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.India To Make History Next Week In Battle Against Corona
By Gyan Pathak The week beginning from January 11 is all set to witness a history. World’s largest vaccine drive will be launched in the country. If everything goes well, India will soon win the battle against COVID-19. “It would soon be a reality to vaccinate the entire...
Spiralling Fule Prices: The Pain Has Just Begun
By K Raveendran Petrol prices have hit an all-time high, with pumps charging Rs 84.20 in the national capital. The previous highest was recorded in October 2018. There have also been proportionate increases in the price of diesel, though it is still below the peak recorded in...
Kerala Government Has Been Giving Right Protection To Farmers For Long
By Binoy Viswam As expected, the eighth round of talks between the farmers unions and the Narendra Modi Government ministers failed on January 8. A government subservient to the domestic corporates and FDI could only act in the way the BJP government has done. Hiding under the hollow...
Planning For A Jobless Growth Budget For 2021-22 Again
By Satyaki Chakraborty The exercises for making the first budget during pandemic and the eighth of the Narendra Modi government are on in full swing as the 2021-22 budget will be presented on February 1.Only three weeks are left and most of the stake holders have been...
Kashmir Is A No Zone In India For Any Protest Over Human Rights Violation
By Raja Muzaffar Bhat When on 28 September last year activists and right to information (RTI) campaigners all over the world were commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information, we, the RTI activists of Kashmir, were holding a silent protest in the heart of Srinagar...
Momentum Grows For Immediate Removal Of President Trump From White House
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik WASHINGTON: All around support is mounting, for the immediate removal of the president Donald Trump even as it is clearer than ever that major systemic changes are needed if genuine democracy is to be preserved in the United States. House Speaker...
Modi Govt Has Shown Utmost Callousness To Tackle The Plight Of Workers
By Prabhat Patnaik The Modi government must be the most timid in the world vis-à-vis international finance capital. By the same token, it must be the most callous in the world vis-à-vis the working people of the country. The one is the flip side of the other; and...
The ‘Judas’ And The ‘Friend’ Gunning For Trump
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump’s voters and supporters have a name for Vice President Mike Pence, ‘Pontius Pence.’ Yet others of Trump’s legion say ‘Judas Pence’ suits ‘Silent Pence’ better. Be that as it may, but if there’s a person in the United States who’s more “unpopular...
Trump Supporters Showed How Far Rightists Can Go To Throttle Democracy
By Arun Srivastava It was a bloody coup attempted by the rightist forces which was master minded by the president of the USA Donald Trump, in which at least four persons lost their lives, nevertheless the Congress ought to be congratulated for foiling the conspiracy to prevent...
Will He Or Won’t He? Rahul to be Congress President again?
By Rahil Nora Chopra The big question is whether Rahul Gandhi himself is willing to come back as the party president or not. Is he or is he not interested in leading the Congress? According to the party sources, leaders who are considered close to him have told other...
Demand Growing For Blocking Trump From Standing For 2024 Presidency
By C.J. Atkins “Far worse than Watergate.” That’s what veteran journalist Carl Bernstein, one of the reporters who blew the lid off Nixon’s 1972 election burglaries, had to say about President Donald Trump’s Jan. 2 phone call to Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger. By telling the...
Living Standard Of Indian People Is Important – Not Big Buildings
By Binoy Viswam Through giving total clearance for the central Vista project, the Supreme Court once again revealed its total surrender before the government. This process of surrender began on December 7 itself when the court allowed the government to proceed with the foundation stone ceremony. Since then,...
Democrats Win In Georgia-Run Off Is A Big Advance For American Left
By Nitya Chakraborty The victory of both the Democratic Party candidates in the Georgia run offs for the two senate seats on January 5 elections, is a landmark in the present battle in the United States of America to opt for a forward looking programme for correcting the...
One Nation, One Election Is A Threat To Democracy And Federalism
By Prakash Karat The Modi government and the BJP are planning another serious assault on the Constitution and the very basis of parliamentary democracy in India. The BJP has conducted 25 webinars in the last week of December 2020 to propagate the idea of “one nation, one...
2021-22 Budget Should Focus On Reviving Demand, Not Fiscal Correction
By Anjan Roy The prime minister is reportedly meeting leading economists this week presumably to pick their brains for ideas and suggestions on how to go ahead handling the economy. In the first week of January the next budget is just a month away. One wonders if...
Elderly With Precarious Conditions In India Multiplying Rapidly
By Gyan Pathak Demographic changes are unprecedented. Fertility is falling, longevity is increasing, and rise in elderly population is dramatic both in absolute and relative terms. The first investigation of health, economic, and social well-being of India’s elderly has now revealed their precarious condition. Their terror stricken, shocked,...
Covid Vaccination Programme Has To Be Undertaken With Great Care
By Dr Arun Mitra That the government of India has decided to vaccinate the health professionals and front line workers is a welcome step. Over 700 doctors and many more health workers died during the fight against COVID. Since the health workers are at a high risk...
Only United Truggle Of The Agitating Farmers Can Help In Repealing Laws
By Arun Srivastava Agitating farmers have no reasons to be optimistic of a favourable verdict in their favour when the Supreme Court will hear on January 11, a batch of pleas challenging the new farm laws as well as the issues related to the ongoing farmers’ protest....
