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.Congress In-Fighting Intensifies In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Congress is contesting the Jhabua Vidhan Sabha bye-elections under the shadow of factional divide. At a time when the party should be devoting its entire energy to consolidating its electoral base, its leaders are dispatching letter after letter to the chief...
Shiv Sena Starts A New Chapter With Aaditya Thackeray
By Kalyani Shankar How would the late Sena Pramukh Balasaheb Thackeray have reacted to the idea of his grandson Aaditya entering electoral politics, when the Thackeray clan had so far scrupulously kept out of it? He would have chuckled. So far, the family has run a powerful political...
Reconstitution Of Bench On Land Acquisition Is Imperative
By Amritananda Chakravorty No week passes by when the Supreme Court is devoid of a controversial decision, whether on the judicial or on the administrative side, especially that of the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi. On 12th October, 2019, the CJI set up a Constitution Bench of...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea to link social media with Aadhaar – On 14 October 2019, Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea for mandatorily linking social media accounts with Aadhar. The bench granted the petitioner liberty to approach the High Court, noting that the Madras High Court...
Drastically Changing Political Contour Of Middle East
By Arun Srivastava LONDON: The European Union which is already engaged in a bitter tug of war with the United Kingdom on the issue of Brexit is faced with yet another major challenge and this time from the Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issuing a warning to the...
American Left Must Back Move For Trump Impeachment
By C.J. Atkins In a recent op-ed that appeared in The Guardian, Samuel Moyn argues that the “coalition of long-governing elites, from liberal technocrats to ‘never-Trump’ conservatives” is declaring war on the president simply for their own interests—as part of an attempt to re-install centrist neoliberalism in power....
China’s High Speed Wealth Generation In Last 70 Years
By Nantoo Banerjee Few countries in the world have seen a single political party, following a democratic succession system within, enjoying such a long uninterrupted power and political authority as the People’s Republic of China. Under the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) seven-decade rule since 1949, the...
China Is A Big Challenge To India In Nepal
By Barun das Gupta Chinese president Xi Jinping came to India and had an “informal summit” (the second one after the Wuhan summit last year) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi down south in Mamallapuram (old Mahabalipuram) last Friday. Since it was an “informal” meeting, there was no agenda,...
Johnson Desperate To Stick To His Agenda By October 31
By Arun Srivastava LONDON: The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been desperate to salvage the situation and have his final say on the Brexit, but the prevailing political situation makes it explicitly clear that he ultimately may not succeed in his design as support for a new...
BJP’s Two Failsafe Political Weapons Continue To Work
By Amulya Ganguli Pakistan and sedition are the two brahmastras (ultimate weapons) in the BJP’s political armoury. The party almost always uses these two missiles in its battles with the opposition and, not surprisingly, comes out on top. Both are foolproof. Once fired, they not only do...
Maharashtra Polls An Acid Test For NCP-Congress’ Relevance
By Harihar Swarup Poll campaigning is at its peak in two important states—Haryana and Maharashtra. After return of Narendra Modi government in 2019 elections, this is the first test of whether the Prime Minister’s popularity remains intact, or whether the Congress and regional parties have mustered the capability...
Bengal Chemicals Is A Unique PSE Turnaround Story
By K. Raveendran At a time when the privatization of the central public sector enterprises, is sweeping the Modi Government, a number of PSEs are striving hard to retain their PSE character. Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ltd (BCPL) is one which has performed a miracle by its turnaround in...
Women-Centric Films Dominate Toronto Festival
By Bill Meyer TORONTO: She’s the only woman who won the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields—physics and chemistry. And now she’s the subject of the first biopic by Iranian-born director, Marjane Satrapi, known for her award-winning animated history doc, Persepolis. The famed Polish-French physicist Marie Curie’s story...
Edifice Of Judicial Independence Is Collapsing
By Prannv Dhawan and Anmol Jain The downgrading of the credentials of India’s constitutional democracy has been a subject of severe domestic and global critique in recent times. Nevertheless, the Indian diplomatic positions in the global fora continue to emphasise upon its track record as a vital...
India Has Long Way To Go As Arbitration Hub
By Arjavi Indraneesh The Modi government’s plan to make India an international hub of arbitration may be well-meaning and sincere, but it is too ambitious to be realistic. For, arbitration as a means of dispute resolution has not progressed beyond the rudimentary stage in the country. And it...
Health Should Not Be A Victim Of Political Machinations
BY Satyaki Chakraborty Healthcare is a fundamental right of every citizen. Under no circumstances it should become victim particularly under politically made situation. There have been several reports about health care problems in the Kashmir valley after imposition of curbs on 5th August 2019. Dr Arun Mitra,...
Sense Of Gloom Pervading Indian Economy
By Krishna Jha A sense of gloom is swallowing up all the glow there is in the Indian economy. The noticeable among them is fall in the consumption pattern. Among the factors leading to such dire miseries is absence of jobs. That, in its turn, has led to...
Modi And Shah Strengthen Separatists In Kashmir
By Gulzar Bhat Mohammad Ahraf Bhat prefers to sit indoors since the ruling dispensation in New Delhi did away with the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and split the state into two UTs — Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. For Bhat the continuing lockdown or curbs are...
