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.Prominent Left Veterans Extend Full Support To Biden-Harris In November Poll
By John Bachtell Alarm over the prospect of a second Trump presidency and desire for substantial change is preparing the ground for an unprecedented voter turnout in November. The virtual Democratic National Convention showcased the vast array of support coalescing around former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen....
Prashant Bhushan Grew Taller After Supreme Court Hearing
By Nitya Chakraborty Senior Supreme Court advocate and activist Prashant Bhushan came out of the Supreme Court on Thursday taller after the hearing on the fixation of his sentence. His principled exposition of the purpose behind his two controversial tweets in the course of this crucial hearing, won...
Rajasthan Crisis Makes Both Gehlot And Vasundhara Stronger
By Sagarneel Sinha Finally, the one month political crisis of Rajasthan, amid the ongoing Corona crisis, came to an end with rebel Sachin Pilot ending his battle against his own party and settling for peace with his detractor chief minister Ashok Gehlot as of now. Due to the...
Indiscriminate Selling Of Public Sector Harms National Interests
By Arun Srivastava We have large number of historical facts to show how the feudal lords and aristocrats for maintaining the façade of their power and aristocracy borrowed money from the traders by pledging their property. But this proved to be illusive and eventually they failed to resurrect...
Alarming Rise In Covid Cases In Kerala In Recent Days
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The dire forecasts made by health experts on the covid situation seem to be coming true. There is no mistaking that Kerala is inexorably marching towards a dreadful denouement. They had predicted that the number of covid cases per day could even top...
For Ensuring Independent Judiciary, Vibrant Bar Is Needed
By Amrita Nair “I speak my mind and therefore I am,” began Ms Indira Jaising. In her address, she drew a parallel between the life in pandemic and a life without the right to freedom of speech and expression. “If there is a cessation of the right to...
Kamala Harris Has A Good Record As An Environmental Activist
By Olivia Rosane Kamala Harris is now the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to run for national office for a major political party in the U.S., the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) pointed out. She also has a strong legacy of championing environmental...
Sanders Emerges As Unifier Of Anti-Trump Forces At Demo Convention
By Nitya Chakraborty Leftwing leader of the Democratic Party Bernie Sanders acted as the unifier of anti-Trump forces in the country through his highly emotive address on the opening day of the Democratic Party’s convention, thereby facilitating the path of victory of Joe Biden at the coming Presidential...
Ailing Indian Hospitals Need Urgent Treatment
By Gyan Pathak The Lady with the Lamp, the founder of the nursing profession Florence Nightingale, had said that a hospital should do no harm to the sick. However, it is a commonplace thing in India for a patient to suffer in the hands of doctors, nurses, and...
Continuing Job Losses In Salaried Class Sending Ominous Signal
By Satyaki Chakraborty The latest report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) that nearly five million salaried employees lost their jobs in July this year due to covid pandemic and the lockdown that followed, is sending an ominous signal about the trend in the country’s economy....
India Needs To Re-Work Its Strategy To Meet Covid Challenge
By Sunita Narain Deaths in the United States because of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are not so high, asserted President Donald Trump. This, he said, the day his country crossed 160,000 deaths because of the virus. But, however preposterous, Trump was right. If you take, as...
Prashant Bhushan Getting Big Support From Bar And Academics
By Paras Nath Singh Senior advocate of the Supreme Court and activist Prashant Bhushan is getting wide support from the leading figures of the civil society including lawyers and academics for his stand on the Indian judiciary. Senior lawyers of the country have expressed the view that the...
A Facebook Logo In Saffron May Be In Order
By K Raveendran Facebook will do well to consider a change of its theme from blue to saffron, which might help the leading social media company to protect its biggest market, a key consideration that influences the media giant’s policies with regard to independence and commitment to...
Nomination Of Kamala Harris Is A Milestone In American Politics
By Kalyani Shankar The Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tweeted on Tuesday: “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.” It was indeed a...
BJP’s Silence On The Rise Of Half-Desi Kamala Harris Is Conspicuous
By Amulya Ganguli While liberals in India and all around the world are celebrating the nomination of a “person of colour”, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic party’s vice-presidential candidate for the US polls, the BJP has been conspicuously silent. Its quietness is all the more surprising...
Indian Startups Are Bouncing Back Overcoming Covid Constraints
By Rameesh Kailasam Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across sectors have seen a slump, and startups too are facing a decline in revenues. A Nasscom survey conducted last month showed that 70 percent of Indian startups surveyed have less than three months of cash runway. The survey...
Bhushan’s Conviction Is A Symptom Of Political Judiciary
By Ajay Kumar I usually do not find myself to be in agreement with Prashant Bhushan’s views. I always disliked the idea of public interest lawyering. As a conservative, I have always found the idea of an activist court quite worrisome. I did not like the...
Covid-19 Recession Hits Britain’s Vulnerable People The Hardest
By Ceren Sagir The Covid-19 recession is having a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable people in Britain, a report claims. People who are young, low-paid, black, in self-employment, with low levels of education or living in large families are most likely to have lost their...
