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.Regional Parties Will Hold Sway On Lok Sabha 2019
By Kalyani Shankar The regional parties will be the king-makers in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Even the New York Times on Sunday pointed out, “Most analysts believe neither Mr. Modi’s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, nor the Indian National Congress Party will win an outright majority. That means...
Trump Steps Up Nuclear Arms Race Again
By John Wojcik Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who came to the Trump administration from the Tea Party wing of the Republicans, has announced that the president is suspending U.S. participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and is beginning the process of total U.S. withdrawal in six months....
Malnutrition Of People Is A Major Social Challenge
By Dr Arun Mitra The Lancet, one of the most credible medical journals took up the challenge to study the dietary patterns around the world and then come up with recommendations for a healthy diet. It formed an EAT Lancet Commission for the purpose which had 37 members...
Bjp Govt Is Building Electorate Castle Based On Lies
By Arun Srivastava Like its interim budget, which not only echoes the government’s recklessness more than its desperation, the Modi government is contemplating to come out with an interim national sample survey of employment to impress upon the electorates that there has been significant and substantial job creation under...
Goyal Has Fudged Fiscal Figures In Budget
By K R Sudhaman It is really unfortunate that after three years of fiscal prudence, the Narendra Modi government has indulged in profligacy in the interim budget 2019, apparently with an eye on general elections in April and May, which is not good for the economy, already witnessing strained...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Centre ordered to furnish details of detention centres in Assam – The Supreme Court while hearing a petition highlighting inhuman treatment of immigrants in detention centres in Assam, ordered the Central Government to furnish details of such centres. Further, the Centre has to report as to how many of...
State Police Fabricating Cases Against Rights Activists
By Amritananda Chakravorty In the last few months, not a single day goes by when the Central Government has not violated constitutional norms, or not targeted human rights defenders or dissenters. 2nd February, 2019 was no exception. The Pune Police arrested the well-known dalit rights activist and public intellectual,...
Madhya Pradesh Congress Leaders Flay New Cbi Chief
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Appointment of Rishi Kumar Shukla, MP cadre IPS officer as CBI Chief and state Governor Anandi Ben Patel publicly seeking support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi have caused fierce controversy in the state. During an informal chat with a group of local people including...
Interim Budget Reads More Like A Draft Election Manifesto
By Nantoo Banerjee Full marks to Finance Minister Piyush Goyal for presenting an interim budget that could as well be described as the first draft of the ruling party’s election manifesto. Suffice it say that the political mission of this budget may not be easy to emulate by...
Maduro Gets Strong Support From China, Russia
By Paul Dobson Self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaidó of Venezuela named a number of “diplomatic representatives” to those countries which have recognized him during the past week. The government of Nicolás Maduro, the actual president of Venezuela, along with its international allies are responding to new U.S. oil sanctions...
Madhya Pradesh Farmers Not Happy With Budget
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Central budget evoked mixed reaction in Madhya Pradesh. While BJP termed it as revolutionary Chief Minister Kamal Nath described it as Jumla. Kamal Nath said it is nothing but election budget. With this the last hope for aachhe din is lost. “The general budget...
Modi Has No Choice But To Mellow BJP’s Ram Temple War Cry
By Harihar Swarup Howsoever hard Prime Minister Narendra Modi may try to construct Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, there appears to be no possibility of the temple coming up before 2019 Lok Sabha elections. That was why the PM has stated that the government would abide...
Working Class Feeling Let Down By Modi’s Interim Budget
By Nitya Chakraborty The central trade unions representing both organised and unorganized workers of the country are seething with anger at the step motherly treatment to the entire working class of India in the interim budget of the Modi government presented on February 1. Only the BMS belonging to...
More people becoming homeless in major U.K. Cities
By Ceren Sagir ROUGH SLEEPING rose in most major cities in England last year, government figures revealed on Thursday, with thousands left to languish on the streets as temperatures drop below zero. The findings by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) showed that more than 4,600...
BJP, RSS Going The Whole Hog To Retain Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP-RSS and other organisations are working day and night to retain 71 seats won by the party in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. BJP and Sangh Parivar are working to take on the alliance of SP and BSP on one hand and resurgent Congress with the...
Massive Protests Over Amendment To Citizenship Act
By Dr. C. Sadasiva The North-East is boiling with people there on the streets protesting over the ill-thought out amendment to the Citizenship Act. It is not just the people of north-eastern states but all the democratic and secular minded people of India are genuinely concerned at the way...
Starvation Wages For Mid-Day Meal Workers
By B. Sivaraman They provide food for thousands of children every day in the schools. For this they receive a wage ofRs.1250 per month; or, Rs.42 per day. Unbelievable! In this day and age! But this is the reality of Nitish Kumar’s Bihar. Pointing to 42% of the country’s...
Narendra Modi Has Thrown A Big Political Challenge To Rahul
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister and RSS veteran Narendra Modi has fought many a political battles in his long career but on the eve of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he is facing a big onslaught from the opposition parties, especially the president of the rejuvenated Congress Party Rahul Gandhi...
