Just In Print

SAFFRONS HAVE TO TAKE A CALL AFTER NORMALCY IS RESTORED Even as the BJP feels relieved that the protests against the citizenship law ended after the onset of the coronavirus menace, the party continues to perform a delicate balancing act…

BUT PULITZER BOARD HAS MYOPIC VISION ON INDIA The last week saw considerable international interest in matters India with ‘foreign bodies’ such as the Pulitzer taking a hand in “needling” India, giving credence to claims of the decades old…

AAROGYA SETU APP IS AN ARBITRARY INTRUSION INTO PRIVACY The Centre introduced the Aarogya Setu app last month ostensibly to keep track of corona virus infectees. It was clarified that the uploading of it in mobile phones was voluntary.…

The current pandemic has disrupted almost all industries and sectors. Thus, the following three concerns would probably top everyone’s mind today: 1. When will the pandemic be over? Pervasive lockdowns have slowed the virus, but a…

CORONA CRISIS SHOULD GIVE A BOOST TO MAKE IN INDIA PROGRAMME The winter of Corona crisis is far from being over. No green shoots seem to be appearing anywhere across the globe as yet. The Director-General of World Health Organisation,…

PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED The rise of coronavirus across the globe led to countries introducing methods to curb its physical ramifications. One of the most common modes adopted by nations was mandatory social distancing,…

ILO REPORT PROJECTS A GRIM SCENARIO ON EVE OF MAY DAY On the eve of the historic May Day, (ILO) has come out with a grim global scenario stating that 1.6 billion workers, half of the world's active workforce, are in immediate danger of…

PANDEMIC MAY PAVE WAY FOR NEW SOCIAL NORMS Divorce, as defined in various Acts, is “the legal dissolution of the marital union between a man and a woman” Divorce in India is a socio-legal phenomenon. In most countries across the world,…

COULD LIFE IN LOCKDOWN BECOME THE NEW NORMAL? Hard to imagine life without a lockdown in these days of corona! The feeling will remain for as long as we do not get on the back of this killer contagion. Particularly, in the absence of a…

ADDRESSING HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS OF INDIAN BANK EMPLOYESS April 20 is a special for all of us in the All India Bank Employees Association, or AIBEA. It was on this sacred day, 74 years ago, in 1946, that our beloved AIBEA was founded. From…

GOVT MUST COME OUT WITH CONCRETE PROGRAMME TO SAVE LABOUR 14 crore working Indians have lost their jobs as of now as a result of the lockdown in the country due to COVID 19.Th national lockdown is scheduled to end on May 3 but it may…

WHAT THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IS TELLING US ABOUT OURSELVES Recently, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu stated: “Between the consideration of health of the people and stabilisation of our economy being debated, the former shall take precedence…

ASSAULTING HEALTH WORKERS NOW BETRAYS WORST OF HUMAN NATURE The cry of the peacock, birdsongs at dusk and dawn song— these are the sounds one now hears in the part of Noida where I live. Until a few weeks ago, the only noise that…

WITHOUT SOCIAL CONTACT, EMOTIONAL ANXIETY TO SHOOT UP The fear of the unknown is most terrifying. It turns more acute when one is not sure what lies ahead and is not in the position to comprehend how many ways one should try to perceive an…

LEFT MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OUTLINE PLAN BRUSSELS, Belgium: A Europe-wide coalition of left and progressive members of the European Parliament has outlined a wide-ranging plan to help the continent’s workers cope with the…

NATIONALISE ALL PRIVATE BANKS: DON’T PLAY WITH PEOPLE’S MONEY We are seeing one by one the private banks are taking people's money and mismanaging it.In the last 30 years, 30 private banks have collapsed. Hence the All India Bank Employees…

ON TRUMP’S ‘ART OF DEAL’, AND MODI’S ‘BANG YOUR POTS It is only in America that presidents get routinely pulled up for real and imaginary breach. Take Trump, for instance. He made the mistake of telling somebody in media, “We’re not a…

MODI AIMS TO SECURE A THIRD TERM SELLING HIS CORONA WARRIOR IMAGE US President Donald Trump has promised to sign on a $2 trillion economic relief package for the US coronavirus hit. Americans are not very sure if the relief will reach…

TRADE UNION BODY SAYS RS 5 LAKH CRORE CORONA SUPPORT IS NEEDED The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) on Friday termed the government’s economic package inadequate to tackle the situation arising from COVID–19 and said it includes…

‘HERD IMMUNITY’ IS NEOLIBERAL PARLANCE FOR ‘LET THE POOR DIE’ Europe is being called the epicentre of the coronavirus, and particularly western Europe, where the responses have varied from the new Socialist-Podemos coalition in Spain…

DOCTORS, PHARMA INDUSTRY JOIN HANDS TO DEVELOP VACCINE Although there is no preventive vaccine or specific treatment at this time for the new coronavirus SARS COV-2, which causes COVID-19, the Cuban pharmaceutical industry is guaranteeing…

COCO ICHIBANYA’ AND ‘PEPPER LUNCH, TO SET UP THEIR OUTLETS IN INDIA It’s time to say ‘Oishii’ to describe deliciousness in Japanese! The biggest curry rice chain restaurant in Japan, ‘Coco Ichibanya’, and a Japanese style BBQ…

BESIDES After observing a day-long ‘Janta Curfew’ on March 22 on a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fifty-four year old Rajesh Solanki clapped and clanged utensils along with his family members joining the nation in expressing…

DELHI HAS BIG PLANS TO IMPROVE ITS NAVAL PRESENCE In parts of Assam, a strong undercurrent of tensions prevails in the post NRC(National Register of Citizens) updating Earlier this month, India was made an observer of the Indian Ocean…

TRUMP DEAL HAS ONLY ESCALATED THE PROCESS After the Narendra Modi government came to power, none of the government sector and public sector enterprises is spared. All the sectors are fully opened to the private corporate one, including the…