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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.Bizarre Guideline Issued By Tory Govt For Not Using Anti-Capitalist Materials For Teaching
By Arun Srivastava The Boris Johnson government on Thursday took a firm step towards considering the schools in England not to use anti-capitalist material in teaching and also directing them not to use resources from organisations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism. Though a...
BJP Is Now In A Position To Do Away With Its NDA Allies
By Kalyani Shankar The BJP is slowly reconciled to live without its major allies now that its oldest ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has quit the BJP led NDA alliance on Saturday. The BJP and the SAD have been partners even in the Jan Sangh days. With...
Reconstituted BJP Central Leadership Creates Big Division In Bengal Party Ranks
By Arun Srivastava Instead of banking on the RSS and committed BJP hands, the Home Minister, Amit Shah has put his bet on the Trinmool turncoats for navigating the assembly election waters of 2021 in West Bengal. The reconstituted state committee of BJP made it crystal clear...
Congress Nominates Defectors From BJP To Fight Scindia Loyalists In Madhya Pradesh
BY L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Despite squarely blaming defection and defectors for the overthrow of the Congress government, the Congress has decided to sponsor defectors for the forthcoming by-elections. While announcing second list of candidates the Congress allotted four defectors for the by-poll. All the four candidates joined the...
Why Congress-Led Front Ended Agitation In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a positive development, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has ended its anti-government agitation. True, the decision has come a bit late in the day. But, as the saying goes, better late than never. It must, however, be said that the UDF...
Demystifying Factors That Led To Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death
By Sushil Kutty So here’s it in alphabets: If Ramu had caught the coronavirus in February 2020, nearly 90% chances were Ramu with his baggage of comorbidities would have inexorably died. But if Ramu were to contract the virus in the first week of, say, October 2020, most...
Isher Judge Ahluwalia: Leaving A Great Legacy Behind
By Indira Jaising The demise of acclaimed economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia has kindled numerous memories of her contribution to India’s civil society. The Padma Bhushan awardee achieved numerous accolades for her work and contribution to the field of Indian economic policy. Having completed her Ph.D. in economics from...
Trump Administration Angles For New ‘Cold War’ With China
By Carlos Martinez Since Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing, the trajectory of U.S.-China relations had been towards greater levels of cooperation and economic integration, even if these masked deep underlying contradictions and the ever-present possibility of confrontation. However, over the course of the last few years, we’ve...
New Laws Won’t Protect Farmers, Consumers
By Nantoo Banerjee Bringing three important agriculture-related bills in Parliament at one go and getting them passed in less than a week’s time without any serious debate or special scrutiny are most unusual, if not unprecedented. On the face of it, the bills seek to double farmers’ income...
Drug Users, Accused Politicians Must All Be Under The Scanner
By Amulya Ganguli At a time when several central agencies are pursuing, in tandem with a number of television channels, the allegations of drug abuse by film stars, it might be expected that the same eagerness to unearth the truth would also be displayed by the official organizations...
Huge Gap Between Modi’s Romance And The Reality On Ground
By Gyan Pathak One can have a romantic view of something in which one visualizes everything wonderful in waiting. However, in reality things unfold differently. The centre has brought out several laws from its belly to reform the labour and the farm. These will solve the existing problems...
Migrant Workers May Get Some Relief Through The New Labour Code
By Subrata Majumder The jittery government acknowledged its failure to address the plight of migrant workers during COVID 19. The labour code included special provisions for protection and social welfare benefits to the migrant workers in Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. It is not the...
Opposition Parties Raise Unemployment Issue In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Opposition leaders have realised the potential of unemployment issue which could play an important role in forthcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Former chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi are repeatedly raising the issue of growing unemployment in...
USA Has Joined Hands With Colombia Against Venezuela
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Colombian President Ivan Duque, at their meeting in Bogota on September 20, talked about “managing the COVID-19 response … narco traffickers … and President] Maduro’s illegitimate regime,” according to the State Department. Sources said that the...
Proceedings Of Monsoon Session Of Parliament Do Not Speak Well For Democracy
By Harihar Swarup The Indian Parliament is quickly moving from being the custodian of the dignity of legislation to being a site for the acclamation of authoritarianism. Admittedly, Parliament has had an uneven history, sometimes rising to its democratic mandate; at other times, debasing itself. But if...
Unrealistic Govt Claims On Covid Control Seen Dangerous
By K Raveendran The opposition parties has been criticising the Modi government for its obsession to avoid negative news on Covid-19. But more than the parties, particularly Rahul Gandhi, trying to score brownie points, the issue has now attracted attention of global professional entities as well. The...
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir And Gilgit-Baltistan Are Inter-Linked
By Sushil Kutty It’s getting to be tricky talking, writing, discussing Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The subject is so interwoven with not only Pakistan’s claim to sovereignty over the geographical spreads vis a vis India’s integral part theory, which will remain a theory unless India...
Covid Situation Getting Out Of Control In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no getting away from the grim reality. Covid positive cases in the State have, for the first time, crossed the 6000- mark. And the number is all set to scale new heights in the days to come. Friday saw the biggest...
