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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.May Day Pledge Should Focus On Workers Health
By Dr Arun Mitra In response to a survey conducted by the Health Ministry, 44% of respondents have said that they have reduced their food intake or miss one meal per day. Only one third of the respondents said that they received any relief in kind or cash. India...
Formidable Array Of Problems Confront Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala, which is locked in a grim battle against the dreaded corona virus, is plagued by a daunting variety of problems. Topping the list is the impending arrival of lakhs of non-resident Keralites (NRKs) stranded in various countries, including the Gulf region, because of covid-19....
Half Of Global Work Force Badly Hit By Corona Pandemic
By Satyaki Chakraborty On the eve of the historic May Day, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has come out with a grim global scenario stating that 1.6 billion workers, half of the world’s active workforce, are in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed by the economic impact of the...
Mental Health In The Period Of Corona Pandemic
By Prashut Dalvi and Vidhi Thaker The rise of coronavirus across the globe led to countries introducing methods to curb its physical ramifications. One of the most common modes adopted by nations was mandatory social distancing, lockdowns, closure of educational institutions and offices, public places, etc. The social lives...
Cuban Doctors Fighting Corona In 20 Countries
By Steve Sweeney Cuba’s medical mission has been recommended for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its efforts in the fight against the global Covid-19 pandemic. French solidarity organisation Cuba Linda has called for the award to be given to the Cuban Henry Reeve Medical Brigade which...
Modi Government Formulating Its Post Covid 19 Strategy
By Kalyani Shankar The Modi government is in the process of formulating a post Covid-19 strategy.“We have to give importance to the economy as well as continue the fight against covid-19,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this week addressing his fourth videoconference with chief ministers. The economic shock is...
Finance Capital Is Exiting Third World To U.S.
By Prabhat Patnaik There is an exodus of finance from the third world at present, far exceeding in scale what had occurred in 2008 after the financial crisis. Even more important than the actual outflow is the desire on the part of finance to pull out of the third...
May Day Has A New Message In This Period Of Pandemic
By D. Raja May Day is a day of celebration. It is celebration of labour and labourers who are the creators of the wealth of the nations. It is a day to demonstrate the strength of the working people, alliance of workers and peasants, unity of the trade unions...
Amit Shah Wants To Destabilise Mamata Government
By Arun Srivastava For nearly a week, the home ministry’s team has been moving around the districts and cities of West Bengal collecting evidences of the failure of the Mamata Banerjee and her government in tackling the spread of the deadly coronavirus. However if the official sources are to...
Covid-19 ‘Headache’ And Spectre Of Hunger
By Sushil Kutty ‘Headache’ is a brand new Covid-19 symptom discovered with “chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell,” says the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These are in addition to fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. The...
Significance Of Panchayats In The Time Of Covid-19
By Dr. Mahi Pal The COVID-19 has taken a shape of pandemic. It is being fought like a war. Entire Indian society and economy has been put under serious stress on account of this. There is problem everywhere including both rural and urban areas with regard to it. Abrupt...
Does Government Have An Exit Plan Out Of Corona Lockdown?
By Kalyani Shankar It has been more than a month since the strict national lockdown has been in place and there are all indications that exit strategy is likely to be a staggered one, as it will take a long time to come back to normal. Health Minister Harsh...
West Bengal Governor Busy Fishing In Saffron Waters
By Sankar Ray The West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar’s tweets, read alongside his stand on the inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs)visiting Bengal to assess COVID19 situation complaining that the IMCTs were not given access to facilities or officials in the state for the purpose of assessment, are a dead giveaway....
Freedom Of The Press Is Not Licence To Preach Communal Hatred
By Barun Das Gupta When the entire country was under a total lockdown due to the corona virus endemic, something happened in the Gadchinchale village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra that soon became a casus belli for the Hindutvavadis. It blew into a first class political battle between...
Stranded In Kota, Bihar Students Resort To Hunger Strike
By Arun Srivastava After nearly 1,400 students from Haryana and Assam left Kota for their home towns by buses on Friday and over 2,000 from in Rajasthan are scheduled to leave in the evening, the students from Bihar enrolled with the coaching institutes have turned desperate to come back...
Complaints Mount Against UP Quarantine Centres
By Pradeep Kapoor Despite claims of high level monitoring, there have been several complaints against alleged mismanagement of quarantine centres in Uttar Pradesh. What could be more shocking than a letter from Agra Mayor, Naveen Jain, to CM Yogi Adityanath to save his city from becoming Wuhan of India?...
May Day This Year Has Special Importance To Indian Labour
By Satyaki Chakrborty May 1, 2020 is being observed by the trade unions throughput the world in deadful global scenario when the workers in the capitalist and developing countries are losing jobs posing a big threat to their livelihood. The dimension of the impact of the lockdown on the...
Political Crisis Unfolds In Brazil As Bolsonaro Faces Investigations
By Steve Sweeney A political crisis is unfolding in Brazil, with far-right President Jair Bolsonaro facing potential impeachment charges after a complaint raised against him by former justice minister Sergio Moro. The former ally of Mr Bolsonaro resigned sensationally on Friday after the president fired federal police chief Mauricio...
