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.Supreme Court Order On Forest Dwellers Eviction Is Unethical
By Amritananda Chakravorty In one of the most regressive and anti-tribal actions, the Supreme Court has dealt a huge blow to the letter and spirit of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (‘Forest Rights Act’). On 13th February, 2019, the Supreme...
Trade Unions Must Take Lessons From Assam Hooch Tragedy
By B. Sivaraman It was a heart-rending tragedy. When the news last came in, 145 poor tea garden labourers in Assam had lost their lives on 24 February 2019 and another 200 were struggling for their lives in the hospital—around 30 of them in a serious condition. A tragedy...
Post-Pulwama, There’s Need To Check Hypernationalism
By Amulya Ganguli The Prime Minister’s call for ending the targeting of Kashmiris living in other part of the country in the wake of the Pulwama outrage has come not a moment too soon. The young Shiv Sena leader, Aditya Thackeray, has also done well to sack those party...
Modi’s Yorker Rattles Pakistan
By Sushil Kutty India’s promised response to Pulwama was at whatever speeds Mirage and Sukhoi fighter jets achieved early Tuesday morning and like a twin, Pakistan has sworn to return the compliment ASAP at a “time and place of its choosing”, a choice of words borrowed from the Indian...
Can Delhi benefit from cm Kerjiwal’s Hunger Strike?
By Kalyani Shankar Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is back at his old game of street- level confrontation with the Union Government as part of his political strategy. This time he is going on an indefinite fast from March 1 to get full statehood for Delhi. Can he achieve...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
SC ordered the reopening of Sterlite plant set aside – The Supreme Court set aside the National Green Tribunal order, which had permitted the reopening of the Sterlite plant at Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. The plant had not complied with conditions prescribed by the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board...
AI And Blockchain Technology Giving Big Push To Tourism
By K R Sudhaman With tourism expected to create 50 million jobs in India by 2028, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology can play a critical role in promoting this ever growing industry particularly with more and more travellers seeking personalized services. “We are now at the cusp of time...
Corbyn Needs All Support To Bring Change
By Ben Chako The firm line taken by Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry at the weekend rally in Broxtowe gives a lead to our movement on how to respond to breakaway MPs. “Not understanding where we have come from is a bad mistake,” the Labour leader charges. He is...
Put Utmost Pressure On Pakistan But Keep Dialogue Route Open
By Nitya Chakraborty Ten days after the Pulwama attack by the suicide bomber leading to the death of more than forty CRPF personnel, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan issued a statement on Sunday urging the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give peace a chance assuring that he would...
Kashmir Needs Transition From Past To Future
By Mriganka M Bhowmick In the backdrop of heinous terrorist attack killing 41 CRPF Jawans in Pulwama, the focus of entire nation has come back to Kashmir. The anger of India has propelled a war like sentiment against Pakistan. Multiple reactive measures by India have been taken out like...
PSEs Are Buying Into Each Other To Fund Government
By Nantoo Banerjee Who is the owner of Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) — ONGC Limited or the government? Public sector oil refiner and distributor Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd continues not to recognise ONGC, its majority owner, as its present promoter company, despite Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s assertion that it belongs...
Left In Europe Must Fight As One
By Lamiat Sabin Progressive parties and movements across Europe should unite after Brexit to stamp out tax dodging and fight to end austerity, Jeremy Corbyn said on Friday in Madrid. The Labour leader told the Party of European Socialists meeting that together they could also slow down climate change...
Rights Of A Miniscule Versus Rights Of A Multitude
By K Raveendran Millions of Ayyappa devotees across the world are waiting with bated breath for the Supreme Court to resume consideration of the 65-odd review petitions on the vexed issue of women’s entry to Sabarimala. The week’s time allowed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi heading the reconstituted 5-member bench...
No Composite Strategy To Deal With Malnutrition
By Dr Arun Mitra The report published in the Drug Today Medical Times on 19thFebruary 2019 by Shri B S Rawat that 244 malnutrition deaths occurred in Delhi hospitals in 4 years is highly alarming. This report is based on the information received on an RTI information provided by...
BJP, Congress Stitch Alliances As Lok Sabha 2019 Nears
By Harihar Swarup A typical election scenario unfolds as the Congress and the BJP, the two main contestants in the coming Lok Sabha elections, have firmed up alliances with regional parties. Never before regional parties were so important as in the coming general elections. The most important alliance is...
U.S. Racism fuels turbulence in Haiti
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Beginning on February 7, Haitians have been in the streets protesting against corruption, high prices, shortages, inflation, and power outages. Demonstrators are demanding that President Jovenel Moïse, in power since January 2017, resign. Moïse blames the disturbances on “armed groups and drug traffickers” and...
Cow Vigilantism Led To 44 Deaths Till December
By Nishant Sirohi HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) in its 104-page report unveiled the horrors of cow vigilantism in India. The report reflected the impact of the so-called cow protection through vigilantism, on the society, rural economy and on the forthcoming national elections. In the quest for short term electoral...
Demand For Scrapping New Pension Scheme Growing
By B.Sivaraman If there is a single demand that commonly figured in the recent protests of the Central and State government employees, public sector workers in defence production, telecom, railways and banks as well by some workers in the private sector, it is the scrapping of the New Pension...
