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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.Indian Democratic Structures Can Learn From UK Example
By Nipun Saxena On September 24, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered a historic verdict, a verdict which not only consolidated the core ethos and conventions of democracy, but also echoed the sentiments of Professor A.V. Dicey on Rule of Law, which still reverberates in the...
Impeachment Inquiry Begins Against Trump, At Last
By C J Atkins With the explosive whistleblower revelation that Trump allegedly threatened to withhold military aid from Ukraine to get dirt on the family of Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the launching of a formal impeachment inquiry against the President of the United...
Need For A New Culture Of Opposition Politics
By K Raveendran India needs a new culture of opposition politics. In a democracy, opposition is supposed to play the role of a corrective role in the conduct of governance. ‘Corrective’ implies that it has to constructively intervene to correct the course. But unfortunately, opposition now means blind...
One Hundred Years Of International Labour Organisation
By B Sivaraman India was a founding member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1919. It has been a permanent member of its governing body since 1922. At the time of ILO’s centenary, India, the world’s largest democracy, has not ratified two of its core conventions—Convention 89...
Missing From Indian Democracy: Independence Of Judiciary
By Amritananda Chakravorty Over the last few years, the issue of independence of judiciary in India has been in constant public domain and for good reasons, particularly after the landmark press conference of the four senior-most judges on 12th January, 2018, who decried the executive interference in judiciary....
Major Decisions of the Courts in India
Kerala High Court holds right to access internet as a part of right to privacy and right to education – Kerala High Court has declared right to access the internet a fundamental right forming part of right to privacy under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. It has further...
Corbyn Challenges Johnson To Resign Over Court Ruling
By Lamiat Sabin Jeremy Corbyn accused Boris Johnson of disdain for democracy and called on the Prime Minister to quit now after the Supreme Court ruled today that his attempt to suspend Parliament for five weeks was illegal. The Labour leader’s speech at the Brighton party conference...
American Workers Must Unite To Defeat Racism, Capitalism
By Rick Nagin Racism in the United States has two fundamental aspects. One is systemic, the other ideological. The systemic aspect has numerous and pervasive forms, including unequal wages, working conditions, access to financing, education, housing, medical care, and environmental protection, where the capitalists impose harsher conditions on...
BJP-Shiv Sena Poised To Win Maharashtra Assembly Polls
By Kalyani Shankar The Election Commission has sounded the poll bugle for the two BJP ruled states — Maharashtra and Haryana — which will go for elections on October 21. The BJP is not only eying a big comeback but also with a much bigger margin. The saffron...
Mayawati Looking At The Future Of Dalits In Isolation
By Arun Srivastava While Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the dalit outfit has been consistently losing its political relevance, the charisma of dalit messiah Mayawati, the BSP supremo, has been witnessing a steep decline. With the changing times and shifting economic priorities and compulsions, the BSP has also...
Going Beyond Ayushman Bharat
By Philip Stevens and Nilanjan Banik India, like many middle-income countries, is committed to providing Universal Health Coverage and has made significant progress through the Ayushman Bharat (AB) programme, targeting the bottom 40 per cent of the population. Under the AB programme, as of September 2019, the government...
Save The Planet Or Save Capitalism: We Can’t Do Both
By Jimmy Doran The world in which we live is finite. It does not possess infinite, everlasting resources. And it is fast approaching the point of no return as we face imminent climate catastrophe. If we are to save humanity and protect the world for future generations,...
Democrats Considering Trump Impeachment Once Again
By Morning Star Correspondent Democrats on September 23 indicated a move towards impeaching US President Donald Trump, after he admitted to phoning Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss former vice president Joe Biden and his son in July. Mr Trump denies allegations that he pressed Ukraine...
High Global Oil Prices Will Impact Economic Growth
By Nantoo Banerjee After the economic slowdown comes the oil shock. The multiple drone strikes on Saudi Aramco’s two major oil facilities have already cut down Saudi Arabia’s oil production by 5.7 million barrels a day, accounting for nearly five percent of the world crude oil supply...
Howdy, Kashmir! Modi’s Biggest Challenge Remains Unaddressed
By Amulya Ganguli Narendra Modi began his stint with the achhe din promise about the impending favourable days, which swept the electorate of its feet. The expectation was that it wouldn’t take long before a buoyant economy ensured jobs for all. But the hope remained a pipe...
Will the Protest Strategy Help the Left to Revive in Bengal?
By Sagarneel Sinha The Left Front led by CPM, which ruled the state for 34 continuous years, is presently trying to revive itself after being caught between TMC and BJP. After the disastrous performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls, where the Left failed to win any seat...
Jeremy Corbyn Needs To Redefine His Brexit Strategy
By Arun Srivastava More than deciding the fate of the future UK government, the annual conference of the Labour Party being held in Brighton would untie the destiny of its leader Jeremy Corbyn. He became the leader of Labour in 2015, but this is the first conference...
Opposition Rejects Claims Of Yogi Government
By Pradeep Kapoor Opposition has rejected claims made by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh claiming ‘good performance during the last 30 months’. The Opposition has charged the Yogi government of being very slow in the field of development. Despite two high profile investors meets...
