Supreme Court goes wrong
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 March 1984)
The Supreme Court’s judgement on electronic voting has been dismissed widely as of little consequence. Most people feel...
A sorry state of affairs!
Municipal Financing
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Reserve Bank of India’s recent release of the annual ‘Report on Municipal Finance’ is undoubtedly a good yardstick to assess...
More vulgar the better!
Slander Is Now Virtue
By Poonam I Kaushish
Rajnetik virodhi ya jaani dushman? Tragically, the lines between a political opponent and sworn enemy are blurred, epitomized...
Numbers tell growth story
Putting Economy Right
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country is having an interesting story to tell as it goes ahead with over six percent growth, collects more...
DMK throws a challenge
Tamils & CAA
By Insaf
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has given a fresh twist to Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. In an affidavit in Supreme...
Using cultural diplomacy
ExternalisingIndia's Image
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof International Relations, JIMMC)
On my visit last week to Jakarta, Indonesia, I accompanied the international delegation to sight-seeing in the...
Fast tracking of cases vital
Collegium System & Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The new Chief Justice of India, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, stated that the Executive must show “constitutional statesmanship and...
How do you evaluate commissioners?
SC Halla Bol On ECs
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this silly poll season amidst accusations slugfest between Parties in Modiland Gujarat, a five-judge Constitution Bench...
Poll body turns partisan?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 11 January 1983)
Mercifully, the people of Delhi have been given what has been their due for long. Elections have...
Aiimsinfo breach is risky
Indian Health Data Worth $7 b
By Shivaji Sarkar
Health data is critical. Had one secret been known, the Indian subcontinent may have had different political...
Centre caught on wrong foot?
Recent EC Appointment
By Insaf
Amid elections to State Assemblies, petitions in the Supreme Court have stirred a hornet’s nest with the recent appointment process of...
Vital office, not sinecure
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 April 1983)
Thinking people anxious to see Centre-State relations function smoothly and develop along healthy lines will need to devote...
Are climate funds adequate?
COP27 & After
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Umpteen numbers of reports and research studies have come out in recent years regarding the extent of global warming and...
Dangerous change
Religious Conversions
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is caught up in a battle royale between the Gods after a 17-year-old girl committed suicide as she was...
Huge job cuts, slump in India
Musk Leads Global IT Mayhem
By Shivaji Sarkar
The dismissal of Meta-Twitter workers, now mass resignationsand closure of its offices for a week signify deeper economic...
Counting the benefits
India's G-20 Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
In the G-20 Summit at Bali, India will be handed over the presidency of the most...
Poll body, pressures & independence
REWIND
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 February 1990)
India has once again proved its claim to being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people exercised...
Ending abuse of quota system?
EWS Verdict
By Sagarneel Sinha
It has been quite common to hear from the upper castes that the reservation system hampers growth. They often argue that...
State govts challenge post
Role of Governors
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recently Vice-Chancellors of seven Kerala universities have moved the High Court seeking direction to cancel the Chancellor’s show cause notice...
India fails its women
Stree Shakti Anyone?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Women are the buzz words in this silly electoral season with ballot boxes in Himachal sealed and Gujarat and...