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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.EC Acted Quite Late In Banning Big Poll Rallies In West Bengal
By Arun Srivastava Though under strict instructions from the Calcutta High Court to adhere to the Covid norms and enforce health safety norms during the assembly election process, including campaigning, the Election Commission has managed to safeguard the interest of its political masters by not agreeing to club the...
Covishield Pricing Method Raises Inconvenient Questions
By Prosenjit Datta Serum Institute of India’s (SII) announcement of the Covishield prices it will charge the Union government, the states and, finally to the private hospitals raises several disquieting questions. According to a clarification released by SII, it was charging the Union government around Rs 150 per dose...
Modi-Shah Duo Are Responsible For Havoc Caused By Second Wave Of Covid-19
By Prakash Karat The Covid-19 cases crossed over 2,34,000 on April 17, the very day Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Asansol, West Bengal, where he congratulated the people for coming in large numbers and declared that he had not seen such crowds in a rally before. This...
Causing Deaths Through Artificial Oxygen Crisis
By Gyan Pathak India has sufficient stock of oxygen, says the Union Government. It means the catastrophic oxygen crisis in the country is created either artificially for profiteering, criminal neglect of responsibility, or obstructing its smooth movement by design or carelessness. This essential commodity for sustaining human life is...
Health Infrastructure In Narendra Modi’s India Is Collapsing First
By Krishna Jha India has entered a new horror phase of Covid 19, which no other country has faced till now. According to reports, there are 3.16 lakh new cases, highest ever for any country. The number does not include those in Ladakh and Tripura, either the suffering or...
Millions Of Indians Are Now Paying Heavy Price For The Follies Of Modi Regime
By Sushil Kutty A section of America is battling what it terms as “medical tyranny”, asking people to “fight now” or forever “lose your freedoms and die as a medical experiment prisoner.” The adherents of this worldview reject masks, vaccines and lockdowns. They go so far as to say...
The Bizzare Ascent Of The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin Value, Courtesy Elon Mask
By Anjan Roy In the midst of all the uncertainties and tailspins of last one year, there has been one exception — the rise and rise of the Bitcoin. Currently, it is well past $60,000 and, if God does not know, Elon Musk of Tesla seems to be aware...
Expectations From CJI-Designate, Justice NV Ramana
By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr There is speculation about what sort of Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana would make. “He is not the kind of judge who will clash with the executive. Nor is he likely to cause ripples through his legal pronouncements. His will be a...
Academy Nominated Film ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Is Of Big Relevance
By Michael Berkowitz There are many reasons to see Aaron Sorkin’s Academy Award-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Writer-director Sorkin has gifted us with a well-written, often well-acted lesson in history and political philosophy. Although the focus is on ideas, heartfelt emotions, and wry humor leaven Sorkin’s...
Modi’s Vaccination Programme Has Kept Too Many Loopholes
By K Raveendran For a change, Modi has conceded to the demand from various quarters, including Congress, to expand the vaccination programme to the massive 18-plus age group. But the plan could turn out to be another Utopian idea, just like Modi’s ill-fated demonetisation, half-baked implementation of the GST...
PM Is Set To Absolve Centre Of Covid Second Wave Management
By Gyan Pathak Oh! The unkindest cut of all. When we have fallen to the worst of our suffering, our beloved prime minister Narendra Modi rubs salt on our miseries, tells we alone are responsible. However, being victims to his arrogating foolhardy policies, we know, we have been exposed...
Uddhav Thackeray Is Tackling A Grim Covid Situation In Maharashtra
By Sushil Kutty Finally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the airwaves and addressed the pathetic and sad state of Covid-India. Some say he was goaded by Wayanad Congress MP Rahul Gandhi who nudged him with the statement “I’m no longer going to address election rallies”, and ex-Prime Minister...
Digital Transformation Spurred US Investment In India Amidst Covid 19
By Subrata Majumder While American investors were upbeat in India, despite Covid 19 ravaged the economy, Japanese investors slipped into coma. Both are among five top foreign investors in India. US investment in India surged by 297.2 per cent in 2020 over the preceding year and Japanese investment fell...
K S Chithra Is Melody Queen Of South India Recording More Than 25,000 Songs
By Harihar Swarup Krishnan Nair Shankatkumari Chithra, known more as K S Chithra, decorated with Padma Bhushan, is called melody queen and nightingale of South India. One wonders how she manages but, surprisingly, she has recorded 25,000 songs in various languages. Even though basically she is a Carnatic language...
Yogi Government Is Trying To Hide Its Failures In Fighting Corona
By Arun Srivastava Supreme Court staying the Allahabad High Court advice to the Uttar Pradesh Government to impose strict restrictions till April 26 in five cities amid the surge in COVID-19 cases would certainly demotivate and disappoint the High Courts across the country. The Telangana High Court too on...
Time Is Ripe To Have More Women Judges In Supreme Court Of India
By Kalyani Shankar Is it not strange that justice is usually portrayed as a woman, but women do not have much role in it? Women have become President, Prime Minister, chief ministers, Governor, and occupied other high positions but not as the chief justice of India. There have been...
Narendra Modi Lacks Vision In Dealing With The Threat Of Second Covid Surge
By Dr Arun Mitra The Prime Minister has woken very late in appealing to the pilgrims at Kumbh to go back and that Kumbh should be symbolic now. The damage has already been done. Even if those at Kumbh at present start to vacate the place, it may take...
Migrant Workers Are Again Leaving Delhi As Lockdown Begins
By Gyan Pathak Migrant workers continue to leave Delhi in large numbers. Thousands of them gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT to catch buses in the evening of April 19, 2020 within hours after the announcement of six days lockdown by the Chief Minister of Delhi. Police said in the...
