Whose life is it, anyway?

An Intolerable Toll? By Poonam I Kaushish Stuck records are tiresome. But when tragedy struck Capital’s New Delhi’s railway station Saturday night killing 18 people and...

Will stealth F-35 fly to India?

Tariff, Gas Haze Trump Talks By Shivaji Sarkar India is set to deepen economic ties with the U.S. through a massive $500 billion purchase deal, securing...

En route to USA

Modi in France By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) The controversy on the participation of Prime Minister Modi in the swearing-in of Donald...

Infringing on federalism?

Draft UGC Rules By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent draft guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) have come in for criticism as it’s seen as a...

Hitting self-destruct button

Disunity In Unity? By Poonam I Kaushish Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc seems to have developed cracks. In the...

$236 b job profit racket

Illegal Indian Immigrants  By Shivaji Sarkar The multi-trillion-dollar illegal profit generating world immigration rackets thrive on freely available private telecom company sims, fake bank accounts, anonymity,...

BJP in, aap out? 

Delhi Verdict By Insaf It’s D-Day today. Counting of votes begins for Delhi Assembly election. The million-dollar question is whether AAP will secure a third consecutive...

The speaker keeps his word

By Inder Jit (Released on 20 March 1984) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr. Bal Ram Jakhar deserves a hand. Seven weeks ago, he told...

What about rural India?

Budget Eyes Middle Class By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding that the Union budget is viewed as middle-class oriented, this commentator would have been happier if the thrust...

Absurd, govt must step in

90-Hour Work Week! Two statements, one by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman SN Subramanyan saying there should be 90-hour weekly work, including on Sundays, for...

Common man yearns attention

India's Billionaires Flourish By Dhurjati Mukherjee Amid growing concern over the New Year somewhat being difficult with inflation affecting the common man, subdued investment and disturbing...

Not done, Guv

Tittle-Tattle By Poonam I Kaushish A storm in a tea cup or a major Constitutional face off between a Governor and Chief Minister? Depends on which...

Mnc e-commerce ‘slavery’!

Gig Workforce By Shivaji Sarkar In an economy struggling to regain momentum, a new threat looms—an exploited class of “slave” workers, lauded by NITI Aayog as...

SC helpless viz centre?

Farmers Protest By Insaf The Centre has left the Supreme Court exasperated over the farmers protests! On Thursday last, the top court gave a rap to...

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....

Leads jobless growth

Tough Governor, PSU Sales By Shivaji Sarkar Dr Manmohan Singh had semi-political and political stints long before he rose to become a finance minister, bestowed with...

Delhi woefully wronged!

Leaders Vs Bureaucrats By Insaf The nation’s capital, Delhi, rather any other State in the country, wouldn’t have seen anything like this before. Actions of government...

Elevating the ties

Modi in Kuwait By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to Kuwait on the...

Govt’s misplaced priority?

Subsidies To Poor By Dhurjati Mukherjee Several economists are known to frown upon the ruling dispensation’s thrust over the past few years on aiding interests of...

A perfect con job

My Ambedkar vs Yours By Poonam I Kaushish We’ve been through this before. Year after year. Of how Parliament is increasingly being devalued. Becoming a tamasha...