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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.A Tragedy That Traumatised Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: February 20, 2020 will go down in the history of Kerala as a day that witnessed a horrifying tragedy. The people of Kerala and Tamil Nadu woke up to a terrible road accident that snuffed out 19 precious lives. The accident occurred at Avinasi in...
Britain’s New Immigration Policy Would Be Counter Productive
By Arun Srivastava The UK’s “sky-high” visa fees could deter vital NHS staff and the “brightest and best” scientists that Boris Johnson wants to attract with his new immigration policy. The tech experts who till recently flocked to the UK from the EU may not be able to afford...
India’s High Courts Stepping Up Is Silver Lining In Judicial Gloom
By Amritananda Chakravorty On 19th February, 2020, the Supreme Court Collegium, which decides the appointment of judges to the High Courts and the Supreme Court, recommended the transfer of Justice S. Muralidhar, a noted and upright judge of the Delhi High Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court....
Doctors Demand Transparency In Drug Prices
By IPA Special Correspondent A delegation of the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) in a memorandum submitted to the Chairperson of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), Ms Shubhra Singh, has demanded that the prices of drugs which include medicines, consumables and medical devices should be streamlined....
Mamata Takes Lessons From Kejriwal’s Success In Delhi Polls
By Ashis Biswas In the aftermath of the spectacular AAP victory in Delhi polls, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has effected a tactical shift in its dealings with the Centre. From now on, its policy of all-out opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be laced with...
Bihar To Witness New Political Combination
By Arun Srivastava The month long election to Bihar Assembly likely to be held from October 21 to November 20 is pregnant with possibility of former JNU students’ leader Kanhaiya Kumar and poll strategist Prashant Kishor coming together to challenge the JD(U)-BJP combination led by Nitish Kumar. With RJD...
Unified Common Agri Market Is Imperative
By Ashok B Sharma It is a matter of shame that even after 73 years of country’s Independence nothing substantial have been done for agriculture. Governments have come and gone but none of them have been able to understand the real problem of the farmers. Continual suicides of farmers...
Move To List Lic In Stock Market
By N Sundaramurthy LIC continues to be in front page news for wrong reasons. Stories are in circulation in the media, more so in the news portals that Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s disinvestment targets make worsen LIC’s health and wealth. There are headlines that LIC’s bad loans have...
Delhi And Kejriwal Show Mutual Love At CM’s Swearing-In Ceremony
By Rahil Nora Chopra The winning of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Assembly election has proved three things which are at present affecting voters at large. Firstly, the voters of Delhi favoured the party which declared the name of his CM candidate. Secondly, the work done by the...
Trump Visit is Meant to Bolster U.S. Interests
By Binoy Viswam Donald Trump and Narendra Modi can be rightly termed as birds of the same feather. They share many things in common. Allegiance to corporate capital, hatred towards minorities, contempt for immigrants, preaching of Islamophobia, etc, are their most savoured traits. That is why within no time...
Renewable Energy Sector In India Must Be Made Risk Free
By Gyan Pathak Energy Sector in India will soon be undergoing a paradigm shift, if the Union Government implements two key announcements made by the Finance Minister. The first is to shut down all the thermal power units spewing out pollutants over the permissible limit, and the second in...
New Immigration Policy Creates Big Confusion In Britain
By Arun Srivastava Within a month of Boris Johnson occupying the office of the Prime Minister, the Britain government has announced to close the door to “low skilled” migrant workers. Earlier the unskilled labours would land up in UK and then would start search for any opening, according to...
Sanders Winning More And More Support In Democratic Primaries
By Eric A. Gordon In the lead-up to the statewide Democratic primary caucus on Saturday, February 22, Nevada’s early voters on February 15, the first day, turned out in record numbers—more than 18,500 Democrats, almost twice the turnout on the first day of advance caucusing in 2016. Enthusiasm over...
Delaying Trade Deal To Have Nominal Impact On India
By Subrata Majumder India refused to join RCEP. Because, China became a big burden for India’s trade deficit. Export is recognized a strong driver for the growth when the nation is reeling under slow growth, according to Economic Survey. USA is to play an important role as it is...
From Silence To The Assertion Of Identity
By Ranu Jain and Fahad Ahmad The most unnerving aspect of the Ayodhya verdict was the silence of the Muslim community. The community was dissatisfied with the verdict and felt that justice had not been done, but nobody protested. It had lost faith in its sense of agency, citizenship...
Sabarimala: An Alternative View That Merits Consideration
By K Raveendran Shorn off the emotional quotient of the Sabarimala women’s entry issue, the proceedings of the nine-member bench considering the larger issues of religious practices and fundamental rights constitute a real thriller. The arguments and interjections by the bench are so absorbing that there is no scope...
India And Pakistan Should Fight Hunger Not War
By Dr. Arun Mitra The other day Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that India can defeat Pakistan in less than ten days. Similar overtones have been heard repeatedly from Pakistani leadership and the army as well who have even warned of using nuclear weapons in case of war between...
‘Parasite’ Is Essentially A Political Movie
By Rolando Pérez Betancourt In 2019, the euphorically intoned question on everyone’s lips that defined the tiny world of cinematography was: Have you seen Parasite yet? In May last year, the latest film by the South Korean Bong Joon-ho not only unanimously won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes...
