Opinion
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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.Living Conditions Of Indian People Suffered Most In 2020
By Gyan Pathak As the year 2020 drawing to a close, silver lines on the horizon have become visible. Some hopes have germinated on the economic front. India has somewhat been emboldened by her prospect to become the fifth-largest economy again by 2025, and third-largest by 2030. However,...
India Gears Up For Cold Chains In Face Of Covid Vaccine Rollout
By Ashok B Sharma India has planned rollout of COVID vaccines first with a dry run in two districts each in states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab considering the geographical locations. The Union government has already consulted with these states for the locations of the dry run....
Teesta Water Sharing Issue May Be Taken Up Only After Bengal Elections
By Ashis Biswas Even as official preparations are on, it is unlikely that the scheduled January 2021 talks between India and Bangladesh on river water sharing will make much progress. The major reason: West Bengal elections. For Bangladesh, this is both good and bad news. The negative...
Covid-19 Impact: Huge Decline In People Accessing Health Services
By Ravi Duggal The impact of Covid-19 in our lives is wide-ranging–loss of livelihoods and incomes, forced migration, increased unemployment, disruption of the education system, reduced access to routine healthcare services, interrupted work and home environments and restrictions on travel, meetings, leisure activities and visits to friends and...
Redrawing Of Parliamentary Constituencies Is Not Enough To Ensure Democracy
By Harihar Swarup The ground-breaking ceremony of the new “People’s Parliament” building took place with considerable fanfare two weeks ago. Under Article 79 of the Constitution, Parliament consists of the President and its two Houses. But neither the President nor the Vice-President, who is also the chairman of...
2020: A Year Everyone Is Happy To See Pass By
By K Raveendran There is no crystal ball to gaze and forecast what is in store for the rest of the century. But 2020 will be marked in history as a real turning point and one of the worst in memory for all contemporaries. We had approached...
Modi’s Ego On Retaining Farm Laws May Prolong Agitation
By Arun Srivastava The much publicised December 25 meeting of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with the agitating farmers was part of the design to project Modi as the modern day statesman and at the same time malign the agitation rather than being an honest exercise to find...
CPI’s Bengali Daily Kalantar Reappeared On December 26, 2020
By Sankar Ray Kalantar Dainik, Bengali morninger of Communist Party of India in Kolkata, hit newsstands – albeit select ones – on 26 December , the 96th birthday of a first communist party on Indian soil. The CPI – carrying forward the unanimous decision of undivided CPI –...
Arif Mohammad Khan Is On Modi’s Radar As Vice President Candidate
By Rahil Nora Chopra Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan is one of the most vocal supporters of the Modi government and a vocal critic of “Islamic fundamentalism”. Khan has backed the abrogation of Article 370, He may be the choice for next Vice President of India. The “think...
Communist Party Of India Played Historic Role In Last 95 Years
By D Raja On December 26 in the year 1925, the Communist Party of India (CPI) — was formally founded on Indian soil at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) braving the brutal attacks and repression unleashed by the British and other colonial rulers. Since then, the period of 95...
Trump Awards Modi For India’s Military Alliance With U.S.
By Prakash Karat There is something curious about the “Legion of Merit” award conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by President Donald Trump. The Legion of Merit is primarily a military honour bestowed by an American president. The chief commander category has been in the past given...
Centre’s Four Labour Codes Are A Matter Of Serious Concern
By Binoy Viswam The four labour codes initiated by the government had been a matter of serious contention between various forces related to production process. Modi government was always in a hurry to get it passed by Parliament. For the BJP passing a law in Parliament is only...
Narendra Modi Government’s Food Economy Policy Is Flawed
By Prabhat Patnaik The Indian intelligentsia has an incredible propensity to swallow the self-serving arguments of metropolitan capitalism that are typically supposed to constitute ‘economic wisdom’; and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of India’s food economy. There are a plethora of centre-page articles in...
Narendra Modi Tried Image Make Over In His Address At AMU
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s visit and his epilogue at the Aligarh Muslim University would be remembered for its asymmetry. While it reminds of the famous maxim kahin pe nigahe, kahin pe nishana (targeting someone and shooting somebody else) it also attempts at his image makeover in...
Spymasters Tales Dominate Good Reads Of Year 2020
By Papri Sri Raman Year 2020 has been a bad year for the publishing industry. Retail buying has gone down to near zero. For six months, from March to September, online sales of books too could be counted on the fingertips. It is books that have been on...
Lawyers And Activists Join Farmers To Fast In Solidarity
By Niharika Ravi Lawyers from across the country have announced that they will observe fast along with the farmers to show solidarity. Farmers protesting near the Delhi borders announced that they would observe fast on Kisan Diwas (National Farmers’ Day) on December 23 to commemorate the achievements...
Election commission doing PR work for ‘One Nation One Poll’
By K Raveendran With Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitching more loudly in favour of his idea of ‘one nation one poll’, the Election Commission seems to have started a process of federating the idea further. The other day chief election commissioner said in an interview that the...
Poor Girls Must Be Provided Special Assistance During Pandemic
By Gyan Pathak There is no species known in this world whose women kind are so badly treated by its men kind as our own species called human beings. At times of crisis it is women and girls who lay down their lives for wellbeing of rest of...
