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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.Custodial Violence Unabated Year After Shocking Sathankulam Deaths
By Navjeet Punia June marked the first anniversary of the gory and shocking custodial death of a father-son duo in Sathankulam, Tamil Nadu, during the pandemic. The deaths had triggered outrage in India even more as it transpired days after the brutal killing of George Floyd by cop Derek...
With Cabinet rejig, Modi is now battle-ready for polls
By Harihar Swarup Commentators falling back on the usual tropes to understand in the changes in Narendra Modi cabinet have predictably fallen short. While BJP and its supporters have wanted the focus to be on new entrants and technocrats and professionals, the women and caste rainbow, media attention has...
Amit Shah Will Make Use Of His New Cooperation Ministry To Challenge Pawar
By Sushil Kutty With additional charge of the ‘Cooperation Ministry’ given to Home Minister Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has identified ‘Political Enemy No.1’ – NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, who has been anchoring efforts to cobble up a viable and winning political alternative to the Modi-Shah BJP juggernaut,...
The Inevitability Of Ravi Shankar Prasad’s Exit
By K Raveendran Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is not known for his oratory. But his one-liners have been straight to the point and often controversial, at times without any justification. But on many occasions his comments were noted for the insight these provided to behind the scene activities....
Modi’s Cabinet Reset Reflects BJP’s Aim To Consolidate In The North-East
By Sagarneel Sinha The major cabinet expansion and the reshuffle of the second Narendra Modi government have brought the North-East into the national picture. The region will now have 5 union ministers. This is the highest representation at the centre from the region, which often used to get neglected...
Major Indian Corporate Houses Are Profiting Out Of The Accumulated Loans
By C P Chandrasekhar In a stealthy game played over two decades, corporate India is walking away with huge wealth transfers, largely from the public banking system. After much delay, the halting process of settling the bad debt of defaulting corporates using the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is...
Reintegration Needed To Overcome Job-Market Crisis Globally
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Almost a year and half into the crisis, there is still a risk of a rapid build-up of long-term unemployment. At the end of 2020, there were indeed 60 per cent more people unemployed for at least six months. This figure has continued to grow...
Opposition Parties Gearing Up For Assembly Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Irrespective of the results of Zila Panchayats where BJP won maximum number of seats the opposition parties are gearing up for Mission 2022 assembly polls. Samajwadi Party being major opposition party has given call for state-wide protest on July 15 to galvanise and mobilise party...
Need For Independent Review Of Role Of Courts In Fr. Stan’s Death
By Prof. G Mohan Gopal Dr. Ian D’Souza, medical director of the Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai, reportedly informed the Bombay High Court on July 5, 2021, that Fr. Stan Swamy’s “ause of death is definitely pulmonary infection and Parkinson’s disease among others. There were post-COVID effects on his lungs.”...
Death In Jail Of Stan Swamy Is A Perversion Of Criminal Justice System
By Prakash Karat The persecution and eventual death of 84 year old Father Stan Swamy while in judicial custody has brought out many aspects of the perversion of the criminal justice system under the Modi regime. The use of the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against political and...
Third Wave Of Covid-19 Approaching Faster
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Amidst the visible falling number of new cases of COVID-19 in India, the invisible threat of the third wave of the pandemic may be approaching faster than expected. Complacency among the people as well as in government may add to its speed at a time...
Hindus Are Most Divided In Their Choice Of Gods, Says Pew Research Centre
By Anjan Roy If you are thinking of the Hindus as a homogenous and monolithic cohort, you are wrong. Even in case of their choice of Gods, Hindus are as divided as the country itself. And the Godhead, around whom the nation had gone turbulent and a subsequent movement...
Netflix’s Ray Tells Us, The System Is Not Larger Than Life
By Papri Sri Raman Playing with the germ of an Idea, Ray, the new series on Netflix, is brilliantly iconoclast and innovative from several points of view. Released in June, coinciding with the Ray birth anniversary, these four short films, harvested from four short stories Satyajit Ray wrote in...
New Ministers From Uttar Pradesh With Eye On Lok Sabha Elections
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Uttar Pradesh assembly election in 2022 is the semi final before the final of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as Uttar Pradesh is a crucial state and plays an important role in Lok Sabha polls. Seeing this, seven ministers from Uttar Pradesh were sworn...
Migrants Workers In India Deserve More Than Food Security
By Reetika Khera As we dealt with the nightmarish second wave of Covid-19, the trauma of workers stranded in our cities last year without food, water, work or shelter quietly faded from public memory. One year later, the 29 June order of the Supreme Court brought back memories of...
Criminal Justice System In India Has To Be Empathy-Driven And Reform-Oriented
By Joysheel Shrivastava The objectives of the Indian criminal justice include penalizing, reforming, and rehabilitating the offender. Reformation is its ultimate goal, as the system professes to be more rehabilitative than retributive. However, the system still fails offenders on three counts: (i) ground realities make it more punitive than...
Haiti Is In Big Political Crisis After Assassination Of President Jovenel Moise
By C.J. Atkins In the pre-dawn hours of July 7, the president-turned-dictator of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, was gunned down in his home by assassins. Two men now make duelling claims to be prime minister—and thus head of government. Many Haiti observers warn the stage may be set for the...
Why Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Why Not Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
By Sushil Kutty Doubt if ex-health minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has many fans. Maybe close kin, and a few good friends. But, is he the incompetent he’s made out to be because he was shown the door by Prime Minister Narendra Modi? The question includes almost all of the...
