Suspense in 4 states

Rajya Sabha Polls By Insaf Four States provided a nail-biting finish to the elections for Rajya Sabha’s 16 seats. While polling was underway at the time...

Nitish banking on bjp

Bihar Elections By Sagarneel Sinha For the past 15 years, barring one-odd year, JD(U) President Nitish Kumar has been Bihar’s Chief Minister mostly with the support...

Imminent risk of fascism?

Hindu Rashtra By Dhurjati Mukherjee The majoritarian rule in India has possibly tended to be autocratic. Absolute power in the hands of a political party, as...

Billions at stake in education

A Rating Surpasses IISc! By Shivaji Sarkar A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...

Pf, employees at risk

Stock Market Crash By Shivaji Sarkar The Bombay stock market, like most others across the world, has crashed. It has lost about 4000 points in a...

Despair to dignified opening

Migration Commission By Dr. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The current migrant workers crisis triggered as a by-product of COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many problems in...

Jugglery of growth figures

New GDP Data By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent re-estimation of GDP using 2011-12 as the base year has created a controversy and not without reason...

Is it right strategy?

Reform Agenda By Dhurjati Mukherjee The stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has triggered a discussion whether it outlines the government’s broader agenda on...

Shield from govt meddling

Public Sector Banks By Dhurjati Mukherjee Public sector banks are underperforming and are mostly in the red due to increase in non-performing assets. Even the largest...

Tech & govt support vital

Raising Farm Output Open Forum By Dhurjati Mukherjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged States to step up domestic production by accelerating the process for modernisation of...

Actual control mechanism vital

Flood Devastation By Dhurjati Mukherjee The worst-ever recent floods in Sikkim due to the outburst in the South Lhonak Lake, located at 5200m (17,000 ft) was...

No place for girls

Rape Country By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its girls and women. As tales of savagery and nightmarish drugging, beating and rape of...

Poll has thrown up basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 5 March 1985) Several issues of basic importance to the future of our polity have come up in the course of...

Popcorn Patriotism

Is it only a song? By Poonam I Kaushish Does one have to wear his patriotism on the sleeves? Not necessarily if the Supreme Court has...

Discoms dump heavy losses

Rs 76 Tr States' Debt By Shivaji Sarkar The Reserve Bank of India has red flagged states’ debt touching critical high of Rs 76.10 tr (trillion)...

Decentralisation critical

Of States & Governance By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Centre is increasingly being accused of going against the federal structure of the country by Opposition States. The...

Championing peace

India's Foreign Policy By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The Minister for External Affairs asserted that New Delhi should strive to shape international...

Mahatma’s ideals forgotten?

India After Gandhi By Dhurjati Mukherjee Seven decades later after Mahatma Gandhi was killed, 30 January1948, the nation remembered the father of the nation yesterday. Many...

Bank mergers, cess no solution

Boosting Economic Confidence By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian economy is poised to grow to over 7 per cent in 2019 - a momentum it has established...

Opposition fails people

Staggering Economy By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian Opposition has failed the people. Bereft of ideas and somewhere having the ruling syndrome in them, the Opposition parties...