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.Six Months After The Lockdown India Needs To Rethink
By Gyan Pathak Six months have passed since the announcement of lockdown on March 24. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stood on that date at 564, 10th death was reported from Mumbai, and 37 patients were discharged from hospitals so far. Modi government opted...
Most Famous Divorce In India’s Corporate World Has Taken Place Early This Week
By Anjan Roy Marriages are made in heaven, divorces in courts. A heavenly marriage was divorced in the Supreme Court by Tatas and Mistry family early this week. Tata Sons, the apex holding company of the Tata Group, has offered to buy the 18.3% shareholding of the...
Women Lawyers Are Now Able To Break The Glass Ceiling In Indian Courts
By Megha Katheria The legal fraternity is largely seen as a male bastion with little space for women. Of course, things have changed phenomenally over the years since 1923 when Regina Das’s application for enrolment was rejected by two High Courts of India on grounds of gender....
Gold Is Unrivalled Universal Currency Of The Underworld
By K Raveendran The ongoing investigations into the sensational case of gold smuggling through the diplomatic channel provide a live example of the nexus between gold, drugs, dirty money and havala. All preliminary findings point to a ‘standard operating procedure’ followed across the world by the underworld,...
Total Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons From The World Is Imperative For Global Peace
By Dr Arun Mitra The harrowing experiences shared by the Hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombing at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, make everyone shiver and think how can human being stoop so low as to develop bombs to kill their fellow beings in such large number in such...
Govt Did Not Care For Parliamentary Practices For Forcibly Passing Farm Bills
By Arun Srivastava With Prime Minister, Narendra Modi determined to use the parliament to serve his and his corporate friends’ interest by resorting to the tactics of not allowing the opposition to have its say in the proceedings of the house and denying them their right to...
Anatomy Of Al Qaeda Arrests: Whither Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The arrest of three activists of Al Qaeda from Ernakulam district represents a severe wake-up call for Kerala, which is in the news again albeit for the wrong reasons. An important aspect of the arrests is that the terrorists have stopped operating from...
Bizarre Breaking News Tamaasha Continues In Television News Channels
By Sushil Kuttty When an acclaimed troll with a weekly column in a foreign newspaper – which comes in handy to troll others and justify the act of trolling – writes a book on the beastliness of trolls, it’s time to call for a stop to the shenanigans....
Coup By Court: Republicans Prepare Legal Challenges That Echo 2000 Fight
By Al Neal The reality that the courts will decide whether or not the ballots of millions of voters will be counted this November 3 is evident. Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party are laying the groundwork now to hold onto power by whatever means necessary—the...
United Nations Needs A Revamp To Meet The Needs Of Time After 75 Years Of Founding
By Kalyani Shankar The United Nations will be 75 next month. An organization can be considered to be still young but it is time for stocktaking. The UN came into being after its structure was finalized in an international conference in San Francisco in October 1945 in which...
Covid Pandemic Makes Mockery Of Democratic Institutions In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Covid-19 has caused strange, sometime contradictory developments. One of the major development is the total erosion of democratic practices and near collapse of institutions. It is for the first time that nearly half of cabinet consists of such persons who are not members...
CPI National Secretary Atul Anjaan Calls For Joint Mobilisation Against Farm Bills
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: CPI national secretary Atul Anjaan said that the manner in which three bills were cleared in the parliament showed as to how BJP-NDA-RSS led Narendra Modi government threw all democratic and parliamentary practices to serve their corporate interests. Mr Atul Anjaan who...
Democracy Is In Danger In Ecuador In Lenin Moreno’s Regime
By Guillaume Long Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno and his allies have gone to great lengths to prevent former president Rafael Correa and his political movement from returning to power. In order to achieve this goal, the current government has persecuted opponents and barred candidates from running. Moreno’s...
Trump May Deny The Verdict On November 3 Even If He Loses Outright
By Sen. Bernie Sanders Yes. This is a presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Yes, this is an election about health care, education, economy, climate justice and so many other important issues. More importantly, this is an election about whether or not we retain American...
Indian Economy Poised For A New Growth Trend
By Nantoo Banerjee The current pandemic and brewing border tension with China are set to change India’s future economic growth trend in a significant way. The share of industry, agriculture and allied services sectors together in the combined gross value added (GVA) promises to surpass the overwhelming...
Latest Calls For Controlling The Media Are Unwarranted
By Amulya Ganguli First the Bombay high court said that “we are surprised to find there is no state control over electronic media”. Then the Supreme Court favoured the formation of a committee to set up standards for the media. Even if the background of the...
Future Of Opposition Grand Alliance Is Bleak In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava More than the arrogance it is the sense of insecurity gripping the RJD, and especially its chief ministerial aspirant, Tejashvi Yadav that has been proving to be a major deterrent in giving a final shape to the opposition grand alliance (mahagathbandhan) in Bihar. Only fifteen...
Contract Labour System Set For A Major Overhaul Under New Labour Code
By IPA Correspondent The National Democratic Alliance government has sought to liberalise the contract labour system in the country through labour codes introduced in Parliament on Saturday by giving companies a free hand to hire such workers, along with an easier licensing regime. The central trade unions...
