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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.Remembering Legendary Singer Actor Paul Robeson On His Birthday
By Papri Sri Raman In 1947, Paul Robeson, the black icon of America said he would give up his career for two years to ‘talk up and down the nation against prejudice’. Does ‘prejudice’ sound a familiar word in today’s India? April 9 is the birthday of this great...
With Lt. Governor At The Helm, Policy Paralysis May Affect Delhi Govt
By Brahm Sareen and Shivesh Saini The emerging global image of the Indian democracy is of an “electoral autocracy”. The central government is making this charge appear more realistic with some of its decisions. For example, on 28 March, the President gave his assent to the Government of National...
Mining Act: Centre Is Usurping Powers Of Mineral-Rich States
By Neeraj Mishra Amidst the din over farm bills, the BJP government (it should no longer be called NDA since there are no ministers from any coalition parties) has deftly manoeuvred the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2021 through both Houses of Parliament. It’s the BJP’s...
Polling Is Over In Three States And One Union Territory-Only Bengal Is Left
By Rahil Nora Chopra Voting took place in assembly constituencies across the states of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry on Tuesday. West Bengal, where voting was over for first three phases, will have five more rounds of polling. A visibly enthusiastic...
RBI Report Shows Pragmatic Optimism To Combat The Challenges In Economy
By Anjan Roy In the grim context of a second wave of covid infections spreading throughout the country and nervous sense of foreboding, Reserve Bank’s latest monetary policy is admirably anchored in pragmatic optimism. This is good for a struggling economy and hopefully should be borne out by events....
Protection Of People’s Health And Livelihoods Is Top Most Priority Now
By Prakash Karat With the second wave of the Covid-19 infection unfolding, India is facing a calamitous situation. April 4 saw the breeching of the 100,000 mark (one lakh) in daily cases with 103,709 cases recorded. Three days later, on April 7, the count reached the highest so far...
Second Wave Of Covid Is Too Serious To Allow Any Petty Politics
By Gyan Pathak As the second wave of COVID-19 in India is becoming grimmer, politics in the country is becoming uglier. The most objectionable was the attitude of the centre to treat the spread of the pandemic as godsend opportunity to implement whatever they want to, violating the very...
Farmers On Dharna Are Carrying The Tradition Of Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March
By Krishna Jha Demanding repeal of three farm laws, guarantee for the purchase of the crops, and also minimum support price, the farmers are sitting on dharna on the borders of Delhi for last almost 140 days, and have initiated the ‘Mitti Satyagraha’ commemorating the famous Dandi March that...
‘AI Judges’ The Only Hope For Our Overburdened Judiciary
By K Raveendran Three years ago, this column had talked about the possibility of non-human judges, powered by artificial intelligence and latest advances in machine learning. The immediate provocation was two Supreme Court benches considering the same case and applying the same law and legal principles and yet coming...
Violence By Authorities Has Become A Common Feature In Countries
By Dr Arun Mitra Global community is rightly outraged at the killings of over 500 peacefully protesting people by the Military Junta in Myanmar. Not long ago the Rohingyas were forced to flee by the violent mobs. People are again running away from their homeland and are trying to...
Election Commission Has To Act As A Model In Next Five Phases In Bengal Poll
By Arun Srivastava Within forty hours of charging her with committing misdemeanour, the Election Commission on April 7 threatened Mamata Banerjee of taking action for violating Representation of the People’s Act by appealing Muslims to vote en bloc for Trinamool Congress. While the EC construes this as an appeal...
Pakistan Civil Society Defends Eminent Writer Amir Jalil Against Attacks By Bigots
By Sankar Ray More than 300 writers, poets, intellectuals, human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, teachers, students and other people from different walks of life are up on their feet in defence of 84-year old Sindh writer and human rights campaigner Amir Jalil for the hate speech against the letter...
Brazil’s Covid Crisis Exposes Worst Features Of Neo-Liberalism
By Ben Chacko Brazil’s coronavirus death toll has hit a record high, with 4,000 deaths each day. This is a desperate crisis for Brazil but it has implications for the rest of the Americas — and for the world. Covid-19 infections have taken off over recent weeks with the...
Relocking The Indian Economy Without Preparedness
By Gyan Pathak Let us not quarrel on the words, the vague terms that the Modi government officials are using. Vague terms give them and their supporters great freedom in explaining whatever they want to unlike the ‘clear terms’ in which they fear they may be caught. That is...
Leftwing Arauz Tipped To Win Presidetial Poll In Ecuador On April 11
By Nitya Chakraborty With only three days left for the Presidential elections run off in the Latin American nation Ecuador on April 11, all indications suggest that the leftist candidate leading economist Andres Arauz is set to win the poll defeating his contender the conservative banker Guillermo Lasso. The...
Covid Vaccination At This Stage Should Cover Below 45 Years Also
By Sushil Kutty The alarming spike in Covid-19 cases has spooked the Modi Government. It has asked its employees aged 45+ to get themselves vaccinated to “effectively contain the spread of Covid-19.” A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to bang thalis to ward off the coronavirus,...
Central Security Forces Have To Act As Per Rules In Bengal Polling
By Arun Srivastava Deploying a huge contingent of the central security forces, the Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the people of Bengal that it would ensure peaceful, fair and free election. But his high sounding promises have turned out to be delusion. While the claim of impartiality of...
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Facing Twin Challenges Right Now
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is waging a war on several fronts. The fronts include controlling the spread of Covid-19, contesting a prestigious bye-election in the state and also visiting various states to support the BJP candidates. Damoh will soon go to...
