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.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...
Modi’s ‘Bold’ Decisions Push The Economy To The Brink
By Harihar Swarup On March 24, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown on India, there were, reportedly, a mere 500 Covid-19 cases in India. The situation could have been dealt with by imposing limited restrictions on socio-economic activity and delineating local containment areas/zones – the strategy...
All Pervasive Failure To Deal With Migrant Labour Woes
By Arun Srivastava It is better not to be pessimist. But one thing is certain that to what extent the latest intervention of Supreme Court will help the workers seeking refuge in their native places, ameliorate their condition and minimise their miseries is a matter for deep concern. On...
Alarming Increase In Covid Positive Cases In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Friday, June 5, 2020 marked the highest single-day spike in covid positive cases in the State with the number crossing the 100 mark for the first time. As many as 111 people tested positive causing grave concern in health circles. The steady rise in the...
Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Programme Is A Big Farce
By Prakash Karat Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has hijacked the concept of self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat). He claims this is the way to revive growth and make the 21st century, India’s century. Behind such bombast lies a crude contradiction and deception. The Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan special package announced to realise...
Debt Crisis Of Third World Countries Accentuating
By Prabhat Patnaik There is a massive problem of external debt building up for the third world, of which the recent Argentine debt crisis was only one manifestation. At the root of the problem is the collapse of primary commodity prices in the world market which began in April...
Sexual Harassment At Online Workplace In Covid Era May Rise
By Rishabh Chhabaria and Abhigyan Tripathi Several concerns have been expressed with respect to this recent change to the nature of workspace in the socio-legal sphere of the country. It is essential to note that ever since this way to work has become the convention now, there may arise...
One Year Of Modi 2.0: PM Sings Self-Praise, Opposition Criticises
By Rahil Nora Chopra The BJP-led NDA completed one year of its second term on 30 May, with senior party leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda listing the central government’s achievements during the period. Modi addressed the letter to the citizens...
Labour leaders in U.S. Vow to fight Racism
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Declaring that working people are saying, “We’ve had enough,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said unions will continue the fight to root out systemic racism in the U.S. In a 77-minute Zoom telecast on June 3, Trumka and other labour leaders—AFSCME President Lee Saunders, Teachers (AFT) President...
Lokur Needs A Pat For Red-Flagging Supreme Court
By K Raveendran If the migrant labour, forgotten and forsaken by their governments, have to thank anyone for getting the Supreme Court to intervene in the Long March, which history will mark as the biggest takeaway from India’s lockdown to fight covid, it is retired judge Madan B Lokur....
