Perform or perish
Administering Change
By Poonam I Kaushish
A Government of India car drives into Delhi’s Lodi garden at 7.30am, ‘saab’ instructs his driver to stay ‘right here’....
Will it last till next polls?
Modi Magic in Bihar
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the wake of authoritarian tendencies and wrong policies at the national level, the mahagatbandhan under the leadership of...
Growth not easy path
ES Positive On Future
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is poised to grow despite the pandemic panic shock during a critical financial year when all budget projections...
More taxes to be levied?
Peak Inflation
By Shivaji Sarkar
The highest wholesale price inflation in decades at 14.23 per cent may result in high deficit leading to levying of more...
Food Intake Vital
Eat health & say goodbye disease
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Food is essential for human survival. But the nature, type and quantity of food intake needs...
Cat out of the bag!
Governor Centre's Stooge
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Agar Dilli ki taraf dekhta to Lone ki sarkaar banti or mai itihaas mein ek baimaan aadmi ke taur...
New law to check rot
Illicit Deposit Schemes
By Moin Qazi
The Union Cabinet has approved the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018 with the objective of effectively tackling the...
Remove confusion
Covid Ex Gratia
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to quantify within six weeks...
Apathy sinking himalayan towns
Tehri, Mussoorie Too Crumbling
By Shivaji Sarkar
Heaven is literally falling to greed. It is just not Joshimath, but even Tehri Garhwal, Karnaprayag, and Mussoorie too...
Shift focus on inequities
SDGs &COVID-19
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Life goes on as usual, and it has to - pandemic or lockdown - and NITI Ayoghasreleasedits...
The people’s right to information
By 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...
Fresh entrant, new hope
UP Politics
By Insaf
Uttar Pradesh politics has a new star on the horizon. The entry of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Congress General Secretary in-charge of...
It’s only life, stupid!
India Choked
By Poonam I Kaushish
“What’s the use of a hospital bed now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,”...
Mahagathbandhangamble?
Bihar Drama
By Insaf
From Maharashtra to Bihar, the political shenanigans get more intriguing. With Nitish Kumar dumping the BJP and taking oath as Chief Minister...
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...
Sinister shawdow in S. India
Lanka's Jehadi Killings
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The house searches and arrests of three suspects in North of Kerala by the National Investigating...
Gandhi’s Parables
Does he make a difference?
By Poonam I Kaushish
“What do you think of Gandhi? You mean Pappu,” dismissed a 25-year old disparagingly. “Silly, I am...
Will govt let go?
CBI: Caged Parrot
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that has it always in the eye of the...
Spiritual outreach to saarc
Reclaiming United India
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
A comrade attending a conference with me in Budapest somewhat surprised me as he said, “you...
A friendly exercise
Labour Codes
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Ten Central Trade Unions have announced a nationwide general strike on 26 November as a protest...