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.India Not Conducting Enough Corona Tests Is A Mistake
By Sushil Kutty United States President Donald Trump has the distinction of being the last world leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugged. The next time the two come face to face, Trump will have a phalanx of his Secret Service to keep Modi at bay. And one of the...
Kerala Toughens Battle Against Covid-19
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the Kerala Government is doing an excellent job in trying to contain the spread of the dreaded Covid-19, some disturbing developments are causing grave concern. The most worrying feature of the extremely serious situation has been the tendency to ignore the strict guidelines...
Will CM Kamal Nath’s Government Survive the Current Crisis?
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Will Kamal Nath government survive till March 26 when the state assembly meets again after the adjournment on Monday. The Chief Minister was told by the Governor to hold the floor test by Tuesday. Meanwhile, the issue has been raised in the Supreme Court. Now...
Present Bulk Drugs Crisis In India Is Totally Self-Made
By Nantoo Banerjee It is now almost 45 years since the high-profile Hathi Committee recommended the urgent need for manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) or bulk drugs in India for the country’s future health safety. The size of India’s pharmaceutical market at that time was less than Rs. 500...
BJP’s Manoeuvres On NRC-NPR Have Stopped Reaping Benefits
By Amulya Ganguli The Narendra Modi government’s various measures on citizenship are running into difficulty. The Delhi government is the latest to oppose the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR). Considering that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was being seen to be moving close to...
Modi-Shah’s Evil Design To Turn India Into A Police State
By Arun Srivastava The Modi government has been using the still ill-developed facial recognition technology to find out the persons who carried out the Delhi pogrom. This technology is used only in the case where the police has utterly failed to identify the goons. The gravity of the situation...
A Tale Of Two Healthcare Systems To Deal With Corona
By Ian Goodrum The world has a Public Enemy No. 1, and it’s the novel coronavirus. Capable of causing severe pneumonia among those it infects, the virus first wreaked havoc on the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province and has since spread at an alarming rate. At present,...
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...
