Opinion
Appeal
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.Is this the Lowest Point Ever for Congress Party’s ‘Brand Gandhi’?
By Kalyani Shankar The brand Gandhi seems to be at a historic low at present. The grand old Congress Party has proved that it can survive without the dynasty as the recent Assembly polls to Haryana and Maharashtra showed. In both the states, the Gandhis did not campaign...
PM Is Perfectly Right In His Decision On RCEP
By Anjan Roy This is the season for withdrawals. President Trump has formally begun the proceedings for USA to withdraw from the global climate pact — the Paris Agreement. India has withdrawn from the Regional Economic Co-operation Agreement (RCEP), a club of sixteen countries including the ASEAN...
One Hundred Years Of Triumph Of Einstein’s General Theory Of Relativity
By Sankar Ray One hundred years ago on 6 November 1919, the news desk of Times, London, was dazed, stupefied and delighted when the text of announcement from the joint meeting of the Royal Society of London and the Royal Astronomical Society said that measurements taken at...
High Court Verdict On Begging Is A Landmark
By Amritananda Chakravorty In recent times, one often wonders how does a Constitutional Court like the Jammu & Kashmir High Court function in a State under complete lockdown, since last 92 days. It has been widely reported that the former President of J&K High Court Bar Association,...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Issue of inheritance rights of an illegitimate child still not settled-The Supreme Court in a recent case noted that the question whether an illegitimate child had a right to inherit from her father’s ancestral property is yet to be settled. In the present case, two issues arose, I.e., firstly,...
Massive Row over arrest of CPI-M Workers for ‘Maoist Links’
By P. Sreekumaran THURUVANANTHAPURAM: A flaming controversy has erupted over the arrest of two CPI(M) workers in Kozhikode district for their alleged Maoist links. Parties cutting across political affiliations have unreservedly condemned the police action in slapping the dreaded Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), passed recently...
Political Confrontation Intensifies In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh faced a strange situation when both the ruling party and main opposition party took to streets to protest against each other. While Congress protested against the Central government for the delay in giving special grant to meet the extra expenditure for giving...
India’s Not So Clean Family Managed Public Companies
By Nantoo Banerjee India may hold the third position on the list of countries with the highest number of family-owned business, after China and the United States, but not many of its family-managed public firms are as clean as their counterparts in most other large economies. The Credit...
India’s Clampdown Politics In Kashmir Is Just Unsustainable
By Amulya Ganguli Not long after the anodyne statements on Kashmir by a group of far right European M.P.s soothed the government’s jangled nerves, a mainstream German leader – the chancellor, no less – touched a raw spot yet again for the government by saying that the situation...
Modi Government Is Clueless As Economy Deteriorates
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Indian economy is going from bad to worse as all indications coming from different sectors of the industry and services suggest a downward swing with no clear signal about the improvement of the economy in the second half of the current financial year..All the...
Trump’s Support To Johnson May Act Against Tories
By Arun Srivastava LONDON: The US president Donald Trump has already polluted the political environment in UK as campaigning for December 12 general election gets under way. Ever since the Brexit controversy acquired a contentious character, Trump has often been expressing his personal opinion in one way or...
Labour Focusing Campaign On Climate Change
By Ben Chako Labour’s promise to make all new homes zero-carbon within three years confirms that those wanting politicians to act on the climate emergency ought to throw themselves into the campaign for a Jeremy Corbyn government. On November 2, Parliament’s six-month window for the Conservative government...
Will the BJP-Shiv Sena Alliance Survive in Maharashtra?
By Harihar Swarup Politics is a weird game. Yesterday, it appeared that BJP-Shiv Sena alliance had been saved from breaking, but overnight the situation took a surprising turn. Tension between BJP and Sena, which had shown sign of abating on Wednesday flared up within 24 hours. Insisting on...
A Demon 2 More Disastrous Than The First
By K Raveendran Media reports had raised a scare about the possibility of another gold control order mandating the compulsory declaration of all household gold and gold jewellery. According to these reports, the move was to be accompanied by a gold amnesty scheme that will allow individuals and...
BJP Set To Isolate Nitish Kumar In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Like his big brother, the chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar too is haunted by the element of erosion of the credibility. The situation has simply been aggravated by the jibes and snide hurled by the state BJP leaders at Nitish. The relation between the...
India Has To Tap Big Opportunities In Uk Market After Brexit
By Subrata Majumder With Brexit becoming reality after January 2020, a new dimension in UK-India economic relation will set off. It will throw new challenges to deepen the relation with UK, after its exclusion from EU. There are two areas, which will open opportunities to rebuild the...
Centre Must Review Uranium Mining Norms
By Dr. Arun Mitra The Uranium mining in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has led to opposition from various sections of the society. The political parties, environmental groups, science associations, medical personnel and the local tribal people are up in arms against it. Several studies...
CIA-Funded Militia Accused Of War Crimes In Afghanistan
By Steve Sweeney CIA-funded militia forces in Afghanistan have been accused of war crimes including extra-judicial killings and the targeting of clinics, according to health workers on the ground. Soldiers in a secretive pro-Afghan government militia known simply as “01” have “committed summary executions and other grave abuses...
