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.The Government That Refuses To Learn
By Prakash Karat Weeks have gone by since the disastrous second Covid-19 wave unfolded, but the Modi government refuses to realise the folly of its ways and rectify its policies. The Supreme Court hearing the Covid pandemic issue had raised valid questions and expressed reservations about the vaccine policy...
Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Many Challenges To Face
By Sagarneel Sinha After days of speculation, finally, the BJP, which created a new record this time in Assam by returning to power for the second time consecutively, appointed Himanta Biswa Sarma as the new chief minister. Many saw this decision coming with the saffron party avoiding to declare...
Auto Sector Fears Another Dip As Sales Of Vehicles, Fuel Drop
By K Raveendran As Covid continues to ravage the country and more and more areas coming under lock-down like restrictions, the automobile sector is worried about that the green shoots that had begun appearing may not survive for long. According to reports quoting a top BPCL official, fuel sales...
UP Panchayat Poll Results Boost Opposition Morale
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The opposition is in an upbeat mood after panchayat results dealt BJP a humiliating defeat in its key districts. There is feeling among the opposition parties that that panchayat results have proved that rural voters were against BJP, which shows that the party could be...
Covid-19 Pandemic Calls For Early Relaxations On IPRs
By Rohan Wadhwa The second wave, or rather a tsunami of Covid-19 as the Delhi High Court has observed, has knocked down India’s medical system. There are appalling reports of casualties due to a lack of medical facilities from all over the country. The paucity of drugs that Covid-infected...
Starmer Must Turn Left In The Interest Of Survival
By Arun Srivastava Facing criticism after losing the Hartlepool by-election and control of eight councils, Britain’s local authorities, Labour leader Starmer is facing a challenge to his leadership not only by the Corbynites but even by some unattached Labour leaders. Though the Labour retained mayoralties of London, Liverpool and...
Suo Moto: A Glimmer Of Hope Amidst Total Government Apathy
By K Raveendran Increasing instances of courts resorting to suo moto route to take up issues of public concern have perhaps attracted the tag of vigilantism by judiciary. From a purely legal perspective, there may be several pitfalls of this instrument, which can be considered to be a post-1990...
Mamata Must Mobilise Her Theoretical And Political Idealism
By Arun Srivastava While home minister Amit Shah befittingly supported by his buddy, governor Jagdeep Dhankar, has been busy preparing the blue print for dismissing the Mamata government on the plea of its failure to control the election violence and placing the state under President’s rule, the five member...
The Risks In Underestimating Narendra & Amit
By Sushil Kutty A Noida resident labels doctors ‘Jallad’. Loosely translated, ‘Jallad’ is an executioner, the hangman at the local penitentiary. But what’s this lady’s grouse with doctors? The family belongs to Bihar. The pandemic caught them stranded in Bhagalpur. The lady’s mother and husband were found Covid-19 positive....
Covid-19: Lessons In Constitution And Governance
By Akhil V. Menon and Rassal Janardhanan A. We are currently facing a challenge, unprecedented in the history of the country. The pandemic has taken away countless precious lives and has left our nation gasping for breath. Once the pandemic recedes, it will leave a country that may be...
A Sound Data Protection Authority Is Need Of The Hour
By Ashit Kumar Srivastava It was in 2017 when the Supreme Court in K.S. Puttaswamy-I recognised the Right to Privacy as a part of fundamental rights. Further, it also realised that digital privacy is as important as spatial privacy (Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul deserve honourable mention)....
Soli Sorabjee’s Role In Precedent-Setting Cases
By Harihar Swarup Soli Sorabjee, besides being a reputed attorney, was a noted social person. As President of India International Centre and, earlier as a member, he will always be remembered. When he was not able to stand up and walk, he would move on a wheel chair, visiting ...
Stalin Still Has A Long Way To Go
By Kalyani Shankar Where can you find Stalin, Nehru, and Gandhi in the same cabinet except in Tamil Nadu? Immediately after Independence, many chose to name their children in memory of freedom fighters. The late DMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidhi also named his third son...
People Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Sea
By Gyan Pathak People of India are being driven on a path between the devil and the deep sea. On one of the passageways there is the Union Government and on the other the profiteers. The Centre is taxing the people more and more while the profiteers are making...
Nepal Prime Minister Voted Out But Clings To Power
By Barun Das Gupta The inevitable has happened. Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli lost the trust vote in Parliament on Monday, by 93 votes for and 124 against. But he has not resigned which political propriety demanded that he do. Immediately after the voting, President Bidya Devi...
Floating Bodies Point To Lack Of Government Accountability
By Arun Srivastava Around 100 bloated decomposed bodies were seen floating in Ganga river in Chausa, a village located about 11 km from Buxar city, on Bihar’s border with Uttar Pradesh. The officials of Bihar suspect that these bodies might have been in the water for at least five...
Bill Gates, White Man’s Burden And Modi Vaccine Fiasco
By Prabir Purkayastha The incompetence of the Modi government is starkly visible in its handling of the current crisis. It fares even worse on the vaccine front. Its belief in the ideology of free-market capitalism is that the market will magically produce whatever we need. This is why it...
Covid Surge Takes Big Toll On Economy Of States
By Nantoo Banerjee Lockdown may be a temporary solution to contain the spread of coronavirus, but it’s time for the government and society to consider other measures to prevent the virus expansion. For the poor and daily wage earners, lockdown means no income and no food. Even a good...
