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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.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...
Media Sensationalism On Sushant Singh Rajput Is A Sign Of Helplessness And Frustration
By Prarthana Balasubramanian COVID-19 brought up a plethora of problems within society, some which surfaced with the onset of this pandemic. India’s rising number of infections, the growth rate of cases, inadequate health system, hunger crisis, the border conflict with China, our contracting economy, the future of students,...
Trump Wants The Supreme Court, Not The People, To Decide The Election
By Mark Gruenberg When the U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term on the first Monday in October, the symbol of its most important looming development will not be an individual case but an empty chair draped in black. The chair belonged to the late Justice Ruth...
Modi’s Farm Bills Have Set An Imperialist Agenda In Indian Agriculture
By Prabhat Patnaik The two bills rammed through parliament last week were objectionable in every conceivable sense. The very fact of their being rammed through the Rajya Sabha, without being put to vote despite demands for a division, was grossly anti-democratic. The fact of the centre making unilateral...
Pakistan Opposition Parties Are Finally Rallying Against ‘Miltablishment’
By Sankar Ray The crucial hiatus between the ruling Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice) , and its satellites on the one hand and the Opposition whose main constituents in terms of parliamentary strength are Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Jamiar Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl-ur-Rehman) widens with the...
Bilkis Was Paid Daily Wages, According To Delhi Police Investigation Into Riots
By Arun Srivastava On the day the Time magazine listed Dadi of Shaheen Bagh’ 82-year-old Bilkis, a regular at the anti-CAA protest venue, as one of the top 100 influential people in the world, the Delhi police, “the most imaginative and efficient force in the world, even more...
Chirag’s High Ambitions Fuelling LJP-JD(U) Rift In The Ruling NDA Camp
By Sagarneel Sinha Bihar elections are barely a month away but everything isn’t fine within the ruling NDA camp. If there is an internal tussle between the chief minister Nitish Kumar led JD(U) and the BJP over seat-sharing, there is an open rift that can be easily witnessed...
