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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.Kerala Congress(M) Facing Tough Contest In Pala By-Election
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Pala in Kottayam district is not an assembly constituency that luxuriates in its obscurity. It has all pretensions to national and international attention. The constituency’s unique selling point (USP) is the fact that it was represented by Kerala Congress(Mani) chairman, K. M. Mani for...
Javadekar’s Wayanad Jibe On Rahul Gandhi Distasteful
By Sagarneel Sinha Vote bank politics has become a common practice for the political parties of the country — cutting across ideologies. In India, secularism means that everyone has the right to practice and follow his/her religious principles — unlike the European version which means separation between the...
Socialist Left Can Lead The Fight Against Boris Johnson
By Ben Chacko Protests and rallies being planned with admirable speed by the People’s Assembly and allies will see significant turnouts up and down the United Kingdom in coming days. Line-ups such as that of London’s September 3 demonstration, with firebrand socialist MPs Laura Smith, Richard Burgon,...
Bolton Excluded From Afghan Policy Decisions After Irritating Trump
WASHINGTON: White House National Security Adviser John Bolton has been kept out of any discussions related to the ongoing US-Taliban negotiations because his opposition to diplomacy has irritated President Donald Trump, US media reported. Bolton has called for an expanded military presence in Afghanistan and also opposed...
Indian Air Force Seeks Russian Jets To Bring Fighter Squadrons
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is examining a proposal to purchase at least 33 Russian fighter jets to replace aircraft either damaged in accidents or taken out of service in recent years Plans to buy the Russian fighter aircraft will be discussed during a high-level meeting...
Kashmir: Where Is The Option To Return To Normalcy?
By Nitya Chakrabory Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in an interview to the Hindustan Times published on Friday has totally ruled out any dialogue with the mainstream political parties of Kashmir for bringing about an early solution of the lockdown in the valley which began on...
A Major Policy Shift Vital To Spur Growth
By S. Sudhakar Reddy The only positive aspect about the initiatives announced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is that the government has finally acknowledged that the economy is in crisis. However, the directionlessness of the initiatives shows that the government still does not understand what ails...
Demonetisation Is Real Culprit Behind Slowdown
By Dr. B K Kango After presenting a budget of newly elected government, Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman had to take back most of the recommendation made in the budget particularly about taxing super rich and financial transaction. All the tall claim made during budget presentation with bravado...
RBI’s Transfer Of Funds Unlikely To Clear Financial Mess
By Gyan Pathak RBI’s transfer of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the government of India is not likely to clear financial mess of the country that has been created by the Modi-led NDA since 2014. The extent of the economic and financial crisis is far worse than the...
‘Lehman Trilogy’ Explores The Demise Of A Financial Empire
By Michael Berkowitz National Theatre of USA’s The Lehman Trilogy, showing in theatres around the world, is a brilliant, tragic cautionary tale—that needs to come with a warning label! Stefano Massini wrote his three-act chronology of the rise and fall of the Lehman business for radio. It...
Congress Leadership Has To Listen To Dissenting Voices
By Sagarneel Sinha There have been reports of division within the Congress party about its Lok Sabha election campaign led by Rahul Gandhi with the slogan “Chowkidar chor hain” — an indirect attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being a “thief”. Later, Rahul himself too in his...
Supreme Court Ignoring Urgency Of Civil Liberties Issue In Kashmir
By Amritananda Chakravorty On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, the Supreme Court finally took up the slew of petitions challenging the validity of the Presidential Orders dated August 5 and August 6 respectively, after 24 days of complete lockdown of 7 million people in Kashmir, and directed that these...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Resorting to legal proceedings by the wife cannot be deemed as ‘cruelty’ in divorce proceedings – The Supreme Court has held that if a wife resorts to legal proceedings, it could not be treated as mental cruelty. In his divorce petition, the husband had alleged that the wife had...
Labour Welfare Schemes Are Being Abolished By Modi Government
By B. Sivaraman Modi Government is abrogating not only labour rights in the name of labour reforms, it has not spared the labour welfare schemes either. Labour welfare cesses are being abolished and labour welfare acts are being scrapped one by one. On 8 August 2019, the government...
Boris Johnson Leads Britain To A Deeper Crisis
By Arun Srivastava Quite intriguing how could Brexit drag the Queen into the heart of Britain’s political crisis. Apprehensions were already there that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson would take recourse to suspending the parliament, but his move would come so soon is really a matter of conjecture....
BJP, Opposition Pained Alike In Losing Arun Jaitley
By Rahil Nora Chopra BJP’s trouble shooter, active lawyer, politician, cricket administrator, minister and true friend Arun Jaitley died at the age 66 years in AIIMS at 12.07 pm on 24 August. He was admitted in AIIMS on 7 August with the complaint of difficulty in respiration. Jaitley was...
Fresh Poll In Britain Is Need Of The Hour
By Ben Chacko Boris Johnson’s intention to prorogue Parliament has provoked much contrived outrage from opposition politicians and Commons Speaker John Bercow. But where have these self-proclaimed “defenders of democracy” been while Jeremy Corbyn and many progressive and labour movement figures have been demanding a genuine exercise in...
Congress More Diverse Than India’s Diversity
By K. Raveendran The Congress party has been reduced to being a confederation of leaders ever since president Rahul Gandhi announced he was stepping down following a near rout in the elections, with lack of homogeneity becoming a least common denominator. There is a palpable loss of the...
