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.Fuel Prices: Govt Uses Consumers As Cash Cows
By K Raveendran It is high time the government’s decontrol of petroleum products is challenged in the court. The decontrol, which has its declared intention of leaving the prices to market forces rather than be regulated by government, has in effect meant full control for the government while...
Programme-Based Opposition Unity Is Needed To Unseat Nitish In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Nitish Kumar is certainly not indispensable. In fact the opposition should be credited with creating this perception amongst the people. Often the opposition leaders are heard criticising the NDA and describing the BJP as a fascist party which is opposed to poor, but they...
Digvijay-Shivraj War Of Nerves Before Rajya Sabha Polls
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: On the eve of biennial election to the Rajya Sabha, war of nerves has started between Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh. In an unprecedented move, an FIR has been filed against Digvijaya Singh. FIR has been filed...
Courts Have To Adopt Humanitarian Principles In Granting Bail
By Mohd Kumail Haider The word “bail” is derived from the old French verb baillier, which means to give or deliver. The word is also related to the Latin word bajulare meaning to bear a burden. The concept of bail can be traced back to 399 BC, when...
Both BJP And MVA Coalition Partners Keep Uddhav Unsettled
By Kalyani Shankar Political slugfest is going on in the big state of Maharashtra, even as the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led government is trying to face the pandemic outbreak. While the BJP is yet to reconcile to the ascendency of Thackeray, it is becoming aggressive and aspires for...
Leaderless Opposition Giving Walk-Over To Narendra Modi
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to the opposition parties, especially the Congress which is the only national party in the anti-BJP block to challenge the BJP led National Democratic Alliance at the centre? The next crucial assembly elections, are due to take place in Bihar in...
Deepening Crisis In Kerala Congress(M)
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The crisis bedevilling the Kerala Congress(M), an important constituent of the Congress-led United Democratic Front(UDF), has deepened with both the factions refusing to craft a compromise. The bone of contention between the two factions led by senior KC(M) leader P J Joseph and...
Trump Policies Facing Big Challenge In Major States
By Joel Wendland-Liu Trump lies. Habitual dishonesty, whether it is masking the jobs crisis, the pandemic, or downplaying racism, is his signature feature. It has cost lives and threatens democracy. Trump’s lies have never been more deadly than in the past three months. Two million U.S. cases...
Adani Giant’s Solar Project Raises More Concerns Than Hope
By Nantoo Bannerjee Adani Green Energy, a Gautam Adani company, has reportedly bagged the world’s largest contract to build a 8,000 MW-capacity photovoltaic (PV) power plant and additionally set up a 2,000 MW capacity domestic solar panel manufacturing facility. The combined investment is estimated at $6 billion...
Racism And Islamophobia Are Now Global Issues
By Amulya Ganguli Impressive as the worldwide demonstrations are against white racism, it will be unrealistic to expect their impact to be long-lasting. It is a safe bet that their tempo will subside in a month’s time and the world will return more or less to what...
Fresh Covid Surge In Beijing Is A Wake Up Call For All Countries
By Sushil Kutty China and the coronavirus is all about markets. If in Wuhan, it was a ‘wet market’ where the virus got a foothold before taking off to climes across the world, the coronavirus has returned to roost in another market, this time in capital Beijing...
Retired Justice Suresh’s Death Is A Big Loss To Human Rights Movement
By Indira Jaising I knew Justice Suresh as a practicing lawyer well before he got appointed as a judge of the Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court (BCCSC). He performed well there at the BCCSC but he had a dream. He wanted to be a Judge of...
Women Are Suffering Most In This Era Of Pandemic
By Dipa Sinha and Sona Mitra Low and declining women’s labour force participation rates in India have been a longstanding concern. 94% of the women who are counted as being in the workforce remain concentrated in the informal sector. In the non-farm sector, women are usually located as...
Delhi Police’s “Conspiracy” Theory Against Activists Is Brazen Misuse Of Power
By Prakash Karat The crime branch of the Delhi police has fabricated a conspiracy theory which seeks to link anti-CAA protesters with the communal violence which took place in north-east Delhi in end February. The pattern of arrests, the cases and charge-sheets filed, reveal the real conspiracy which...
Modi Has To Overcome Impetuosity In Decision-Making
By K Raveendran It is high time Prime Minister Narendra Modi reigned in his impetuosity in taking decisions that affect the destiny of the nation. It is true that he stakes his prime ministership by such thoughtless action, but that is insignificant compared to the price that the...
Despite Shah’s Virtual Rally, BJP-JD(U) May Stick Together
By Harihar Swarup The campaign for the Bihar election, scheduled for the end of the year, has begun. In a display of what campaigning may look like in the coronavirus disease (Covid-19)-hit era, Union home minister and top Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah addressed workers in...
Tension At India-Nepal Border Is Most Unfortunate
By Arun Srivastava The BJP leadership, especially the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who claims to be the custodian and public face of nationalism has miserably let down the Indian nationalism and put the country in a bad light. In the annals of the century old India-Nepal relationship this...
IBC (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 Has Many Legal Loopholes
By Sakal Bhushan The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was enacted in the year 2016 and its provisions, in respect of the corporate insolvency, were enforced with effect from December 1, 2016. Prior to this revolutionary legislation, India had a very complex insolvency regime governed by multiple laws like...
