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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.Brexit Caught In Quagmire Of Ideological Vex
By Arun Srivastava The latest mass opinion that has gripped Britain is while Boris Johnson is damaging Britain, Corbyn betrays Labour values. People have their own indices to judge the two leaders, but the fact is their actions and the nature of politics pursued has given rise to...
The Raging Mess Of Assam NRC Is A Staggering Tragedy
By Harihar Swarup The following examples demonstrate the tardy manner in which National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has been undertaken. On August 31, the state government released the final list of NRC who left out 19.5 lakh people. As many as 3.29 crore had applied...
Give A Boost To The Informal Economy: Manmohan To Modi
By Anjan Roy Dr Manmohan Singh, primarily an economist who was thrust into the position of a politician late in life, has offered sane advice to the Modi government to come out of the current economic crisis. In doing so, he was playing the role of a senior...
Government Needs To Come Out Of Its Denial On Economy
By K Raveendran His voice is few and far between. But when it does, it comes like that of an oracle. That’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. His description of Modi’s demonetisation as the ‘monumental blunder’ still rings loud and true. A man of few words, there...
Help Is Not Reaching To Those Who Need It The Most
By Gyan Pathak The Constitution of India guarantees safety of life and property, but both are unsafe in the hands our current government in the helm of affairs. To ease the miseries of the people, several private national and international philanthropist individuals and organisations are working. Indian...
Boisterous BJP Ringing Bells To Outmanoeuvre CM Kamal Nath
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Perhaps to take advantage of the division in the ruling Congress in Madhya Pradesh, the main opposition BJP has taken to the path of confrontation. As a part of this strategy, the BJP launched a campaign called ‘Ghantanaad’ (ringing of bells to wake up...
‘Medicare For All’ Dominates Democratic Primary Debate In US
By Mark Gurenberg Tussles over health care dominated the discussion as the ten leading Democratic presidential hopefuls debated each other before a boisterous crowd in Houston on September 12. The key disagreements were between Sens. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who championed single-payer government-run Medicare...
Crisis Accentuates In Both Polity And Economy
By Krishna Jha In India, for the first time, the extreme rightist forces have been elected to power with promises to serve the people’s cause. The shift represents a new stage in the old garb. Democracy has been perishing slowly in the hands of autocracy. ‘Divide and rule’...
Merger Of Banks To Favour Oligarchy
By S Sudhakar Reddy On the face of it, economic policies of Modi government appear to be clueless and directionless. However, underneath there is a deep rooted conspiracy to systematically loot the nation in favour of the few who have put their puppet in the prime minister’s chair....
CTUs To Hold ‘Open National Workers Convention’ On September 30
By C Srikumar Eighty-two thousand permanent defence civilian employees and 40,000 contract workers of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories went on an unprecedented total strike from August 20 to 25, 2019. The three federations of defence civilian employees — All India Defence Employees Federations (AIDEF), Indian National Defence...
Marad Flats Issue: A Terrible Tragedy In The Making
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A terrible tragedy is in the making at Marad, a non-descript town in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The tragedy is unfolding following the Supreme Court verdict ordering demolition of four apartments comprising over 350 flats, built in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone rules,...
Boris Johnson Wants To Curb Labour Rights Through His Brexit
By John Wojcik Britain’s version of Donald Trump, right-wing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was handed a major defeat Monday when his second try at calling an election to solve the Brexit mess was rebuffed. Labor and left forces in Britain say his call for a “snap election”...
Russia’s Soyuz Rocket To Launch India’s Earth Imaging Satellite In 2020
The Russian space agency has signed an agreement with India to launch an Indian earth imaging satellite. Recently, space collaboration has become high on the agenda of India and Russia. An agreement has been signed by Russia’s GK Launch Services, an operator of Soyuz-2 commercial launches from Russian...
Even-Handed Judiciary Remains A Far Cry
By K Raveendran A Supreme Court bench, hearing the VVIP chopper deal black money case, was reportedly furious with the attempts by the defendant’s lawyer to delay the proceedings, saying ‘justice cannot be bought or delayed’. “…Justice cannot be delayed like this,” a bench of justices Arun...
From Inspector Raj To Jungle Raj
By B. Sivaraman It is really between a devil and the deep sea kind of situation for the trade union movement. Labour inspectorates were the most corrupt outfits. In major industrial centres, the labour inspectors promptly visit the industries once in every six months only to take a...
NRC In Assam Is Not Against The Principles Of Constitution
By Sagarneel Sinha Ever since the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published in Assam, where more than 19 lakh people were excluded, there have been criticisms against it. Particularly, NRC has been labelled as an “exercise against the Muslim community by the Modi government”...
Learning Lessons From The Victory Of Leftist Students Of JNU
By Arun Srivastava Candidates of Left Unity Alliance have swept JNU Students Union elections. The alliance has won all the four key central posts for the JNUSU polls. Though officially the results will be declared on September 17 following court order, the verdict is already known to all...
Congress Narrows Down On Delhi Unit President
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress President Sonia Gandhi is regularly meeting with senior Delhi Congress leaders and workers over the past few weeks in order to fill the president’s post in the Delhi unit of the party, which fell vacant after Sheila Dikshit’s demise. All India Congress Committee...
