The People’s Right To Information

Inder Jit (Released on 7 August 1984) Ignorance continues to abound in regard to Parliament, its constitution, practices, procedures and privileges. Thirty-four years as a sovereign...

More acerbic the better!

Hate Is Now Virtue By Poonam I Kaushish The more things change the more they remain the same. Whereby our netagan are reveling in neech under-the-belt...

Can rights be ignored?

Modi's Stress On Duties By Dhurjati Mukherjee In his letter to the citizens on ‘Constitution Day’ or ‘Samvidhan Divas’, Prime Minister Modi waxed eloquence on the...

Karnataka triggers debate

Hate Speech Bill By Insaf The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025 has sparked off a fiery debate. Having got the nod from the Siddaramaiah...

Discourtesy to parliament

By Inder Jit (Released on 28 Feb 1984) Parliament is still not getting from Mrs Gandhi and the ruling Congress-I the respect and courtesy that is...

Stringent action vital

Air Pollution Hazards By Dhurjati Mukherjee A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met...

Stringent action vital

Air Pollution Hazards By Dhurjati Mukherjee A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met...

What’s in a song?

Vande Mataram By Poonam I Kaushish Much ado about nothing! That is the sum total of a debate in Lok Sabha yesterday to celebrate 150 years...

India-Russia careful on optics

Trump's Long Shadow By Shivaji Sarkar The currency crisis is bound to impact India growth. Indeed, a deep crisis is ahead. The falling rupee is likely...

How safe are we?

India's Exports Slide Rajiv Gupta It has not been even a month since the horrific bomb blast at the Red Fort, but already it seems like...

Parliament and the opposition

By Inder Jit (Released on 15 January 1985) All eyes are on the new Lok Sabha, which is due to assemble today for its first sitting....

Will labour codes help?

India's Exports Slide By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s exports have witnessed a slide in most sectors, as per latest reports, in view of the current geopolitical situation...

India’s rupee sinks

Gold Shines for Switzerland By Shivaji Sarkar India is in a Gold loop. Swiss Refineries and Indian Consumers are weakening the Rupee. The country’s import appetite...

Consequences for India 

Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan By Dr Malgorzata Bonikowska (President, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) American President Donald Trump has asked his overseas envoy Steve Witkoff to hold...

Asserting Africa’s aspirations

G-20 in Johannesburg By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The 20th G-20 meeting in the South African capital was marked by quite...

Why India grasps stakes

Europe's Shadow War By Piotr Opalinski (Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) Across Europe, a quiet but escalating shadow war is unfolding. A series of sabotage attempts,...

Bihar repays Rs 63 cr a day

Victory Cheers, Debt Tears By Shivaji Sarkar The Bihar election delivered a clear mandate, but the celebrations mask a harder truth: the state is walking into...

Delhi, warsaw concerns

Ukraine War Prolongs By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) It’s been three years, eight months and three weeks since Russia invaded the...

Sushasan wins, nitish back

Bihar For NDA, Bi Har For MGB  By Poonam I Kaushish At the end, it all feels good. A six week, two phase grueling election which...

A government must govern

By Inder Jit (Released on 14 July 1987) Top level exercises are on once again at New Delhi and Chandigarh to cope with terrorism, which continues...