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.Secret Meetings Generate Big Confusion In Maharashtra Ruling Alliance
By Sushil Kutty ‘Fluid’ is the word that best describes the Maharashtra political situation with two old flames suddenly discovering that they cannot live apart, that the once live-in relationship ought to be rejuvenated just so that everybody and not just themselves could live happily ever after. And ex-chief...
Criminal Justice System In India Needs Complete Overhaul To Give Human Touch
By Arun Srivastava Fr Stan Swamy will no more be present to move a bail petition and bother the judges to spare their precious time to listen to his sufferings. He is a liberated soul. It is for the Director of the NIA to undertake some extra amount of...
Next 18 Months Are Crucial For Reversing Setbacks In Development Goals
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The picture of the unprecedented setback to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the last one and half years of COVID-19 pandemic is indeed worrying, yet brighter future is still possible, for which the next 18 months are crucial, and during this time SDG...
Divyanath Panwar Is Now Top Rifle Shooter Preparing For Tokyo Olympic
By Harihar Swarup Seven years ago, a 11-year old boy in Jaipur excitedly watched Apurvi Chandela in her shooting gear train at the Jagatpura range. As India’s top woman rifle shooter, Chandela was the new sporting star in the city and inspiring for budding shooters, Divyanath Panwar was among...
New Generation Of Communists Leading Chile To A Better Future
By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva The recent victories of the left in a number of municipalities and in elections for the Constitutional Convention have set the stage for a categorical rejection of the legacy of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship and the building of a new Chile. Javiera...
Ailing 84 Year Old Stan Swamy Died Waiting For Bail On Medical Ground
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Stan Swami died in judicial custody. He was 84 years of age and ailing with several diseases including Parkinson’s. National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested him nine months ago in October 2020 on terror charges, yet unfounded, under (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). In February,...
French Investigations Into Rafale Deal Bode Bad Omen For Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Rafale, the fighter jet France made and India bought. The Modi Government could have chosen the UK’s Eurofighter, but it plumbed for Rafale. Why? There’s a whiff of a kickback, says former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who can’t let go of the thought; more like he...
Prime Minister Said Untruths To Medical Professionals In His July 1 Address
By Dr. Arun Mitra Medicine is a passion not a profession. Preventing disease and treating the patients gives immense pleasure to a doctor. A person dedicated to the cause is beyond the need for praises. However recognition of medical professional’s work from the mouth of the head of the...
Mohan Bhagwat Gives A New Twist To RSS Perception Of Indian Society
By Arun Srivastava Who is the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat trying to fool? His decrying the culture of lynching of the Muslims by the Hindutva vigilantes or his observation that all Indians share the same DNA, cannot be differentiated on basis of worship must not be construed as his...
LDF Government In Kerala Should Avoid Politics Of Revenge
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This was a course of action the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government should have avoided. Politics of revenge pays neither in the short term nor in the long term. The reference is to the quick verification probe ordered by the State Vigilance and...
Pandemic Has Exposed The Social Inequalities In India As Never Before
By Devasis Chattopadhyay All of us want the pandemic to be over. We all want a coherent post-pandemic world. But what really the future holds for us? This black swan event is alarming because it still has unfamiliar features. This is a global medical emergency caused by a virus...
Chile Elects Indigenous Woman As President Of Constitutional Body
By Steve Sweeney Chile’s indigenous population is celebrating a historic victory after the election of a Mapuche woman as president of the country’s Constitutional Convention at its first session on Sunday. Elisa Loncon won 96 votes in the second round of voting among the 155-member assembly tasked with drafting...
Corporatisation Of Ordnance Factories May Lead To Selective Privatisation
By Nantoo Banerjee The government decision to disband the Ordnance Factories Board (OFB), under the department of defence production, to convert and regroup its 41 units into seven wholly-owned corporate enterprises may or may not change the business fortune of these factories, but it will certainly reshape the more-than-three...
Opposition Parties Need To Get Their Act Together In Uttar Pradesh
By Amulya Ganguli At a time when the opposition should have had an easy run in U.P. in the aftermath of the Yogi Adityanath government’s mismanagement of the Covid crisis which set the alarm bells ringing in the RSS and the BJP camps, the poor performance of the Samajwadi...
Guaranteed Income Support Could Have Saved Millions During Pandemic
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Since the start of COVID-19, the pandemic has seriously impacted at least 60 per cent people from the bottom on the scale of income in every country. Only a little more spending would have prevented millions of them from falling into poverty and great human...
Privatising Banks Means Receding Rights Of Poor In Getting Services
By Tanvi Apte and Ankush Rai It has been around a year and a half since the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc around the world. India has also not been spared of the pandemic’s wrath. Over the last few months, there has been significant discussion on how the Indian...
Afghan Government Losing Control To Taliban As US Forces Withdraw In Bulk
By Sankar Ray Many diplomats who now keep watch on strategic shifts in Afghanistan and around are deeply worried over the CIA forecast that the Afghan Government will in all probability collapse within six months after the US troops withdrawal. Apparently, the syndrome is manifest .as in less than...
Massive Demonstrations Against President Bolsonaro Rock Brazil Polity
By Satyaki Chakraborty Brazil which plays a key role in transforming the politics of the Latin American region is undergoing a big churning. This was most evident in the last one week as thousands of citizens staged massive rallies in all the major cities of the country on Saturday...
