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.2020-21 Budget’s Social Sector Vision Is Blurred
By Dipa Sinha Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her speech by saying that the Union Budget was “woven around three prominent themes” — aspirational India, economic development for all and building a caring society. Achieving any of these would require extraordinary efforts on the social sector front starting...
Poetry, Tariq Ali Thinks, Is Attuned To New Internationalism
By Sankar Ray In parts of the Arab world and India, interestingly, poetry is witnessing “a huge revival. At the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, students took to platform and sang Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Hum Dekhenge; the same happened in the Jamia Millia University”, said Tariq Ali,...
US House Passing Big Pro-Worker Law Raises Hopes For Green Union Jobs
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Turning aside a multitude of Republican “poison pill” schemes, the Democratic-run U.S. House passed the Protect The Right To Organize (PRO) Act, the nation’s most-comprehensive pro-worker labor law reform in decades, 224-194. Five Republicans and 219 Democrats voted for it. And as strenuous worker...
Modi-Shah’s Citizenship Law Has All The Four Fundamental Errors
By Gyan Pathak Despite stiff opposition to CAA-NPR-NRC all over the country, the Modi government’s adamant attitude on their implementation is not only surprising but also alarming. PM Modi is still saying that people are being misled about CAA, deliberately ignoring the fact that it contains all the...
Prashant Kishor Bets On AAP Win In Delhi
By Rahil Nora Chopra At last Nitish Kumar has expelled his JD(U) Vice President Prashant Kishor from the party. In the beginning when Prashant Kishor started criticizing the CAA and NRC, the general perception in the political circle was that Prashant Kishor might be speaking on behalf of Nitish...
Why is Mohan Bhagwat Paying so much attention to MP?
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Mystery surrounds over the extra attention being paid by the RSS Chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat to Madhya Pradesh. In the last three to four months, Bhagwathas held camps in many cities of the state. At present, he is attending a five-day camp...
CPI National Council Three-Day Special Session Concludes
By D Raja The three-day national council of the Communist Party of India at its special session dedicated to party organisation has decided to observe a week-long protest along with other left parties from February 12 to 18, 2020. The special session held on February 2-4, 2020 in...
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...
