Border Tensions In North East
By Sagarneel Sinha Often the northeast region of the country is clubbed together but the fact is the states of this region are different from each other in terms of tribe, language, food, clothing, culture and history. These kinds of cultural differences are seen inside these states too. This...
1991 Economic Reforms Steered Growth But Fruits Could Not Be Shared
By Subrata Majumder 1991 reforms triggered growth. Economy leapfrogged 7-8 percent for two decades, the second highest growth in GDP, next to China. India became the sixth largest economy in the world. It emerged the net major exporter of oil refinery products, notwithstanding being the third largest importer of...
Congress Workers In Uttar Pradesh Want Priyanka As CM Face Before Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: At a time when majority of Congress leaders and workers want Priyanka Gandhi to be face of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, she is busy in building the organisation to give it new look. There is no doubt that the recent visit of Priyanka Gandhi boosted...
Indian Sailors ‘Banned’ To Enter China Ports
By Nantoo Banerjee It is shocking to note that the Government of India, one of the world’s major suppliers of seafarers, is silent on a very serious complaint by the All India Seafarer and General Workers’ Union that China is not allowing ships with Indian crew to enter...
Unorganised Workers Are Being Sucked By Uncertain Labour Market
By Gyan Pathak Millions of unorganized labours are being sucked by the quicksand created in the uncertain labour market in India. Only few jobs are available that makes the market exploitative, losing the means of survival due to no money in hand, and losing hope fast because they...
India’s ‘Democracy Deficit’ Under Narendra Modi Is Now Globally Known
By Amulya Ganguli By now, New Delhi’s mandarins must have prepared a standard list of denials of accusations by foreigners about the increasingly frayed nature of Indian democracy. The visits to India of both the US defence secretary, Lloyd James Austin, and the secretary of state, Antony Blinken,...
Shah Gaga Over Yogi Adityanath’s Broken Law & Order Record
By Sushil Kutty There’s the flip side to the coin and the one tossed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s law & order record is a flipping miracle. Shah says Uttar Pradesh under the Yogi topped in maintenance of law &...
ABVP Members Disrupt Webinar On Achievement Of Scientific Temper
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: July 30, 2021 will be recorded as a day of shame in the history of Dr. Gaur Central University of Madhya Pradesh. On this day the RSS affiliated Vidhyarthi Parishad directed the University to remove the names of two eminent scholars from...
Pandemic Further Worsens Living Conditions In Urban India
By Tikender Singh Panwar The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the hollowness of the urban development trajectory in India. Since the last few decades, especially after the economic reforms in the 1990s, the city development models have been for-profit maximisation through privatisation of utilities, monetisation of land and corporatisation for...
South African Communist Party Observes Centenary Of Its Founding
By Satyaki Chakraborty The South African Communist Party (SACP) reflected on a centenary of “unbroken struggle” on August 1 as it celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. At a hybrid conference, held virtually and in person, the party’s general secretary Blade Nzimande said it continues to...
