By Papri Sri Raman The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown since March 2020may have wreaked havoc for the travel and the publishing industry, and been generally dystopian but lit fests all over the world have seen dramatic rise in attendances, says Sanjoy Roy, the curator of the Jaipur...
By B Tulasidas The Modi government’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant has resulted in widespread protests from across the state of Andhra Pradesh. A relay hunger strike camp was staged by the Visakhapatnam Steel Conservation Struggle Committee (VSCSC) near the main gate on February 12. Dr...
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Belarusian lawyer and academician Alena Douhan, who in 2020 became the United Nations “Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures,” visited Venezuela from Feb. 1-12. She was there “to assess the impact of unilateral sanctions on the enjoyment...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The widespread farmers agitation against the new agricultural laws passed by the Centre had its impact in the civic body Elections in Punjab where the ruling Congress recorded a landslide victory. Though Punjab is at the epicenter of the farmers protest and the results bear...
By Prabhat Patnaik The farmers’ struggle represents a major step towards undoing the dominance of the corporate-Hindutva alliance that has characterised India in the last few years. The peasants, other petty producers like craftsmen, artisans and fishermen, have been among the worst victims of neoliberalism, which has progressively...
By Gyan Pathak The despair on the job front has slowly been replaced by hope. The year 2021 has well begun. A significant fall in unemployment rate has been recorded in January, while employment rate rose though not so impressive. The gains can be consolidated, but would...
By Arun Srivastava The centre’s agencies including the police are known for expertise in the matter of case connection. It has earned the dubious distinction of being the most efficient force in implicating an innocent person into the worst nature of crime, in which he was never...
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Mr. Justice P. B. Sawant who passed away in Pune few days ago, was a unique judge, totally committed to the values enshrined in the Constitution. His judgments helped consolidate the foundations of the Constitution. As a two-term Chairman of the Press Council...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A slew of self goals and the proclivity of CPI(M) leaders to court controversies have landed the Kerala LDF Government in serious trouble. And compounding the offence has been its poor sense of timing. The latest blunder has been the refusal of the...
By Justice Yatindra Singh (Retd.) Some time ago, a gentle and kind voice asked me on the phone if I remember her. Of course, I did not. She told me we had met in the Supreme Court and at my residence office in NOIDA, regarding the rejection of...