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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.PM’s Meeting With Drug Companies Gives Confusing Signal
By Dr. Arun Mitra As per the reports, the Prime Minister in a meeting with the Pharma giants, Zydus Cadila, Torrent, Sun Pharma and Wockhardt has warned that they should strictly adhere to the Ethical Marketing Practices and not bribe the doctors. The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) has...
Modi-Shah Have Kicked The Proverbial Hornet’s Nest With CAA
By Harihar Swarup A question invariably asked is why Narendra Modi government has invested so much political capital in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)? The Act, critics say, is plainly illogical, not least because it leaves out of its purview the largest group of stateless refugees currently living...
RSS Apprehensive At Spreading Of Shaheen Bagh Spirit
By Arun Srivastava The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has asked the rank and file, upto the lower level of the organisation, to reactivate the block level committees to use their full might to counter the anti-citizenship protest and ensure that the forces opposed to the idea...
The Tale Of Two Asian Economies In 2019
By Anjan Roy It is a tale of two countries. India’s growth rate slumped and it has caused a furore. The government has been held responsible for the sudden drop in GDP growth rate on account of its policy mistakes. In China, economic growth has fallen to a...
Faiz Was A Bridge Between India And Pakistan
By Sankar Ray The legendary Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz never-failingly ‘paved the way to lighten our pathways and act as a bridge between India and Pakistan. Recent events have only proved that his words grow more meaningful by the day,’ said the muse’s Lahore-based elder daughter Salima...
‘Dinner Diplomacy’ Used To Project Jyotiraditya Scindia
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: A dinner hosted by a MP Minister has caused a sort of political storm in the state. Dinner was hosted by Govind Singh Rajput, who is regarded as a committed follower of Jyotiraditya Scindia. Though Rajput invited all the Ministers including Chief Minister Kamal...
Governor-State Govt Relations Take A Nosedive
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Relations between Kerala Governor, Arif Mohammed Khan and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in the State have come under severe strain following the former’s strong criticism of the latter’s decision to move the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Kerala...
Ruling Party’s Divisive Politics Impacting Universities
By Krishna Jha It was a peaceful gathering at the Sabarmati T-point in Jawaharlal Nehru University of unarmed, uninhibited students and teachers. There was no roaring challenge, only a simple but powerful NO. It was NO to any attempt to destroy democracy, to violate Constitution. JNU was built...
Congress Comes Out Firmly Against CAA/NRC In CWC Meeting
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress Working Committee was held in Delhi on 11 January under the presidentship of Sonia Gandhi, in which CWC passed a resolution to work towards withdrawing the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 as it was deemed discriminatory and divisive.CWC asserted that while the NPR...
Momentum Confirms It’s Backing Long Bailey For The Labour Leadership
By Lamiat Sabin Rebecca Long Bailey received a big boost in the Labour leadership race after left-wing group Momentum confirmed it would back her to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. The shadow business secretary also appeared to have regained ground on Sir Keir Starmer as a Survation poll gave her...
BJP Reaps Rich Harvest From Electoral Bond Scheme
By K Raveendran It is now doubly clear why BJP wanted the electoral bond scheme the way it is, despite opposition from all those who stood for democratic principles and transparency. The audit report of the party for 2018-19, submitted to the Election Commission showed total income...
BJP-RSS Regime Is Targeting The Students And Universities
By D. Raja The last few years have been intense with people all over the country joining hands to protest anti-people policies of the BJP-RSS combine. Whether it was the faulty economic policies of the government or the abrogation of Article 370, reasoned and concerned people have protested....
Mamata Playing Mayawati Card In Bengal
By Ashis Biswas Has Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee found a new role model of late in Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Ms Mayawati? The question, often discussed informally among common people, was finally brought into the public domain by a political analyst at a recent chat...
Shaheen Bagh Is The Symbol Of Womens’ Political Empowerment
By Arun Srivastava Mahatma Gandhi has come alive at Shaheen Bagh. Politicians usually chant his name. So far the politicians have been exploiting the name of Gandhi for their personal benefits, but probably this is for the first time that the protesters are living his ideals. The special...
India Needs Deeper Integration With Global Economy
By Gyan Pathak At the time when India is undergoing a serious economic crisis and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is busy in consulting economists and the stakeholders to find out ways and means to overcome it, an ADB publication has come out with a suggestion that the...
Mayawati Plays Brahmin Card To Strengthen Power Base
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Threatened by the rise of Chandra Shekhar Ravan of Bheem Sena and sharp erosion in her support base, BSP national president and former Chief Minister Mayawati has played aggressive Brahmin card by appointing young Riteish Pande as leader of BSP in Lok Sabha. This...
Notification Of CAA Before Supreme Court Hearing Was Unjustified
By Arun Srivastava Amidst wide ranging country wide student protest, Modi government has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act effective from January 10. This move of Narendra Modi makes it explicit that he has no respect for the peoples’ desire and is ready to confront the citizens of...
Need For Foolproof Cybersecurity Of Nuclear Power Plants
By Sankar Ray The October 2019 cyber attack on a computer system at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant that has two Russian Pressurised Water Reactors at Kudankulam in Tirunelvelli district, Tamil Nadu, by Dtrack virus paved ‘new pathways to severe accidents that can result in widespread radioactive fallout....
