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.Unredeeming Tale Of Kerala’s Covid Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is an unredeeming tale of the severe setback suffered by Kerala in its fight against covid 19. How quickly reputations can get hit is evident from the fate that has befallen the State . From being the State with the best performance...
Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with covid-19 to create ‘syndemic’
By W. T. Whitney Jr. It didn’t seem to fit. The website of the Colombian Communist Party on October . 5 published a medical doctor’s reflections on re-characterizing a disease. Félix León Martínez, MD, quoted extensively from an editorial appearing in the famous British medical journal Lancet. He...
Britain ‘On The Precipice Of An Acute Unemployment Crisis
By Ben Chacko Britain is “on the precipice of an unemployment crisis,, as the biggest rise in joblessness for more than a decade was recorded. The number of unemployed people went up 138,000 between June and August for the largest increase since the summer of 2009, Office...
Hathras Violence Flowed From The Idea Of Hindu Rashtra
By D. Raja The gruesome gang rape and murder of a young Dalit woman in Hathras, the barbaric violations of her body as she toiled on a tiny piece of agricultural land by the upper caste men has caused immense grief and rage. While dignity was systemically...
The ‘Curse’ Casting An Evil Spell Over CJI’s Chair
By K Raveendran Is the chair of the chief justice of India under the spell of a curse? Sequences of events leading to the ascension of new incumbents in recent times suggest that the highest seat of authority of Indian judiciary suffers from some blemish. It began...
Governors Are Crossing All Lines To Serve Their Political Masters
By Arun Srivastava The BJP card holder governors in their quest to project themselves as the conscience keepers of the saffron brigade are least bothered to transgress the ethical laxmanrekha and sermon the chief ministers of their respective states to fall in the line and follow the...
Nobel For Using Game Theory To Fortify Auction Market Participants
By Sankar Ray The Series Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (considered as Nobel Prize for Economics) for 2020 to 72-year old Paul R. Milgrom and 83-year-old Robert B. Wilson of Stanford University for the 2020 is for their contribution to Auction Theory,...
Registration Of Press And Periodicals Bill, 2019 Has Provisions To Curb Press Freedom
By Jwalika Balaji The press is one of the first lines of defence that actively engages in criticising the government for its actions and policies. It is integral to democracy, as it provides all the requisite information about those who are standing, their ideas, and their actions....
Still Another Chilling Moment For Democracy In United States On Poll Eve
By Al Neal In response to vote suppression measures filed by the Trump re-election campaign, state Republican parties and the national GOP, an attorney who represented the Bush-Cheney campaign during the 2000 Florida recount, delivered a candid and damning statement: “You’re seeing a broad-based, generalized strategy to suppress...
Tejaswi Yadav And Chirag Paswan Are Facing Biggest Political Challenges In Bihar Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Will the two young leaders of Bihar, Tejaswi Yadav of the Rashtirya Janata Dal and Chiraq Pawan of the Lok Jan Shakthi Party be able to fill the big shoes of their fathers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan respectively? Lalu and Paswan...
Government’s Insensitivity Towards Drug Price Control Sceptical
By Dr. Arun Mitra Statement by the Minister of Chemicals & fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda in the Parliament that the Union government has no plans to make the Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) mandatory is very disappointing. He said this in reply to a question by...
Internal Rebellion Amid Upcoming ADC And Urban Polls Is A Big Worry For Tripura BJP
By Sagarneel Sinha There is a high probability that the postponed elections of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held this year, if everything goes on expected lines. Although there were speculations in political circles that it may be held after Durga Puja, during the...
Uddhav Thackeray Fights Covid-19, Hindutva And The BJP
By Sushil Kutty Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray appears to be still learning on the job and his teachers in school are unwilling to give him slack. Like the one setting the periodical paper for Covid-19! CM Thackeray’s performance has ranged from dithering to dismal. So much so,...
Two American Practical Economists Win Nobel Prize For Auctioning Model
By Anjan Roy This year’s Nobel prize for economics has been awarded to two academics who have made a great deal of difference to sale of publicly owned resources. If the precepts and formats suggested by the economists are genuinely followed, then many of the political controversies in...
Fight For Right To Information Has Become Imperative Now
By Shailesh Gandhi Fifteen years back, the Right To Information (RTI) Act became operational on October 12, 2005. It was the auspicious day of Vijayadashmi. It appeared to herald a new evolution in Indian democracy. Citizens who had been advocating this law saw an opportunity of converting...
Bolivia Goes To Crucial Presidential Polls On October 18
By Steve Sweeney BOLIVIA is on the verge of a bloodbath, after details emerged of another plan by right-wing forces to derail next week’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The elections are scheduled on October 18 and the MAS candidate supported by the deposed President Evo Morales is...
Indian Economy Is Finally Showing Signs Of Looking Up
By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to note that the country’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection is back on the growth track, first time since March. The gradual normalisation of economic activities and moving out of the lockdown restrictions and changing the definition of containment zones...
Supreme Court Chief Justice Must Take Note Of Andhra Chief Minister’s Allegation
By Arun Srivastava Probably this is for the first time in the history of Independent India a chief minister of a state has cast aspersion on the sitting justice of the Supreme Court N V Ramana and lodged a complaint against him of conspiring against his government....
