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.Monsoon Mayhem Wreaks Havoc In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Unprecedented rains have caused massive damage to Madhya Pradesh. The losses in terms of human lives, standing crops, houses, cattle have been huge. The worst-hit is the Mandsaur district, where 40 persons have already lost their life. According to Madhya Pradesh chief...
Should India Bet on FTA Again By Joining RCEP?
By Subrata Majumder After the, World Trade Organisation failed to be propitious for trade expansion, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) emerged the thumb’s rule for trade buoyance. India followed suit. India signed several FTAs – both bilateral and multilateral. But, none of them proved to be a boon...
Sonia Working Hard To Succeed In Assembly Poll-Bound States
By Rahil Nora Chopra After becoming the interim president, Sonia Gandhi is giving more time to the workers and party leaders to prepare for the coming assembly elections. In addition, she is trying to bring her house(Congress) in order. For this, she called a North East Congress Coordination Committee...
We Are The Future: Thoughts From A Young Communist
By Emily Karreman “Everyone thinks they’re a communist when they’re your age.” “When you grow up, you’ll understand how the world really works.” “It’s so funny to hear kids defending socialism.” Young Communists like myself hear no shortage of comments like these. Surely, people tell us, the...
FM Sitharaman’s ‘Flippant’ Approach Draws Fire
By K Raveendran The first step to solve a problem is the recognition that the problem exists. Unless the problem is acknowledged it is impossible to even look for a solution. This is what dogs Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s approach towards the economic crisis that is threatening...
Bank Employees’ Struggle For Wage Settlement At Crucial Stage
By B. Sivaraman 17 September 2019 was no ordinary day for India’s bank employees. All bank employees were waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the negotiations on eleventh bipartite wage settlement, plus an additional charter of demands between Indian Banks Association (IBA) and the United Forum...
Invoking PSA Against Farooq Abdullah Is Draconian
By Amritananda Chakravorty On the night of 15th September, 2019, the Jammu & Kashmir administration invoked the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (‘PSA’) against the veteran leader of National Conference, three-time Chief Minister of J&K, and a sitting Member of Parliament, and put him in detention...
Major Decisions of the Courts in India
Ghulam Nabi Azad allowed to visit Jammu, Srinagar, Anantnag, and Baramulla – A Supreme Court bench allowed former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad to visit Jammu and Kashmir. The petition was allowed on the condition of Azad not engaging in any...
BJP’s Deepening Discomfort In The South
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The aggressive push to Hindi made by Home Minister Amit Shah has severely set back BJP’s larger project of firming up its footing in the South. Amit Shah’s one-nation-one-language pitch has, expectedly, drawn severe flak from the southern states, which see in it...
Jeremy Corbyn Planning To Empower Workers
By Arun Srivastava The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to “put power in the hands of workers” if the party wins the next election, including setting up a new enforcement agency to boost employment rights. He has also set out the four pillars of a “sensible” Brexit...
Israel Election Results Still Too Close To Call
By Sputnik Correspondent Early results in the Israeli polls conducted on 17 September show that two major competing parties are nearly tied, with neither one appearing to get a clear-cut majority, meaning Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz, the leader of the Israel Resilience Party,...
Supreme Court Bats For Uniform Civil Code, Again
By Kalyani Shankar Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi go for a Uniform Civil Code, particularly after the prompting of the Supreme Court last week? The Apex Court has once again batted for such a Code last week, pointing out that the framers of the Constitution had hoped...
Shahista Parveen pleaded for justice
By Arun Srivastava Shahista Parveen pleaded for justice. But her pleas fell on the deaf ears of the state administration. No police officer is willing to lend his ear to her wails and cries. Now having failed in her mission to get justice from the judiciary and the...
Corbyn Calls For A Green Industrial Revolution
By Marcus Barnett Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour will resist a “sweetheart trade deal” with US president Donald Trump and will deliver a “green industrial revolution” for Scottish workers. Speaking at the Fighting For Our Future rally in Kirkcaldy, Fife, the Labour leader said the party...
General Motors Not Willing To Grant 2008-Hit Workers Rights
By Mark Gruenberg General Motors’ intransigence on a new contract that would restore financial hits workers took during and after 2008 Great Recession has forced 49,200 members of the United Auto Workers toiling for the largest Detroit-based car company to strike at 11:59 pm-midnight Eastern Time on Sept....
China, Germany Take Investment Route To Combat Recession
By Nantoo Banerjee The fear of a major global economic slowdown is driving large economies make plans to push their growth machines back on track to avoid such a situation. Large economies such as the US, China, Germany and Japan are already at work to fight recession and...
Article 370 Is Dead, Long Live Article 371
By Amulya Ganguli Union home minister Amit Shah’s assurance that Article 371, which is meant to safeguard the distinctive identities of the north-eastern states, will not be touched should ease jittery nerves in the region. Nagaland’s governor, R.N. Ravi, had also told the “dear brothers, sisters and...
Has China got a Reason to Defy USA’s Trade Move?
By Nilanjan Banik and Parikshit Bhargava The US and China trade war has been at the center stage of economic discussion for quite sometimes now. The world’s two largest economies have imposed tariffs on each other’s goods. The US has imposed tariffs on over $360bn of Chinese goods...
