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.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...
Boris Johnson Is Facing The Worst Crisis Of His Tenure As British PM
By Arun Srivastava Majority of the Tory MPs are for removal of Boris Johnson as the prime minister for his handling of the law breaking Brexit bill. While more than 40 Tory MPs have made their intention clear that they would vote against their own government, two former...
Lawyers Must Speak Truth To Power, Says Indira Jaising
By Amrita Nair The motto of the courts, as one sees, is “Satyamev Jayate” that translates as: “The truth shall prevail.” Speaking at a webinar held by The Lawsters on the subject, “The nature of the Legal Profession: Its role, challenges and limitations”, senior lawyer Indira Jaising remarked,...
Tug-Of-War In Germany Between Forces For Peace And Militarists
By Victor Grossman I’ll never forget the day my father’s ancient jalopy got stuck boarding the New York-Jersey City ferry; two wheels on the dock, two on the boat, the motor stalled, my father frantic, my mother scolding, cars behind us honking, and me, just 6, looking...
New Book Explores And Praises Cuban Health Care System For The People
By W. T. Whitney Jr. If they are paying attention, progressives worldwide know that Cuba provides health care that saves lives and prevents disease more effectively than does the United States, its major capitalist enemy. They know that Cuban health workers have been caring for people throughout...
China Has More To Lose In A Land War Along LAC In Ladakh Than India
By Nantoo Banerjee The brewing military tension between India and China may not escalate into a war unless China goes crazy about testing its defence capability on India after a gap of five decades. Time has changed. India’s military and economic strength today is far advanced compared...
Shiv Sena In Maharashtra Must Avoid Its Volatile Past
By Amulya Ganguli The ascent of a member of the Thackeray family to the Maharashtra chief minister’s post had persuaded the Shiv Sena to tone down its customary belligerence. There was to be no more blackening of faces or forcing food into the mouth of a Muslim during...
The Great Illusion About Congress Constitution
By K Raveendran The great Indian rope trick is widely considered as the ultimate act of illusion. There are different versions of the magic, depending on the ingenuity of the presenter. But essentially, the trick comprises a magician converting a rope into a rod on which he or...
Centre’s Agriculture Market Reform Favours Middlemen Not Farmers
By Gyan Pathak COVID-19 has provided great opportunities to the government to implement whatever they want to on the one hand, and a weapon to suppress any organized resistance of the people on the other. Modi government is hell bent on exploiting this situation. The three ordinances relating...
Assam Congress Determined To Forge Broad Alliance To Defeat BJP
By Ashis Biswas In Assam, two new features dominate the pre Assembly election scenario, if present developments are any indication. One, the Indian National Congress (INC) may fight the polls as part of a grand opposition alliance. The state unit is divided over the proposal to go...
Opposition Alliance Formation In Bihar Still Under Cloud
By Arun Srivastava Just a day after parting of his way with his onetime comrade in arms Lalu Yadav, the RJD supremo, the architect of the modern day rural employment scheme, the MGNREGA, which facilitated the prime minister Narendra Modi salvage his image in the wake of...
