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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.Labour Has To Take Right Lessons From Defeat
By Ben Chacko As Soon as the scale of Labour’s shattering defeat began to emerge on December 12 night, pundits began to push the line that this was not just about Brexit but about Jeremy Corbyn, and more broadly the Labour Party’s significant shift towards socialism under...
President’s Suggestion On Right To Mercy Is Not Constitutional
By Varun Agarwal ON December 6, 2019, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the National Convention on Empowerment of Women for Social Transformation, stated that “Rape convicts under (the) POCSO Act (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) should not have the right...
Why is the World Anxious About India?
By Amulya Ganguli It is rare for well-meaning outsiders to tell India what it stands for. But this is what has been happening for some time. For instance, after cancelling a trip to India in the wake of the passage of the citizenship (amendment) bill in parliament,...
Centre Has To Consider The Concerns Of The North-East
By Sagarneel Sinha Any region that has been protesting from the very beginning against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, which is now an act, is the north-east region — mainly Assam, Tripura and Shillong in Meghalaya. Already, 4 have died in the Assam protests while in Tripura, there...
New Citizenship Act Has Radically Upset India’s Secular Soul
By Harihar Swarup The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has become law – having sailed through Rajya Sabha comfortably, though the NDA government does not have majority in the upper house; it was already passed by Lok Sabha – alarmingly fast, especially with the President of India’s lightning quick assent...
Corn Is More Than Pop Corn: Super Crop Must Be Harnessed Better
By Awanish Somkuwar Everyone likes the taste of corn flakes and popcorn but a few know that the crop offers even more. Few know that the Corn City Chhindwara has the highest production of maize in Madhya Pradesh. The entrepreneurial spirit of maize growers of Chhindwara will be...
Supreme Court Applies Ayodhya Template To Sabarimala
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court decision not to entertain the plea by two activist women seeking entry to the restricted Sabarimala temple for the time being and leave it to the larger 7-member bench that is slated to consider the whole gamut of issues relating to religion...
GIG Economy Offers Alternative For Young Workforce
By Nilanjan Banik Kaushik Banik is a happy person these days. He is a software developer. After toiling hard for months to get a job, he finally found an alternative, thanks to the Upwork, an online digital job platform. His hourly wage rate is $35 dollars. There...
Bhopal Sees Massive Protests Against NRC, Citizenship Act
By L.S. Herdenia Several protest programmes are being held against the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the just enacted Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Bhopal. Perhaps the most unique and massive among the protests was held on 12th December. More than five thousand persons attended...
Medicine Is Science Based On Evidence
By Dr. Arun Mitra Interesting statement has been given by the BJP Member of Parliament Shri Ganesh Singh speaking Sanskrit language on a daily basis boosts the nervous system and keeps Diabetes and Cholesterol at bay. Earlier too similar statements have been given by some political leaders. The...
Labour Lost Due To Anti-Left Consolidation
By Arun Srivastava The results for the 2019 general election of both the countries, India and Britain, have many similarities. Just before the results were announced, an impression had gained ground that Congress would substantially improve its position and India will have a hung parliament. Similar feeling also...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Principle of the power to enact constitutional change resides with the State of J & K, emphasized in Article 370 hearings: Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran took the five-judge bench through case law to emphasize the constitutional principle – the power to enact – resides in its ultimate form with...
CAB Gives A Jolt To India-Bangladesh Relations
By Ashis Biswas In an unforeseen regional political fallout, it has taken a statement made by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah of all things, to bring the worst of enemies in Bangladesh together to defend their country’s national pride and its secular credentials. Dhaka-based media has reported in...
CAB Creating A New Generation Of Homeless Hindus
By Arun Srivastava Citizens Amendment Bill (CAB) is a majoritarian exercise carried out by the Modi government at the directive of the RSS. This would change the approach and attitude of the state towards its citizens. The new definition of citizenship will fundamentally change the century old concept...
CAB Provisions Are Helpful For Hindu Refugees
By Sagarneel Sinha There have been many opinions about Indian secularism and constitution being shattered because of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 passed by both houses of the parliament — a bill which will ease the hurdles coming in the way of refugees of six religions — Hinduism,...
Lowering Income And Rising Prices Badly Hitting People
By Gyan Pathak Lowering income owing to serious slowdown in the economy and rising prices of goods and services is a deadly combination that has been delivered to us to be swallowed. Inflation is set to rise more sharply than expected. Moreover, the government of India does not...
BJP’s Eknath Khadse Blames Fadnavis For Maharashtra Fiasco
By Rahil Nora Chopra After losing its three-day government and with the formation of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra, the infighting within the state unit of the BJP is at its peak. Eknath Khadse has become the leader of the BJP rebels and has blamed the party for...
CAB Is The Biggest Assault On Indian Constitution
By Amritananda Chakravorty On 11th December, 2019, the Modi 2.0 Government led by the Home Minister, Amit Shah, bulldozed through the Rajya Sabha the single most divisive piece of legislation in the history of independent India, i.e., the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (‘CAB’). It was earlier passed by...
