Railways’ Priority
Bullet train or infrastructure?
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent tragedy at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road foot over-bridge where over 23 persons died and 39 injured due to...
MP’s Gang Rapes
Governance under questionBy Proloy Bagchi
The capital of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal is seething with anger and outrage. Recent incidents of gang rape have put a...
What should India do?
Trump & Pakistan
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
US President Donald Trump's tweet on New Year eve on Pakistan has radically changed the geopolitical...
Whose corrupt in whose eyes?
‘Power’of CorruptionBy Poonam I Kaushish
When does money become dirt? When it begins
to stick. As the Kartigate corruption saga
explodes on the political firmament, it has...
Compromising our democracy?
Cambridge Analytica
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)A few weeks ago, India was stung by an 'expose' that a foreign company, Cambridge Analytica, was...
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...
Wise pricing policy vital
Weird Sensex Rise
By Shivaji Sarkar
The sudden record movement of Sensex to 36,548 points once again proves that the stock market need
not follow other economic...
Denting dissent & democracy
Activists' Arrest
By Insaf
The nation is in dire straits. The high profile arrests of rights' activists and lawyers in three cities on Wednesday last puts...
Mere talk, lack of action
Eradicating Poverty
By Oishee Mukherjee
There is much talk of development with ruling political leaders harping on what all is being done. But the way politicians...
Crime against deities
Idol Thefts
Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A Special Division Bench of the Madras High Court issued a warning while hearing a series of...
Double rate in offing?
Minimum Daily Wage
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A committee, appointed by the Centre, has recently recommended an improved formula on minimum daily wage, based on workers' families...
Cash is king
Notes=Votes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Heard this week’s flavour amidst our ongoing noisy nautanki of democracy: rajniti is the best dhanda and our netagan’s greatest asset...
Repeat performance
Opposition Sans LoP
Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)At the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, it is reported that Party President Rahul...
Business crawls, revival critical
BSNL & MTNL
Digital India’s backbone is in severe crisis. The worst BSNL crisis is hitting trade and business all over the country and has...
Need to reinvent
Governor Who?
By Poonam I Kaushish
The more things change the more they remain the same. An adage which resonates in the corridors of power when...
Impels international initiatives
New Delhi Ups The Game
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
India experiences a week of hectic diplomacy and international activism. New Delhi ups its...
As serious as crime?
Encounter Killings
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Encounter killing of four persons suspected of gang rape & murder of a veterinary doctor in...
Non-starter or game changer?
Delhi's Jhaadu Vs KamalDelhi, the country’s capital is all set to cast its vote today for the next incumbent to the hot seat of...
Survivor not defector, new norm
Gaddi Aur GaddariBy Poonam I Kaushish
A sense of de ja vu overwhelms. Brutally reinforced by the revolving door politics witnessed in the last fortnight...
Russian business doubles
India-China BrawlBy Shivaji Sarkar
It is a global world. One button switches off, another opens. As India gets into a stand-off with China, there...