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.Gold Smuggling Through Diplomatic Channel: A Flashback
By K Raveendran The sensational case of Kerala gold smuggling through diplomatic channel takes one half a century back in the history of trade ties between India and Dubai. Dubai has had a very modest, nondescript past. Long before the leading corporations of the world set...
Covid Mismanagement Is At Its Peak In Nitish Kumar’s Bihar
By Arun Srivastava It can happen only in Bihar. At least 15 districts in Bihar, including Patna the prestigious capital of the state, are the worst corona affected hotspots. Only on July 17, The Lancet had listed eight Bihar districts among the 20 most vulnerable ones across the...
Priyanka, Akhilesh Take Up Law And Order Issues In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Opposition leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Akhilesh Yadav have separately launched attacks against Yogi Adityanath led BJP government for deterioration in law and order situation in the Uttar Pradesh. Terming the law and order in the state as jungle raj, both the Congress...
Consumer Protection Act Has Many Welcome Features
By Shivam Parashar Will the Indian consumer become a king under the new Consumer Protection Act, 2019? The Act which recently came into effect is being heralded as progressive legislation that fills a gaping need. However, in resolving the lacunae in the erstwhile 1986 legislation, what remains...
Elon Mask Says Capitalists Can Overthrow Any Govt They Want
By Steve Sweeney Billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk has come under fire after welcoming last year’s overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales in what was seen as a bid to obtain the country’s lithium reserves. In response to a tweet on Saturday that accused the U.S. government...
With Horses Bolting From Congress Stable, It’s Time For Reset
By Kalyani Shankar Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s tweet on July 12: “Worried for our party. Will we wake up only after the horses have bolted from our stables?” depicts the mood in the Congress. Indeed this is the question many senior Congress leaders are asking themselves, as...
India Has Stepped Up Preparedness To Meet Chinese Challenge
By Anjan Roy Another round of disquiet on the Himalayan borders might just as well break out, going by indications at present. As perceived, the immediate threat is that China is not sticking to the understanding reached on disengagement and moving troops back from respective positions to status...
Factional Fighting In Nepal Communist Party Intensifies
By Barun Das Gupta Departing from usual diplomatic norms, the Chinese envoy in Nepal, Hou Yanqi, is openly intervening in the domestic politics of Nepal. She has been tasked by her bosses in Beijing to bring about somehow, anyhow, a rapprochement between the two squabbling factions of...
Ashok Gehlot Puts BJP On Defensive On Floor Test Issue
By Arun Srivastava This is for the first time during the 6 years of Narendra Modi rule, the BJP has been put on defensive. While triggering split in the Rajasthan Congress the top leadership of BJP was sure that like its earlier coups this time too it...
Opinion Polls Suggest Defeat Of Trump In November Poll
By Juan Lopez By sending federal militarized units in fascist-like fashion into major cities to attack peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators, President Donald Trump is assaulting democracy and setting a dangerous precedent less than 100 days before the November elections. Clearly, it is a desperate move...
Economy Reached The Nadir In The April-June Quarter
By Nantoo Banerjee It is still not clear on the part of the government about how to handle the spread of coronavirus across the country and follow at the same time a well designed programme that will save life as well as economy. Five months already passed since...
Corrupt Legislators Are Vitiating Indian Electoral Politics
By Amulya Ganguli India has been at the receiving end of adverse comments from the world community on several counts. These include the prolonged incarceration of social activists and the civil unrest on the citizenship measures while inside the country, there is disquiet about the emasculation of...
Both Short And Long Term Strategy Needed For Covid Management
By Gyan Pathak The same lackadaisical approach of the rulers over spending on health continues. COVID-19 infection and related deaths have ever been increasing. In absence of health facilities, governments resorted to lockdowns, which crippled the world economy and created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis of survival and...
Trouble Galore With Indian Matrimony
By Urvi Desai In July 2020, the popular streaming platform, Netflix, released the reality-documentary show, Indian Matchmaking, to a global audience. The show follows the journey of a Mumbai-based matchmaker who arranges marriage alliances between wealthy families in India and the US. In one scene, Akshay, a Bombay...
Leadership Issue Is Dogging The Congress Party For Far Too Long
By Harihar Swarup In 1959, when Indira Gandhi was elected president of the Congress, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had to face criticism for promoting his daughter. Significantly, he was quick to deny this was his intention “I am certainly not grooming her as my successor,” Nehru told his...
Concept Of Whip Cuts At The Very Root Of Democracy
By K Raveendran Irrespective of what happens to the petition by Rajasthan Assembly Speaker in the Supreme Court, questioning the Rajasthan High Court’s restraint on him to act on the notices issued to rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs, remarks made by a bench...
Hard Practical Policies Are Needed Now To Revive Economy
By Anjan Roy Emergency financing is the main instrument which the Narendra Modi Government is using in the current period of pandemic to bring about economic recovery. The situation as of now has gone out of hands and nearly four months after the first lock down in...
Time To Focus On Assam Battling Both Covid-19 & Floods
By Sagarneel Sinha At a time when there is a surge of cases of Coronavirus in India, the northeastern state of Assam has to battle another crisis — floods. Already, the deluge has affected 26 out of total 33 districts of the state. It is not that the...
