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.All Set For Historic Women’s Wall
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala is all set to witness a unique event, which could make it to the Guinness Book. The dawn of the New Year in the state will see the ‘construction’ of a historic 550-km women’s wall, the first of its kind not only in...
Ram Temple: Rss’s Now Or Never Moment Is Here
By Amulya Ganguli Three decades after the BJP began using the Ram temple issue via the party’s Palampur resolution as a political gambit, it is again hoping to cross the hurdle of the forthcoming general election by exploiting Hindu religious sentiments. To do this, the party will...
Private Firms Ready To Help India’s Under-Equipped Armed Forces
By Nantoo Banerjee The government’s privatisation bid in defence equipment production is most welcome. Considering the country’s total annual hi-tech armament requirement, India needs at least half a dozen strong defence manufacturing companies which can initially work as partners of original equipment suppliers. Hi-tech defence manufacturing is not...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Ram Janambhoomi cases to be heard in January – The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul will be hearing the Ram Janambhoomi cases on January 4, 2019. As many as 14 appeals have been filed against the Allahabad High Court judgment, which...
2018 Was The Year Of Biggest Judicial Turmoil
By Amritananda Chakravorty 2018 will mark one of the most controversial and pathbreaking years in the history of the Indian Judiciary, especially that of the Supreme Court of India. While the year witnessed the landmark judgments in the form of decriminalisation of adult homosexual relations, and adultery, as...
Modi renames Rose Island as Netaji Bose Dweep
As a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed Ross Island as Netaji Subhas Chandra Boss Dweep on Sunday and released a Rs 75 coin saying, “The historical event of 30th December 1943 has been completed today.” He renamed two other islands too –...
Congress giving lollipops to farmers with loan waives: Modi
Congress was a factory of lollipops and so the cannot be trusted, said prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday while addressing a public gathering in Ghazipur. He added even though the Rahul Gandhi-led party overturned governments in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, but in the both the states the farmers...
BJP Is Expanding In Assam But Not As Expected
By Sagarneel Sinha The recently held panchayat elections in Assam provided a relief to the BJP, which had lost three Hindi heartland states — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to the Congress. BJP won 42 percent and the opposition Congress garnered 34 percent of the total seats in...
Gordhan For Uttar Pradesh A Sign Of BJP Desperation
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Much significance is being attached to the appointment of Gujarat BJP leader Gordhon Zadafia as UP election in-charge. Political circles wonder how Gordhon Zadafia, who has been a biggest critic of Modi-Shah team, was given charge of one the most important states that sends 80...
Make Right To Health A Fundamental Right
Dr Arun Mitra Health is the basic human right. Every person has the right to live a healthy life and contribute effectively to the society’s development. As right to health is included in the directive principles, it becomes the duty of state to provide comprehensive universal healthcare to...
Year Of Ecstacy And Agony For Libertarians
By K. Raveendran 2018 will go down in history as a year in which Indians experienced bouts of ecstasy as well as agony when it came to intrusion of the state into their private lives. We hardly finished celebrating the Supreme Court verdict in Aadhaar case, which upheld...
Forging Alliances To Take On Lok Sabha 2019 Won’t Be Easy
By Harihar Swarup Loss of three Hindi heart-land states—Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh—have sent shockwaves in BJP circles. In a panic reaction, the saffron party made significant concessions to its Bihar allies JD(U) and LJP in seat sharing for the general elections. Swiftly moving to counter the fall-out...
Government working out on plans for farm relief ahead of elections
Possible sops could be announced for farmers to respond agrarian crisis challenge in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a long discussion with finance minister Arun Jaitley and BJP president Amit Shah Wednesday night to work out on farm solutions. An insider revealed the government is looking for such...
Nath Ministry Faces Crisis Over Portfolio Allocation
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: There is no end to the difficulties being faced by Kamal Nath, the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. He took oath on December 17 and constituted his cabinet on December 25. But even four days after being sworn-in, all the ministers are without...
Narrowing Options Ominous For BJP Before Lok Sabha Poll
By Gyan Pathak The BJP has restarted its political machine after a brief halt. Only a fortnight ago the party had suffered a humiliating defeat in the state assembly elections of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Party president Amit Shah has already appointed election in-charges in 17 states...
Wall Of Opposition Criticism Demolished
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A deft political move from the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has knocked the stuffings out of the criticism levelled by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Sangh Parivar against the move to organize a women’s wall on January 1, 2019. The...
A Bank Strike Unique In Many Ways
By B. Sivaraman Some strikes stand out as unique in terms of their overall impact. Take the case of 26 December 2018 strike by a million bank employees. Disrupting nearly 30 lakh cheque clearances worth anywhere between Rs.20 lakh and Rs 25 lakh crore in the estimates of...
Minimum Basic Income, Full Medicare Should Top 2019 Agenda
By Nitya Chakraborty What should be the primary agenda of the year 2019 which is the last year of the second decade of the 21st century?.The outgoing year was marked by the farmers distress, job losses and the talk about widespread insecurity among both farmers and workers in...
