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.Jyotiraditya Scindia Leaving Congress Is A Wake-Up Call
By Harihar Swarup Will the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, headed by Chief Minister Kamal Nath, survive the 22 MLAs quitting along Jyotiraditya Scindia? The MLAs apparently come under anti-defection law. The Assembly Speaker, N P Prajapati, who belongs to the Congress, has lot of discretion in the matter....
Time For Global Intervention To Meet Corona Challenge
By Anjan Roy Economists world over are talking of the possible consequences of the sudden outbreak of coronavirus on global economy. While many are comparing the current crisis with the 2008 financial meltdown, others are seeking lessons from earlier instances of large scale epidemics. Some simulations and models are...
Tamil Nadu Maintains High Economic Growth Despite Slowdown
By K R Sudhaman At a time when India’s economic growth dipped below five per cent, Tamil Nadu has shown the way to sustain 8 per cent state growth and perhaps provided a blue-print for other states to ward off a difficult economic scenario. Such an effort would perhaps...
Fuel Price Hike Is A Cruel Joke By Modi Government
By K Raveendran The hike in the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs three per litre is a cruel joke played by the Modi government on the people of this country when global crude prices have nosedived by a third. When consumers all over the world are...
India Losing Its Clout In Global Diplomacy
By Arun Srivastava Jaishankar, the minister for external affairs is free to warn and issue word of caution against the international fraternity for expressing their concern on what has happened in Delhi ten days back, but he must understand he cannot put a lock on their mouths from expressing...
Health Infra Must Get A Fresh Boost To Meet Corona Threat
By Ashok B Sharma Fear has gripped the world with the spread of novel Coronavirus infecting thousands of people and sending many of them to death. The fear is real and natural and is the outcome of the fact no effective medicine has been developed to cure the disease....
Indian Pharma And Auto Sectors Must Be Ready To Meet Corona Challenge
By Subrata Majumder With the outbreak of novel Corona Virus or COVID-19, it is a wakeup call for the nations and MNCs who are excessively dependent on global value chain manufacturing, concentrating in a particular country. During last two decades, China has become centre – stage for global value...
Bhel Making Big Advances In Research & Development
By Satyaki Chakraborty The premier public sector BHEL is making big advances in developing new technology through vigorous research and development efforts that have helped the PSE to offer new products and systems which are globally competitive. Significant developments/improvements in engineering, processes and product covering various businesses like power,...
US-Afghan Treaty Dogged By Many Strategic Indeterminates
By Sankar Ray The agreement signed between the USA and the Taliban in Doha on 29 February in the presence of representatives from India, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan – signalling a cessation to two decades of bloody war and withdrawal of the US troops in the...
Private Sector Banks Are Failing
By Binoy Viswam When the whole world is concerned about the spread of corona virus, the Indian economy is trembling before another virus. This is the virus of instability emanating from unending greed of the private capital. Though it has impacted all structures of life, the government is in...
CM Kamal Nath’s Arrogance Resulted In Scindia Leaving
By Rahil Nora Chopra Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, whose government is now on the verge of collapse due to the impending defection of 22 Congress MLAs of the Jyotiraditya Scindia camp, is partly to blame for the crisis he finds himself in. Kamal Nath failed to mend...
Virtually Quarantined India Urgently Needs Emergency Fiscal Measures
By Gyan Pathak With invocation of the provisions of Disaster Management Act, Epidemic Diseases Act, and other rules, India has virtually quarantined itself from the world until April 15. WHO has declared the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to alarming levels of, its spread from 48 to 114...
Oil At $20s No More A Dream But Distinct Possibility
By K Raveendran A heady cocktail of ego, frustration, power struggle and one-upmanship is what has led to the current commotion in the oil market, which is of course welcome news for consuming countries like India. After shedding a third of its value, crude has since made some marginal...
Foreign Tribunals In Assam Fail To Do Justice
By Ashis Biswas In parts of Assam, a strong undercurrent of tensions prevails in the post NRC(National Register of Citizens) updating exercise period. Wiser after the highly contentious headcount, bigger minority groups now insist that due legal process should decide citizenship issues, without any involvement of the special Foreigners...
Congress-RJD Relations Deteriorate In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava The relation between the Congress and the RJD has never been affable under the stewardship of Tejashvi Yadav, the person in hurry to govern Bihar. With Congress nursing soft corner towards the former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar the situation has turned more complicated. In fact emergence...
Corona: Kerala Pays For Individual Irresponsibility
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may sound a bit hyperbolic. But it is shockingly true. Shockingly irresponsible conduct of a few individuals has caused a huge setback to Kerala’s efforts to control the dreaded corona virus. But the Government is battling hard to recover from the unexpected blow, and...
Sanders Is Fighting The Battle For Radical Change
BY C.J. Atkins Super Tuesday II was another round of victories for Joe Biden. Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, and Idaho were added to his column on March 10; as of this writing, only North Dakota went for Bernie Sanders, and Washington state is still counting. After two tough weeks at...
India-China Rivalry In Indian Ocean Is A Reality
By Barun Das Gupta Earlier this month, India was made an observer of the Indian Ocean Commission, recognizing India’s dominant role in the Indian Ocean. The Commission, set up in 1982, has on it Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles and the Reunion Island. Four countries have observers’ status – the...
