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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.Uttar Pradesh May Extend Corona Lockdown
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has hinted on extending the lockdown in view of the rise in coronavirus-positive cases in the state. The official spokesperson of the government commented that the state government would like to continue the lockdown even if there was a single case of...
Pandemic Recovery: Helping Workers Cope Is Essential
By Mark Gruenberg BRUSSELS, Belgium: A Europe-wide coalition of left and progressive members of the European Parliament has outlined a wide-ranging plan to help the continent’s workers cope with the coronavirus pandemic and particularly its economic impact. Among the measures unveiled are “maintaining work and income,” guaranteed housing for...
Industry Donates Billions To Fight Covid 19
By Nantoo Banerjee Notwithstanding poor demand and production cutback across industry, contributions worth millions of dollars from business establishments are pouring in to government and non government charities ever since the nation went on a three-week lockdown to maintain social distance to prevent coronavirus from spreading. The House of...
The Gloves Are Off Once Again Between BJP And Congress
By Amulya Ganguli It was too good to last. Few will be surprised that the truce between the BJP and the Congress lasted for only about a week. It was a temporary moratorium imposed by an unprecedented crisis, the like of which India hadn’t seen before. But the animus...
Having Faith In The Time Of Coronavirus Pandemic
By Kalyani Shankar What is the impact of coronavirus on religion? As the well-known German philosopher and economist Karl Marx said, religion is the “opium of the people.” For believers, world over it provides psychological and emotional as well as moral support. But the novel Coronavirus is a pandemic,...
Same Old Party Politics At The Time Of Pandemic
By Sushil Kutty Has politics, as we know it, come to a halt at a pit-stop? The feeling is not lost on people. Political parties and politicians appear to have courted ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’. It’s like they have been cured of the virus ‘politics’ and a lockdown is in...
With Several Bureaucrats Indisposed, Madhya Pradesh Lands In Corona Soup
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Despite all possible medical and clinical measures, coronavirus continues to expand its footprint in Madhya Pradesh. In the last 24 hours, as many as 22 new positive patients were identified in Bhopal. They include 16 officials of the health department. With this, the total number...
Under Its New Leader, Labour Party Is About To Abandon Leftism
By Arun Srivastava An admirer of Harold Wilson, the newly elected Labour leader Keir Starmer is nevertheless determined to carve out his own niche in UK and Labour politics. But one thing is certain that Starmer who is known to follow the middle path, cannot leave his impact without...
Modi’s Light And Sound Show Reveals Lack Of Ideas
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s light and sound show, or for the order to be right, sound and light show, as part of his national strategy to fight the coronavirus threat amounts to taking symbolism to the level of fantasy, or farce, as his detractors would rather...
India Must Intensify Its Fight Against Covid-19
By Arun Srivastava Even while India is in the midst of unprecedented coronavirus calamity and acute economic crisis, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been busy sharpening his charisma and perfecting image makeover by calling upon the people on Friday to hold a nationwide candlelight vigil at their homes...
US Surpasses China In Facing Brunt Of Coronavirus Pandemic
By Harihar Swarup Crisis faced by India’s hundreds of thousands of migrant workers has shown that the Union government’s centralized command-and-control approach of managing the coronavirus pandemic (Covid 19) will not work. Recent steps, from the poorly planned lockout to the decision to shut down borders without consulting the...
Covid-19 Lockdown And Rising Health Challenges
By Dr Arun Mitra, Dr Tejbir Singh & Dr Sham Sunder Deepti* The lockdown to break the chain of spread of COVID-19 is an essential step. In the initial stages it was found that the people who had come from abroad, Indians or non-Indians, carried this virus with them....
Sonia Gandhi Monitors Congress States During Corona Crisis
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi wants to prove that states ruled by her party are tackling the coronavirus crisis better than the states under the BJP. She first wrote to the Congress chief ministers and followed it up with a video conference with them....
Covid-19: Remain United To Overcome The Threat
By Binoy Viswam By all means these days are critical. In India this stage of the pandemic is the most decisive one. Its dangerous threat of spreading wide was predicted by experts. A national crisis does stare at the face of India. Its impact on India’s future is unpredictable...
Mental Health Of Quarantined Indians Needs Attention
By Arun Srivastava The fear of the unknown is most terrifying. It turns more acute when one is not sure what lies ahead and is not in the position to comprehend how many ways one should try to perceive an outcome. The same situation has arisen in the wake...
India’s Migrant Workers Are Facing The Brunt Of Covid-19 Chaos
By Amarjeet Kaur The plight of almost 40 crore of workers, based on a very miserly estimate, out of 54 crores of workers with almost 90 per cent of them in the unorganised sector as of now in 2020 needs to be addressed immediately. The estimates are that 10...
Karnataka Defies Kerala HC Order To Open Border
By P Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala, which is engaged in a grim battle against the dreaded corona virus, suffered two setbacks on a single day. The most serious setback has been the refusal of the Karnataka Government to obey the order passed by the Kerala High Court to open the...
Fight Against Corona: Socialism Is The Global Future
By D. Raja The lockdown has completed a week and has two more weeks to go. By that time one hopes the lakshman rekha will be wiped off by Modi, who gloomily declared the lockdown and before on 19 March, ordered Indians to follow janata curfew and thali bajao...
