Amid the weeks-long nation-wide lock-down aimed at maintaining social distancing to keep the highly infectious Covid-19 pandemic at bay and in the wake of huge relief announcements made by the Indian finance minister to tackle an unprecedented health crisis, a noted India-born economist has said that the Centre is in a good position to help … Continue reading ‘Falling Oil Prices Boon for India’ – Professor Pravin Krishna
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Kerala: Maoists Warn Locals of Dire Consequences
In their continued efforts to win over tribal people and carve out a sanctuary for themselves in Kerala, Maoists have struck again this time, vandalizing a villa in the hill district of Wayanad, Kerala, set high on the Western Ghats. Forests in this region are connected to those in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu covering various … Continue reading Kerala: Maoists Warn Locals of Dire Consequences
‘Anonymising Political Donors Is a Blatant Violation of the RTI Law’
Noted freedom activist Anjali Bhardwaj is in the news for accessing crucial information about the interaction over electoral bonds between the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which had raised serious concerns about the scheme. An alumnus of University of Oxford and Delhi School of Economics, she is the co-convenor of the National … Continue reading ‘Anonymising Political Donors Is a Blatant Violation of the RTI Law’
Defend Assange to Save Journalism
Dr Suelette Dreyfus is an author who co-wrote a best-selling book with Julian Assange, titled Underground, a 500-page volume on the lives of young hackers of the 1980s and the 1990s (which includes Assange himself). She has been closely associated with Assange since then. She tells Open in an interview that Assange’s contribution to journalism has been enormous. Dreyfus … Continue reading Defend Assange to Save Journalism
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