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.World Environment Day Has A Special Message This Year
By Dr. Arun Mitra World Environment Day is observed every year on 5th June. The COVID-19 Pandemic has made us to think that the issue of environmental degradation and climate change cannot be just a ritual discussion but it has to be taken very seriously. Climate Change is...
Flaming Controversy Over Opening Of Temples
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government’s decision to open temples in the State has kicked up a flaming controversy. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s move came in the wake of the Centre’s direction that places of worship can be opened from June 8. While Hindu, ...
U.S. Military Intervention Subverts Peace In Venezuela
By W T Whitnet Jr. The United States Embassy in Bogotá announced on May 28 that the U.S. is sending 50 or so soldiers of the Army’s 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) to Colombia. They would be carrying out consultations with Colombian Army commanders and providing them...
Tory Govt’s Immigration Laws Are Hurting Black Community Most
By Bethany Rielly The British Government’s “cruel” detention and deportation laws have “disproportionately impacted Britain’s black community,” a campaign group told MPs on Tuesday. Hearing evidence, ministers were told that the new immigration Bill still contains “every aspect” of the hostile environment policies that caused the Windrush...
Rajya Sabha Elections On June 19 Are Key To 2020 Politics
By Kalyani Shankar The upcoming biennial elections to Rajya Sabha are crucial to both the BJP and the Opposition. Elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 10 states will be held on June 19. Rajya Sabha members are indirectly elected by MLAs of state assemblies. The political...
Pressure On Media To Toe Official View Is Increasing In The Country
By Arun Srivstava The recent filing of cases against some journalists who have been articulating the dissenting voices against the prime minister Narendra Modi and his government are not merely the attempt to curtail the freedom to expression but more than that; it is an attack by Rightwing...
Modi Govt And Industry Have No Respect For Dignity Of Labour
By C. Srikumar A news item was published in the Indian Express recently with title “Noida Apparel Export Cluster asks Government to immediately provide 2 lakh Tailors and staff”. The news says that the Noida Apparel Export Cluster has sent a Letter to the Ministry of Micro, Small...
India Needs Now Massive Fiscal Help To Poor And Jobless
By Palak Sharma The urban to rural exodus of India’s labour population is being met with travel challenges, a delayed response from the government, as well as axed labour laws, that further weakens the opportunity to revive the household of these 100 million internal migrants. As migrants in...
Digital Education Does Not Ensure Total Learning In India
By Ujjwal Singh and Raj Shekhar The Coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented situation around the world with states struggling to curb the spread of infection and treat the already infected people. The impact of this pandemic is even higher in the South-East Asian Region where spending per...
Modi Government’s Retreat On PSU Stake Sale Is Okay
By Nantoo Banerjee The fund-starved government seems to be in desperation to sell its stake in public sector undertakings (PSUs) worth several lakhs of crores of rupees in support of its growing expenditure. In fact, this is the easiest option before the government to raise large funds without...
Media Is Facing The Heat From Ruling Politicians
By Amulya Ganguli The media has been the bete noire of ruling politicians ever since independent India’s first tryst with autocracy in 1975. Two years later, the loser of the 1977 general election, Indira Gandhi, ascribed her defeat to the absence of a feedback from the ground...
Bihar Poll Is A Big Political Test For Amit Shah
By Arun Srivastava Once the Chanakya of the BJP, the Union Home minister Amit Shah, during the period of coronavirus pandemic is being projected by his friends inside the party as the Shaurya Purush entrusted with the task to salvage the mage and prestige of the party. ...
Central Trade Unions Call For Nation Wide Protests On July 3
By Satyaki Chakraborty The central trade unions of the country in a joint statement has asked all its members as also the workers of all industries, to observe protest day on July 3 to focus on the anti-labour moves initiated by the Narendra Modi Government taking advantage...
Privatisation Of Public Sector Banks: The Cat Is Out Of The Bag
By C.H. Venkatachalam For the past two days, a news item published in a section of the media is in wide circulation regarding a reported move on the allegedly imminent privatisation of some of our banks, as well as to permit more and more private capital into the...
Administrative Chaos Engulfs Chouhan Government
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Two decisions of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government have come as a surprise and to some extent shocking. One decision relates to the en masse transfers of IAS officers at the time when the state faces Corona crisis. IAS officers who have been transferred...
British Rulers Worried At Intensity Of Anti-Racist Movement
By Ben Chacko Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests continued to erupt across Britain on Sunday, with tens of thousands demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to entrenched racism. A massive crowd gathered outside the US embassy in south London, with anti-racist protesters taking a knee and chanting:...
Modi Is A Prisoner Of His Own Indecision On Covid Management
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Covid management policy is increasingly showing its faultlines as the virus surges ahead exponentially in the country and the death rates also continue hiking. Corona is a new disease and all the countries are at wits end to deal with this life...
Narendra Modi’s ‘Shock And Awe’ Policy Flops Again
By K Raveendran ‘Shock and awe’ has come to stay as a cardinal feature of Narendra Modi’s policy pronouncements. Its first major manifestation was demonetisation, which was announced without proper consultations and even went against wise counsel, to the limited extent it was sought. And the result has been...
