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.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...
After The Floods, Madhya Pradesh Hit By Massive Sex Scandal
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has yet to recover from the calamity caused by unprecedented rains and floods — it has been hit by a veritable tsunami caused by what is being described as “honey trap”. It is being claimed that “honey trap” involved top VVIPs including...
Alliance Games On In Poll-Bound Maharashtra, Haryana & Jharkhand
By Harihar Swarup The coming elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, expected to be held next month (October), are considered politically significant because they will reveal the popular rating of the BJP; how much it fell after Lok Sabha election or went up. The elections to Rajasthan, Madhya...
Oil Market Correcting Itself Is Great News For India
By Arjavi Indraneesh Analysts are noticing a new kind of dynamism in the oil market, which seems to have set off a mechanism of internal management of the demand-supply situation, anchoring it on the overall state of the global economy. This is a welcome development for countries...
India Needs A New Idea To Tackle Economic Slowdown
By Arun Srivastava India is passing through the time of newness: whether it is new culture, new economy, new education, new labour or New India everything is being projected as the archetypal of novelty. This novelty is the innovation of the creator of modern BJP, Narendra Modi...
