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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.Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation Sees New Milestone
By Aanchal Singh and Nishant Sirohi Since 2012, February 6 is marked as a day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The aim is to amplify and direct attention towards the ongoing efforts to eliminate this practice. FGM is not just a human rights...
Modi’s Budget To Deepen Slowdown In Economy
By Chidambaram N The Union Budget 2020-21 said to have been prepared under the tutelage of Prime Minister Narndra Modi and presented by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2020 to say the least is full of disincentives that will only drag down the consumer which...
Struggle Not Against False Promises Of Union Budget Alone
By Binoy Viswam At a very crucial period of history the Union Budget 2020-21 was presented on the first day of the second month of 2020. Budget is much more than an economic statement for the country and her people. Of course, economics plays an important part in...
Trinamool Congress Faces Civic Poll Test Against BJP In Bengal
By Ashis Biswas For the coming civic polls in Bengal, both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have focused on reconstructing their strategies post 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Leaders and activists in both parties have been busier than their counterparts in the...
Overcrowding In Prisons: Supreme Court Seeks Reply From Centre
By Nishant Sirohi The Supreme Court has issued notice to the central government seeking a reply from it on how the government is going to tackle the overcrowding in jails and filling up of vacancies in prisons across India. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India...
Impeachment Acquittal Proves The Republican Party Is Guilty
By C.J. Atkins Before the impeachment trial even began, the Republican leadership in the Senate made clear that the whole affair would be a sham. Evidence and witness testimony? Hearsay. The reports from the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees’ extensive investigations? Irrelevant. The “transcript” of Trump’s call with...
Bitter Lessons And Warning For Labour In The Iowa Controversy
By Ben Chacko Donald Trump’s claim to be the true victor of the Democrats’ shambolic Iowa caucus is mockery rather than analysis. But it’s a salutary reminder of the consequences of liberal efforts to squash the socialist left — one that ought to inform campaigners on both...
Gulf Countries Are No Tax-Free Havens As FM Sitharaman Claims
By K Raveendran It is all too well that the proposal to include income earned by NRIs, especially those working in the Arabian Gulf countries, for the purpose of determining tax liability has met with a premature death. Otherwise, it would have created serious problems both in terms...
Significance Of Sri Lankan Pm Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Coming Visit
By Barun Das Gupta Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is coming to India on a four-day visit on February 7. Reports from Colombo suggest that that during his talks with Prime Minister Modi, defence and maritime security will get priority. When Mahinda’s younger brother Gotabaya won...
Labelling Political Opponents As Terrorists Is Unhealthy
By Sagarneel Sinha The political temperature has risen spectacularly in Delhi, which will go to polls on February 8. The National Capital Territory is not that quite significant in terms of electoral strength — as it has a 70 member legislative assembly and sends 7 and 3 representatives...
Bank Unions To Go Ahead With Agitation Programme
By C H Venkatachalam The just-concluded two-day bank strike on January 31 and February 1, 2020, as per the reports reaching AIBEA headquarters, was a resounding success. Let me take this opportunity first of all to congratulate all our unions and members for this splendid unity and effective...
Climate Change Cannot Afford Culture War With The Working Class
By Andy Newman The urgency of the need to address climate change is undisputed on the left. Nevertheless, while it is clear that action must be taken, there has to be a discussion about what those actions need to be. The danger is that if the socialist...
Uprising In Chile Is The Legacy Of Dashed Hopes And Bitter Defeat
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on October 18, 2019. Students filled the streets all over. Police action led to injuries and arrests. Some 1.2 million people occupied Plaza Italia in Santiago...
Iowans Initiate The Beginning Of The End For Donald Trump
BY Al Neal Des Moines, Iowa—Either force of habit, or the need to self-medicate after months and months of political ad inundations, and door knocks at all hours, led Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll to find comfort and warmth inside the Royal Mile pub. They strolled in...
Boris johnson ‘dancing to trump’s tune’
By Lamiat Sabin Boris Johnson was accused of “dancing to Donald Trump’s tune” today for downplaying fears a US trade deal would undermine food safety standards. The PM said that he shares the US President’s “optimism,” and insisted that their deal would have “enormous potential” and would be...
Union Budget For 2020-21 Is Hardly Aspirational
By Nantoo Banerjee If the revised budget estimates for 2019-20 are way behind their original targets, it could be wrong to aspire that the first full year union budget under the second term of the Modi government would achieve any economic miracle by radically pushing up economic growth,...
Harping On Bullet Proves BJP’s Desperation In Delhi
By Amulya Ganguli When the BJP raises the communal temperature, it is a sign of the party realizing that it is in trouble. Since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is being seen as the frontrunner in the Delhi assembly elections, it is not surprising that the BJP...
Shaheen Bagh-Driven Satyagrah Is Moral Threat To Modi-Shah
By Arun Srivastava Nothing could explain better the loss of sense of wisdom and rationality of the BJP leaders and its rank and file and their turning into a band of insensitive mercenaries than the slander inflicted by the general secretary of Bengal, Sayantan Basu. Intensity of...
