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.Accredited Social Health Activists Struggle For Survival
By Nupur Dogra Over nine lakh women from India’s all-women workforce commonly referred to as ASHA workers (Accredited Social Health Activist) are angry and upset with their working conditions. This pandemic in the past few months has made their jobs more challenging than ever. Since the COVID-19...
Sonia Sends Message To Dissidents By Upgrading Loyalists In New Panel
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi announced the formation of a committee which will study and work the strategy of the party on ordinances. But the significance of the committee lies not in its formation, but in the names. The message it wants to...
Prashant Bhushan’s Conviction Is A Part Of Disturbing Trends In Supreme Court
By Prakash Karat The conviction of senior lawyer, Prashant Bhushan, of criminal contempt of court by a three-member bench of the Supreme Court has lowered the image of the institution. It shows the highest court of the land in a bad light as being intolerant of criticism...
New Education Policy Negates The Process Of Democratisation
By Krishna Jha Are we pushed back to Macaulay days? Thomas Babington Macaulay was the person who wrote the script for British education policy, a legislative act, passed in 1835, by the British Parliament to educate the Indian masses. The ruling East India Company wanted to promote a...
Draft Environment Assessment Guidelines Must Be Withdrawn
By Dr Somu The draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) notification 2020 proposed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change dilutes further the EIA Notification 2006 that is being currently followed. The proposed changes in the name of easing of doing business relax further and...
Trade Unions Call For Withdrawal Of Govt Decision On Airport In Kerala
By Satyaki Chakraborty A day after the Kerala assembly passed a resolution against leasing Thiruvananthapuram international airport to a firm promoted by industrialist Gautam Adani, as many as 12 trade unions came out in support of the Kerala government and lashed out at Modi government for leasing out...
India-Bangladesh Movement Of Goods Has Got Big Momentum
By Ashis Biswas There can be no question that the launch of an inland water cargo service between India and Bangladesh on September 2, has been long overdue. The good news is that the Indian vessel MV Premier is all set to sail with a cargo of 50...
Trump Is Using Narendra Modi To Woo Indian Americans In Nov 3 Poll
By Arun Srivastava United States President Donald Trump is using Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name in wooing the Indian Americans in the coming elections on November 3 this year. There are about 1.8 million voters of Indian origin and they are divided between the Democrats and...
Contempt Is Not Meant To Be Used As Disciplinary Tool
By K Raveendran Justice Arun Mishra, who headed the bench that heard the contempt of court case against Prashant Bhushan, and sought an unconditional apology from the activist lawyer, has apparently been using contempt of court as a tool to discipline ‘offenders’ whenever provoked. In December...
Rahul Has To Combine Real Politics With Groun Level Actions
By Arun Srivastava The false alarm that created panic in the Congress and even forced the leadership to the extent of apprehending a vertical split is the clear manifestation of utter lack of trust and vibrant communication among the leaders. It is for Rahul Gandhi to reply why...
Ordnance Factory Board Is Now Target Of Private Defence Firms
By C. Srikumar It is disturbing to see that after the May 16th 2020 announcement made by the Finance Minister to corporatise the Ordnance Factory Board, many articles are being written/sponsored by vested interests justifying the decision of the Government without critically analyzing its serious implications on...
Criminal Contempt Provisions Should Be Struck Down
By Shailesh Gandhi I strongly disagree with the Supreme Court’s contempt case and judgment against Prashant Bhushan. I have been a signatory on a letter protesting this; many citizens, leading lawyers, and retired judges have also opposed it. The nation’s respect for Prashant has gone up, and in...
Trump Uses Socialist Bogey Against Biden-Harris Duo To Win Poll
By C.J. Atkins Joe McCarthy would fit right in at this year’s Republican National Convention. Denouncing communists—both real and, more often than not, imaginary—was the bread and butter for the 1950s red-baiting senator from Wisconsin. At the dawn of the Cold War, the bogeyman of the Soviet...
CWC Meet Has Seen No End To The Main Factors For Congress Crisis
By Kalyani Shankar After the tumultuous Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday, the Gandhi family must be feeling the old adage ‘ All is well that ends well.” It is indeed a victory that the majority of the CWC members wanted Sonia to continue as the interim...
India And Vietnam Are Competing For Getting Japanese Investment
By Subrata Majumder Ever since the COVID 19 crippled the world economy and US-China trade war intensified, the global investors were grappling for new investment destinations as alternative to China. Japan pioneered the momentum for quitting China, with a mega incentive of US $ 2.2 Billion to Japanese...
Strained Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Relations Helping Indian Government
By Sankar Ray Refusal of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia to meet a delegation led by Pakistan’s Chief of Army Qamar Javed Bajwa indicates the expansion of cleavage in the Islamic world whose rock-like solidarity no more exists. Although the schism is mainly...
Real Estate Groups Play A Role In West Bengal Politics These Days
By Arun Srivastava When career conscious Bengali youths and students are keeping away from political parties and refuse to indulge in discussing political dialectics, it has been a pleasant surprise that at least 10,000 youths joined the Trinamool Congress in 14 districts of the state on Sunday. ...
United Opposition Can Only Check BJP In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: CPI national secretary Atul Anjaan said during pandemic, the main opposition parties are not visible on ground nor they are active to challenge BJP for assembly polls in 2022.The only activity from the opposition was visible during three day assembly session which...
