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.Brazil’s National Election Campaign Turns Bizarre
By Emile Schepers With less than three weeks to go until the October 7 national elections, the political situation in Brazil remains extremely unsettled. The jailing of the most popular candidate of the left Lula de Silva has been followed by the serious wounding of the most popular candidate...
Mass Anger Against Modi Regime Is Sweeping The Country
By Binoy Viswam The People of India have registered their anger over the most regressive policies of the RSS- BJP government in unequivocal terms. On September 10, the country witnessed it in the form of massive resistance organised by the left and other political parties including the Congress. Though...
Cost Of Replacing Clinical With Diagnostic Medicine
By Dr. Arun Mitra Medicine is not a profession but a passion. Patient-doctor relationship is one of mutual trust based on doctors’ devotion to the patient as a human being in totality. Doctor in the past was fully connected to the family of the patient and had continuous information...
New Regulatory Framework Coming for Skype, WhatsApp, Viber: TRAI
Regulatory framework for the over-the-top communication platforms will be reduced. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is soon to announce it for companies like Skype, Viber and WhatsApp as they drive data consumption on networks. TRAI official said to a daily publication, “We have reduced the scope of that...
Who prevented Sbi from moving Court against Mallya on Feb 29, 2016?
By Nitya Chakraborty The controversy over the circumstances under which the bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines owner left for London on March 2, 2016, has now thickened following the fugitive telling newsmen in UK after the latest court hearing that he met the finance minister Arun Jaitley on March 1 and...
Rajasthan IAS, IPS Men Driven By Political Ambitions
By Rahil Nora Chopra There is a new trend of retired IAS and IPS officials of Rajasthan taking to politics and making a successful career of it. With an eye on the post-retirement prospects, many senior officials are said to be trying to get into the good...
Another Morality Test Awaits Supreme Court
By Aditya Aamir The apex court has held that morality under the Constitution is not public morality or the morality of the multitude. Constitutional morality aims for a pluralistic and inclusive society; that even a minuscule part of society may aspire and prefer different things. In the context...
Ten Years Since Collapse Of Lehman Brothers
By Anjan Roy This month ten years ago was one of the defining moments of modern day capitalism – In September 2008 the storied investment bank of United States Lehman Brothers went under. The liquidation of Lehman Brothers, virtually the icon of modern day American capitalism, rang the...
With Nun And Bishop Joke Is On The State
By Sushil Kutty Those who have read or heard of the ‘Nun and the Bus Driver’ joke will know it is impossible to get a nun to “lie down in bed” with anyone unless it’s with God ‘himself’. Now, we know those who claim proximity to god, like...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Petition seeking ban on Malayalam novel ‘Meesha’ dismissed – The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the Malayalam novel ‘Meesha’, which was being published in a magazine Mathrubhumi in a serialised fashion and was discontinued after the petition. The main challenge was regarding a passage...
Niti Aayog Vice Chairman’s Diatribe Against Ex-RBI Governor
By G. Srinivasan Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar caused a flutter early this month when he remarked that the former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s efforts to clean up the mess in the country’s banking system to prune the gargantuan non-performing assets (read loans) or what is ubiquitously...
RCEP May End Up As Chinese Trade Trap For India
By Subrata Majumder Concerns loom large on China’s backdoor entry through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is feared to be propitious of a Chinese trade trap after Trump entered into a shocking trade war against China. Currently, India is susceptible to Chinese dumping of goods, which...
New Movement “Aufstehen” Poses A Challenge To German Left
By Victor Grossman The events in the Saxon city of Chemnitz recently were truly frightening. The sight of Nazi-tattooed thugs growling threats as they stormed through the city center, chasing and beating up presumed “foreigners,” journalists or any other perceived foes, invoked memories of Charlottesville a year...
Septmeber 11, 1973 Was A Terror Day For Chile
By W. T. Whitney Jr. September 11 was also a day of terror—in Chile in 1973. “I’ve been through this before,” Chilean author Ariel Dorfman wrote of the 2001 U. S. terror day. “The world will never be the same,” he recalls Chileans saying after their September 11....
AAP Ka Swagat Hai
By Aditya Aamir Jocko Street returned from the front door all smiles and lollipop lore written all over his ruddy face. Alex Smart on holiday asked why all the glamour at 11 in the morning and Jocko did his li’l-bow routine, waving a folded something in his hand....
Data Safety: Provide Virtual Aadhaar Number to Service Provider Not Aadhaar Number
Aadhaar card data should be kept secured and safe. It should not be provided easily and to everyone. This is the reason the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has come up with the concept of a Virtual Aadhaar ID (VID). Getting VID is simple. It is a masked...
MP Opposition To SC-ST Act Upsets BJP Applecart
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Opposition to the SC and ST Act has created insurmountable difficulties to the ruling party BJP in Madhya Pradesh to the extent that it is hampering its poll eve campaign. How much nervous BJP is can be gauged by the fact that the party...
Kim Jong Writes to Trump Seeking Another Meeting
North Korea has written a new letter to Donald Trump asking for a second meeting and it is learned the White House is looking for a date. Since June 12 summit both the leaders are in talks about nuclear programme of North Korea. However, the discussions have been criticized...
