Justice Markandey Katju- Prime Minister Modi in his recent speech emphasized on ‘atma nirbharta’ (self reliance), and I read Seshadri Chari’s article ‘ Modi’s idea of self-reliant India same as Gandhi’s—modernization yes, Western dependence no’ published in the print.in. Chari utters empty, meaningless platitudes and obfuscations, showing he has no knowledge of economics. He says “Swadeshi […]
Justice Markandey Katju- On Sunday a new government was formed in Israel called an emergency unity government, in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling party and Blue and White party (Opposition) leader Benny Gantz’ s opposition party will both be members, Netanyahu being PM for the first 18 months, and Gantz being PM for the next […]
indica News Bureau- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, points out the loss of monitoring of soft skills and personal connection with employees as consequences of permanent remote-work set-up, expressing his concern with the coronavirus pandemic spreading like wild-fire. Nadella who earlier shared some practical tips to work-from-home, is still concerned about the changes to work that […]
Indica News Bureau- A community advocate and lawyer has praised former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic Party nominee for president, for issuing a statement in support of emergency refugee protection for Afghan Sikhs and Hindus to relocate to the U.S. BIden said that if he is elected president he will restore the […]
indica News Bureau- General physician Dr Ajay Mohan based in New Delhi is currently pursuing MD Medicine & DM Infectious Medicine from AIIMS Delhi recently wrote an article for MyUpchar website advocated the use of convalescent plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients. He wrote, “COVID-19 is an infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, a new coronavirus that […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Speaking in the India Today TV program anchored by Rajdeep Sardesai and Rahul Kanwal on PM Modi’s Self-Reliant India speech and the Finance Minister’s MSME package, Sitaram Yechury, the CPIM General Secretary, said that the package only gave some credit facilities to small and medium businessmen, but would prove useless in absence […]
Ritu Jha- For Vatsal Gosalia and his parents, Sewa International, a nonprofit serving the needy since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the US is like a “God.” “For me they are God sent,” Gosalia’s mother said about Minal Joshi, one of the Sewa International volunteers based in Silicon Valley. Like many international students, Gosalia was based […]
indica News Bureau- Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and leader of the Whitehouse Coronavisrus Task Force on Tuesday warned the Senate Health Committee of serious consequences if states open the lockdown before the danger of the pandemic passes while the White House presses states to reopen soon. […]
Justice Markandey Katju- I saw the interviews by Karan Thapar of Justices Madan Lokur, former Judge, Supreme Court, and Justice AP Shah, former Chief Justice, Delhi and Madras High Courts, about the Supreme Court order in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to migrants. With due respect to both these judges, I submit they were […]
Ritu Jha- Four Republican US senators have written a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to suspend certain employment-based immigration permits for at least the next year and all new guest worker visas for 60 days, or until unemployment has returned to “normal levels,” The letter, sent May 7 and signed by Sens. Tom […]
