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.Unhealthy Signs In Health Sector Cry For Action
By G. Srinivasan If health is wealth, are we spending sufficiently to maintain the basic health needs of millions of our citizens in the world’s fifth biggest economy as our politicos make braggadocio with little qualms? In his Independence day speech delivered with fervent zest Prime Minister Narendra...
Akhilesh Suspects BJP Behind Shivpal’s New Party
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav is facing threat from uncle Shivpal Yadav, who is now working to cause a split in the crucial Yadav and Muslim votes ahead of the crucial 2019 general elections. Akhilesh Yadav, who has said he is willing...
Unusual Spurt In Fuel Prices Cause For Concern
By K R Sudhaman The unusual spurt in diesel and petrol prices as a result of deadly cocktail of surging global oil prices and falling rupee value signals danger to the economy, now on the path to recovery clocking 8 per cent GDP in the first quarter of...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Inclusion of 10% names in NRC may be re-verified – The Supreme Court has asked the State Coordinator of NRC to submit a comprehensive report indicating the feasibility including the time taken and the advantages/disadvantages that amy accrue if the aforesaid modifications/change of legacy documents is permitted.Accordingly, the date...
Supreme Court Has To Uphold Rule Of Law On September 6
By Amritananda Chakravorty The last one week witnessed tumultuous events pertaining to the state of democracy and the exercise of freedom of expression in this country. On 28th August, 2018, a team of Pune police conducted coordinated raids in almost seven states, and raided the houses and offices...
Higher Education Overhaul Needs More Thought
By Kalyani Shankar India celebrates September 5 as ‘Teacher’s Day’ every year remembering late philosopher-teacher President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. The country honours best teachers on this day. This year too the best teacher awards have been announced but for the first time, the scheme has been totally changed to...
London Professor Predicts 2019 Modi Exit
By Aditya Aamir The Bharatiya Janata Party may lose power in 2019. If not there will be a different Prime Minister at the helm. BJP’s allies in the NDA are likely to ask for their pound of flesh and that could be Narendra Modi’s head on a...
Opposition Prospects For 2019 Lok Sabha Poll Against BJP Bright
By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the local bodies elections in Karnataka officially declared on September 3 have shown that the Congress is in a formidable position in the semi urban areas of the state as the leading party as against the BJP and with JD(S) alliance for...
A Letter to Indian PM With Love From Naya Pakistan
Dear Mr. Narendra Modi Sahab, Greetings We in Pakistan really appreciate the highly positive gesture of your telephonic call to our Prime Minister to congratulate him on his elections victory and the even bigger gesture of writing a very friendly letter, expressing very positive and warm sentiments in a...
Shourie Says Opposition In Last Chance Saloon
By Sushil Kutty BJP discard Arun Shourie is painting a black picture for the Opposition: Forget old arguments, grudges, get together, field one candidate against BJP in each constituency or kiss democracy goodbye. Scaring the pants off bhakt-baiters and #UrbanNaxals, who will do full shashtang before any god...
Urban Naxals: Real, or a convenient Government fiction?
By Amulya Ganguli The second hearing by the Supreme Court of the case against the so-called “Urban Naxals” will not only determine whether they pose a genuine threat or whether the police charges against them are an attempt by the government to create a smokescreen of terror...
Rupee Slide Poses Big Pressure On Economy, Government
By Nantoo Banerjee A two rupee fall in its exchange value with US$ — say, from Rs. 69 to Rs. 71 for a $ — may cost the country an additional external payment burden of nearly Rs.1,50,000 crore, in Rupee terms, on account of this year’s total import...
Emergency-Like, Retired Babus Return
By Aditya Aamir Who says the sarkari babu doesn’t have spine? Wait till he retires and watch him show backbone. And it doesn’t matter if an Emergency-like situation prevails, which is worse than Emergency. Ask the 48 retired civil servants who have written an open letter to the...
Left Democrats Gear Up For Mid-Term Elections In November
By Mark Gruenberg Labor and its allies in the Democratic Party in United States have built ground operations through which they plan to turn out record numbers of voters this November to take Congress out of the hands of the Republicans. In 2018, they may be right,...
Smog: Time To Act And Save Health Is Now
By Dr Arun Mitra For the last several years dense smog engulfs large part of north India, including Punjab, Haryana, western UP, parts of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and NCR Delhi. This happens during the months of October and November when summer has ended and winter is about to...
Jaitley Deserves A New Portfolio To Excel
By K. Raveendran Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s portfolio must be redesignated as minister for defence of Modi. This is what he does mostly these days either because he has not fully got over his sabbatical mood or he has nothing much else to do in the finance ministry....
Terrorists Not Militants Go After Families
By Aditya Aamir Things have slipped so far out of New Delhi’s hands in four and a half years, Srinagar has become the frontier. It’s as if the LoC has shrunk and today cuts through Lal Chowk. A change of Governors made no difference. Terror has taken on...
Four State Elections And Two Political Parties
By Gyan Pathak In the midst of the BJP’s ridiculing Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his becoming stronger day by day, one thing is obvious – greater the ridicule, stronger he becomes. Ridicule has become BJP’s weakest weapon against Rahul, while the Congress president is increasingly resorting to...
