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.Understanding Laws In The Time Of Corona
By Priyam Lizmary Cherian The Epidemics Disease Act, 1897 In response to the growing threat of the pandemic COVID-19, on March 11, 2020, the Cabinet advised all States and Union Territories (UTs) to invoke Section 2 of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (“the Act”). This was done in order to...
Amid Coronavirus Lockdown, Who Will Support The Poor?
By Binoy Viswam These are the days of unprecedented suffering, unusual for any country. The outbreak and spread of COVID-19, caused by the Coronavirus, has literally locked down the nation. The pandemic that originated from China, passing through Europe has come to India. Though there were ample warnings from...
Modi Must Ensure That Lockdown Does Not Imperil The People
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi has been playing truant with the people of the country in fighting coronavirus. If Modi has been really worried of the welfare of his people it must not have taken two and half month for him to grasp the escalation of the monstrous virus...
Judicial Backlogs Can Become History
By Shailesh Gandhi Everyone agrees that delays in judicial delivery give rise to a large number of our country’s problems. I decided to try and evaluate how many extra judges would be required to start reducing judicial backlogs. The 20th Law Commission, in its report no. 245 submitted in...
Many Hurdles To Post US-Taliban Treaty Transition In Afghanistan
By Sankar Ray The post-peace optimism halts before a politically nebulous terrains in the landlocked Afghanistan is multi-horned. And the manifestation is symbolic as well as sanguinary. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)-inspired terrorist strike at a Sikh...
Now BJP To Bag Two Rajya Sabha Seats From MP, Instead Of One
By Rahil Nora Chopra The rebellion by former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has not only brought down the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, but is also set to cost the Congress party a berth in the Rajya Sabha that it was poised to win. Polling for three Rajya...
Modi Government’s Relief Package Announcement Only The Beginning
By Anjan Roy The announcement about income support scheme by the union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has come in timely. In the prolonged lock-down, it would be the casual low income workers who could be the worst hit. Therefore, it is this group of people who needed urgent succour....
Coronavirus Aftermath: Is World Heading For A Bio-Warfare?
By Ashok B Sharma The present spread of the novel Coronavirus across the globe has infected thousands and sent many of them to death. The figures of dead and infected are on the rise every day. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has termed the disaster as a “pandemic”. The...
Finally, Relief Package For Poor Indians Caught In Covid-19 Lockdown
By Sushil Kutty Just when we the thought the Government had probably forgotten the poor caught in the storm created by the COVID-19 pandemic and would be left to reap the whirlwind, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday announced a 1.7 lakh crore welfare package for poor daily wage workers...
Nirbhaya’s Babaric Rapists And Barbarism Of The Gallows
By Sushil Kutty The four rapists of Nirbhaya have been executed. Hanged till they were pronounced dead by a doctor. Don’t know why doctors who take the Hippocratic Oath to save and protect lives go watch somebody getting hanged to death on the orders of the state. The medical...
Early Testing Failures, Trump’s Inaction Crippled Us Covid-19 Response
By Michael Biesecker, Mike Stobbe and Matthew Perrone WASHINGTON: A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country like wildfire, an Associated Press review found....
Sitharaman’s Masterclass In Beating About The Bush
By K Raveendran Nobody can beat Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in beating about the bush. Her press conference on Monday to announce major concessions to people and businesses in view of the Covid virus outbreak in the country was a classic flip-flop. Even before the actual press conference started,...
Corona Lockdown: India Awaits Modi’s Plan For Survival Of Poor
By Arun Srivastava On March 22, the poor and daily wage earners had enthusiastically responded to the appeal of Narendra Modi to observe Janata Curfew. His announcement nonetheless was perceived as a prelude to the long-drawn lockdown. Their apprehensions have come true. On that day, the people nursed the...
BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan Is Back On The Madhya Pradesh Saddle
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: After winning confidence vote and assuming the charge for the fourth time as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan took several steps to undo many decisions taken hours before resigning by Kamal Nath. Nath appointed several important Congress leaders to various posts. Most...
Covid-19: India’s Preparedness And What Lies Ahead
By Nipun Saxena The word “novel” in the Novel Coronavirus is a misnomer. As part of human nature, there is a propensity to compare the deadliest of diseases and while Covid-19 does not appear to have a high mortality rate, yet the rate of exposure seems to be unprecedented....
Sanders & The Squad On Covid-19: Supporting Workers Top Priority
By John Bachtell “This is an unprecedented moment in history, and we need to act in unprecedented ways, no matter what it costs,” declared Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “We need to guarantee to every American they will not be left hanging,” and that they have the health care, food,...
Janata Curfew Success Shows People’s Resolve To Resist
By Kalyani Shankar India shut the door on the deadly Corona virus on Sunday by observing an unprecedented voluntary Janata curfew responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to stay indoors. In a cautious but effective public appeal Modi requested the people of the country to stay indoors from...
Rethinking Bhagat Singh’s Idea Of India Amid Corona Crisis
By D Raja March 23, 1931. The day woke up the people of India shaking their conscience and stirring their minds. Bhagat Singh, along with his two comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev, were hanged to death by the British colonisers. In October 1930, they were sentenced to death in the...
