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.Ratification Of Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Is A Big Win For Planetary Health
By Dr Arun Mitra It is unfortunate that an event that concerns the very existence of life on earth is hardly under debate and is poorly reported. With Honduras submitting its document of ratification to the UNO on 24th October, the Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has...
Cuban Leadership Striving Hard To Improve Economy Despite U.S. Blockade
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Buffeted for six decades by the U.S. economic blockade and recently having had to cope with restrictions on daily life and work due to COVID- 19, Cuba’s already shaky economy is deteriorating. Government leaders recently outlined remedial steps leading to what they call...
Opposition Alliance Victory In Bihar Poll Can Act As A Game Changer
By Nitya Chakraborty The assembly poll, in Bihar the first phase of which begins on October 28, has assumed unusual significance in the national politics signalling at last some possibility of a big anti-BJP backlash if the outcome on November 10 becomes favourable to the RJD led...
Between A ‘Caged Parrot’ And ‘His Master’s Voice’
By K Raveendran The CBI has been declared unwelcome guests by half a dozen states, the latest being Maharashtra, which recently revoked the general consent for the central agency to investigate cases in its territory without the need to seek the state government’s permission in individual cases. ...
Increasing Poverty In India Makes Zero Hunger Target Unachievable
By Gyan Pathak Millions of people are reversing back into poverty in India and million others are being pushed into extreme poverty. The World Bank report on ‘Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020: Reversals of Fortune’ has specifically mentioned this trend, that has been accelerating in the COVID-19...
Modi Govt Must Show Vision And Statesmanship In Dealing With Kashmir
By Amulya Ganguli The Kashmir scene is going from bad to worse. The release of the arrested leaders has opened a Pandora’s box, eliminating the possibility of a return to normality in the foreseeable future. If the BJP presumed that a relaxation of the harsh measures of...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Has Given Clear Signal On Building Hindu Rashtra
By Arun Srivastava The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat could no more hide his intentions and control his feeling and on Sunday he publically confessed “India is a “Hindu Rashtra” and Hindutva is the essence of its self-hood. Though in the past he had used...
Base Year For New Retail Inflation Series For Industrial Workers Shifted To 2016
By Satyaki Chakraborty The union government decision on October 22 to launch the new series for retail inflation for industrial workers shifting the base year to 2016 from 2001 has come suddenly to the central trade unions. They are still studying the implications of the Government decision. The...
Election Campaign In Madhya Pradesh Reaches Its Lowest Level In Terms Of Abuses
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Election propaganda in Madhya Pradesh has turned into highly polemical. Top party leaders are hurling abuses against each other. The language is not only unparliamentarily but is also derogatory. Every day new abuse is coined. Kamal Nath without naming Imarti Devi, now a minister,...
Bihar Assembly Poll Campaign Is Having Many Twists And Turns
By Harihar Swarup Bihar is set for an interesting, yet unpredictable contest. At the heart of the 2020 elections is a strong push to effect a generational change in the state dominated by Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar and the late Ram Vilas Paswan for the past three decades....
Stan Swamy’s Crime Is His Solidarity For The Downtrodden
By Annie Domini If you look at the bodypolitick of the country without saffron-tinted glasses, if you truly see, you will find a very, very sick organism indeed. An organism that’s cannibalising on its own heart, brain and lungs to feed a massive belly of unrestrained State power....
Time For Reality Check On Covid Management- Not Rhetoric
By Dr. Arun Mitra In his address to the nation on 20th October the Prime Minister warned the countrymen not to let loose the precautions against Corona Virus and that till there is a medicine we cannot be careless towards this virus. Therefore precautions like using masks, maintaining...
Changing Nature Of The Election Scenario In Bihar In 2020 Assembly Poll
By Arun Srivastava In the electoral political history of Bihar, this is for the first time the manifestos or “Sankalp Patra” of political parties have emerged as the most favourite issues for political discourses. The discussion is not confined to the living rooms of the rich or middle...
Many Challenges In Setting Up Virtual And Online Courts In India
By Yash Agarwal How do we integrate virtual courts and digital justice delivery into the broader legal ecosystem of India? The urgency for developing some methodology or procedure for this has gained new relevance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) of...
In Pandemic, Billionaires Wealth Increases While Common People Suffer Most
By Prabhat Patnaik Wealth distribution data are notoriously difficult to interpret. This is because variations in stock prices affect wealth distribution, so that a stock market boom suddenly makes the rich appear much richer, while a stock market collapse makes wealth distribution less unequal overnight. In other...
BJP’s Campaign In Bihar Elections Has Turned Cynical
By Arun Srivastava The constitutional commitment of the Union government to provide “free coronavirus vaccination for all” was offered on Thursday in the form of bribe to the voters of Bihar. Narendra Modi led the BJP government is under Constitutional obligation to make available coronavirus vaccine...
A Grave Constitutional Impropriety By Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
By Indira Jaising The letter addressed by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, directly to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) raises issues of grave constitutional importance. Does such a direct approach interfere with the independence of the Judiciary from the Executive? A Chief...
Kerala LDF Produces A Political Quickie
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was well and truly a quickie, to put in cricket parlance. The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF)on Thursday formally inducted the Kerala Congress(M) Jose K Mani faction as an ally, making out a strong case for entry into the Guinness Book of World...
