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.Desperate Economic Situation Needs Immediate Boost To Governent Expenditure
By Prabhat Patnaik A striking aspect of the 24 per cent decline in GDP in the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to the previous year’s first quarter is the decline by 10.3 per cent in public administration, defence and other public services. This is a sector where...
Centre Showing Its Bias In Favour Of Divisive Television Channels
By Arun Srivastava The Modi government is not averse to Supreme Court laying down guidelines for the digital media but is completely opposed to apex court laying down “any further guidelines’ for rest of mainstream media on the plea that there already exists sufficient framework and judicial pronouncements...
6.6 Million White Collar Professional Jobs Lost During May-August
By Satyaki Chakraborty An estimated 6.6 million white collar professional jobs, including engineers, physicians, teachers, were lost between May and August, bringing their employment to the lowest level since 2016 and wiping out the gains made over the last four years while five million industrial workers were...
Assembly By-Polls In Uttar Pradesh Will Test Yogi Adityanath’s Leadership
By Pradeep Kapoor Chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his party on one hand and opposition parties on the other are facing acid test during forthcoming by-elections for eight assembly seats. The results of these by elections will set the mood for assembly polls in 2022. Chief Minister...
Sonia Gandhi Accomodates Dissident Congress Leaders In New Party Committees
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress President Sonia Gandhi last week left for her annual medical checkup abroad, a day after she carried out a reshuffle of the organisation. There was a strong demand from Congress leaders both old and young that the 23 members who wrote a letter to...
Why Umar Khalid And Anand Teltumbde Upset The Indian State
By Annie Domini The nature of the State is best found in the nature of those it seeks to silence. To understand the Narendra Modi-led government in the centre, one must, therefore, parse the kind of men, women and others the Union wants to say shush to, the...
Opposition Urges President To Set Up An Inquiry Committee To Probe Delhi Riots
By Satyaki Chakraborty Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja, Indian National Congress leader Ahmed Patel, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, DMK leader Kanimozhi and RJD leader Manoj Jha met President Ram Nath Kovind on September 17, 2020 and urged him to...
Economy Is Precarious – Where Is The Stimulus For 21 Million Jobless?
By Krishna Jha With GDP going down to little more than minus 23 percent, the economy in the country is almost at the bottom level, and needs fiscal stimulus. Few months back, prime minister had announced a Rs 20 lakh crore Economic Stimulus Package which soon turned out...
Corporatisation Of Farming At The Cost Of Small Peasants
By Prakash Karat Ever since the three ordinances concerning agriculture and marketing were promulgated in June, kisan organisations and farmers have been protesting against the serious assault on their rights. On the eve of the parliament session, there have been big protests in Haryana, Punjab and western...
Centre’s Apathy Is Fully Responsible For Tragic Plight Of Migrant Labour
By Gyan Pathak When state fails in protecting life, liberty, and property of a citizen, which are under constitutional guarantee of protection, it must compensate for the loss. Additionally, if the government willingly violates its own guarantee given to the citizen, it is culpable, for which the...
Home Ministry’s Statement On No Migrant Labour Death Data, Is Shocking
By Arun Srivastava The oldest, primary and simplest duty of a government is to protect its citizens. But it is a national shame that Modi and his government have committed the worst crime of not performing the bare minimum constitutional obligation and task of protecting crores of pandemic...
Dichotomy In Govt’s Fancy Investor-Friendly Regime
By K Raveendran The reported remarks by a key Toyota executive in India about how the company looks at its business in the country in view of the high levies on the passenger car segment typically signifies the lack of consistency in the Modi government’s much-trumpeted policy of...
Chinese Leaders Are Sweet In Talking But Opposite At Ladakh Border
By Sushil Kutty Chinese President-for-life Xi Jinping is smarting and his smooth-faced PLA generals, tough as nails, are feeling the heat in the freezing Himalayan cold. Battle-hardened Indian Army jawans have given to the battle-hungry PLA troops a tough time climbing to heights they are generally not used...
Fierce Campaigning Is On In Madhya Pradesh For By-Polls In 27 Seats
By L S Herdenia Although dates for polling in 27 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh are yet to be announced, both Congress and BJP have launched campaign with full fury. M.P. Congress chief Kamal Nath and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the company of Jyotiraditya...
Letter To Justice Mishra: Constitution, Not Conscience
By A J Philip It is your parting comment that you wrote your judgements on the basis of the dictates of your conscience that prompts me to write this letter. I thought all judges, especially of the Supreme Court, gave their verdicts within the four walls of...
Why is the National legal Services Authority Being Starved of Resources?
By Yash Agarwal While analysing the Union Budget and the Demand For Grants (DFG) as presented by ministries for a Member of Parliament earlier this year, one startling revelation stood out. The Ministry for Law and Justice had a rather barebones demand placed for approval before Parliament, vis...
Indian Defence Preparedness Has Jolted Chinese Plans At Ladakh Border
By Barun Das Gupta The defensive or offensive capability of an army is determined not merely by the number of troops it has, the type of weaponry it has and the skill of the men in the army, navy and air force and to handle their weaponry...
Doctors Too Have Grievances And The Right To Dissent
By Dr. Arun Mitra Dissent and different views are always strength of democracy and essential for development of any society. Unfortunately there is increasing intolerance to Dissent by those at the helms of affairs. This is not limited to one part of the world or any set of...
