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.Social Cohesion Is Imperative In Present Period Of Pandemic
By Dr. Arun Mitra Three main precautions are suggested to prevent oneself from Novel Corona Virus infection. These include washing hands regularly, putting mask on face to cover mouth and nose, and maintaining ‘social distance’. All the conscious citizens in general are following these instructions as advised by...
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Is Countering Yogi Govt Head-On
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Unlike other opposition leaders, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has succeeded in mobilising her party workers to hit the roads of Uttar Pradesh and take on the ruling Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government like no other. In order to achieve Mission 2022 assembly polls,...
Ahead Of Polls, Bihar Leaders Play Intense Alliance Games
By Rahil Nora Chopra The canvassing for the coming Bihar assembly election has started via virtual meetings in the state. The RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has demanded for polls to be postponed in Bihar and said that it is the responsibility of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to hold elections...
Britishers Are Angry At Tory Govt’s Corona Management
By Arun Srivastava A wide impression is gaining ground in the common Britons that Boris Johnson’s government is dangerously suppressing dissent and the mediocre, time-serving and sleazy survive as long as they blindly support the Prime Minister. This imprint certainly does not augur well for Boris Johnson...
Cuban President Welcomes Returnees Of Medical Brigades
By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet HAVANA – The Cuban president arrived early, when the blazing summer sun was still just a gentle caress over the beautiful gardens of the La Pradera International Health Center, in the western part of the capital, Havana. “We made this really early, 7:30...
Congress Is Resorting To Unscrupulous Politics In Kerala
By Prakash Karat The gold smuggling case in Kerala is being used by the Congress-led UDF and the BJP to tarnish the image of the LDF government and a joint effort to destabilise the government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The Congress and the UDF have...
A Welcome Ban On Agitations During Covid Times
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala High Court’s ban on agitations during covid times has come not a day too soon. The HC order has come as a big relief to the embattled Pinarayi Vijayan Government in the State, which is locked in a grim battle...
Ordnance Factories Are The Jewels Of India’s Defence Industry
By C Srikumar What is the fourth force of the Defence of our Country? To defend the sovereignty and security of our Country we have the Army, Navy and Air Force, but then what is the fourth force. All of us know that war is fought in...
Migrant Workforce Is A Big Asset To Indian Economy
By Subrata Majumder Notwithstanding migrant workers playing a key role in boosting the economy, bare attention was given to the state of migrant workers. They were pivot to infrastructure development and export oriented industries. With the rapid growth of urbanization, which opened employment opportunities, movement of workers...
Old Guards And Young Turks Divide Congress Badly
By Arun Srivastava Congress is systematically getting down to the trap of old guards versus young turks laid by Rahul Gandhi. In the seventies, when Indira Gandhi ruled the roost, the young turks dictated the course of the Congress politics. They were so dominant that Chandra Shekhar contested...
Sachin Pilot Played Well But Failed To Hit The Net
By Sushil Kutty As a boy he must have flown a paper plane, the kind made with yesterday’s ‘homework’ written on it! But the grown up Sachin Pilot it seems once he’s taken off, he has no clue where to land after the ‘tower’ tells him to...
Right To Information Act Is Under Threat At Present
By Nipun Arora and Annanya Mehan Several activists and scholars, including former information commissioners, have recently expressed concern over the government’s dilution of the Right to Information Act (RTI). However, the threat to right to information is not only from the government but from within the Central...
Strong Case For Developing Bullion Banking In India
By Arjavi Indraneesh India will do well to develop bullion banking and the time is most propitious for it as gold investments are becoming an essential part of any meaningful portfolio. A weaker rupee, combined with a rising dollar gold price, has been playing out in...
Viability Of Crores Of MSMEs At Stake In India In Covid Era
By Gyan Pathak COVID-19 has placed India’s already ailing MSME sector in a precarious condition. Majority of 6.33 crores of micro, small, and medium enterprises are facing the question of survival. World Bank’s MSME Emergency Response programme of $750 million, says that it will be addressing the...
National Skills Qualifications Framework Needs Radical Change
By Dr Ram Lakhan Singh Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) started working on National Vocational Qualification Framework (NVQF), sometimes in 2011-12. It constituted a committee of stakeholders under the chairmanship of Secretary Labour and Employment, which included representatives from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). In the...
AIBEA Will Release List Of Wilful Defaulters Of Bank Loans
By C H Venkatachalam 19th July is a very significant day in the chronicles of the banking sector in our country. It was on this day, on 19th July in the year 1969, that 14 major private banks were nationalised by the Government of India, from when...
Domestic Violence During Pandemic Is Now A Global Phenomenon
By Prachi and Astutya Prakhar As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, reports of domestic violence upsurging all over the world is worrying. The pervasive spread of the virus has forced domestic violence victims to stay at home with their abusers, leaving them with little options to find...
Unemployment In Britain Has Emerged As Biggest Challenge
By Lamiat Sabin Ministers must take urgent action to tackle unemployment if Britain is to avoid a post-coronavirus financial disaster, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged. A sharp rise in unemployment is the “biggest danger” Britain’s economy faces, the TUC warned, as it called on...
