Jai ho India!!
G-20 Summit
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The biggest take-away for India from the 13th G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires was what happened...
Upgradation vital for revival
R&D Technology
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India’s manufacturing expertise is not very efficient and cost competitive, even compared with the emerging economies. As such, there have been...
Humanising entertainment
Banning Animals In Circus
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Centre’s draft proposal to ban the use of all animals in any performance,...
US, UK moves can hit India
Harshad To Adani, Scams On
By Shivaji Sarkar
The year 1992, Finance Minister Manmohan Singh liberalised economy, stocks zoomed, small salaried class crowded the equity market...
Right prices critical
Farm Travails & WTO
By Shivaji Sarkar
The long night is over. The farmers call off their over year-long stir and return home as the Centre...
Windfalls don’t make Economy
RBI Intervention
By Shivaji Sarkar
Some coincidences, some windfall, reworking fiscal package and falling growth rate mark the current economic developments. The transfer of Rs 1.76...
Covid-19 makes a strong case
Social Housing
By Moin Qazi
The unprecedented displacement of people across the country following the pandemic has challenged us with a new set of priorities. While...
Vital for just social order
Independence of Judiciary
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is expected to be the next Chief Justice of India, recently analysed the problems of the...
Banks, nbfc cause jitters
Questions On Shaky Stocks
By Shivaji Sarkar
The stock market is continuously crashing for a week. This is a complex phenomenon as it is just...
Democracy is not a harlot
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 September 1979)
Much of our medieval and modern history is beginning to make sense at long last. The treachery of...
Mustn’t rush for infra
Crisis-Hit India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Ukraine war is upending India’s dream budget and now gets further bruised with high rise in crude prices and retail...
New govt must reflect
Right To Health
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Health care comes into sharp focus this General election. While the BJP already has its ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme...
Is he relevant today?
Celebrating Gandhi
By Poonam I Kaushish
The drumbeaters are out as tomorrow India celebrates 150 years of Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Who? You mean the one we...
Not just Bihar’s concern
Bodies In Ganges
By Insaf
No dignity in death, an expression that too shall illustrate India’s second wave of the pandemic. This week, the depressing pictures...
India sides with Israel
Hamas' Attack
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Hamas, a militant outfit purportedly representing Palestine cause launched a horrific assault on Israel on...
Govt must redirect wealth
Dangerous Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
“A new billionaire has been created every 26 hours since the pandemic began. The world’s 10 richest men have doubled their...
Joy turns to despair at 75?
Indian Democracy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
“What should be a moment of celebration and joy has become a moment of deep despair and reflection,” is an assessment...
No politics, really?
Manipur in Pain
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Police was there with the mob which attacked our village. They picked us from near home and gave us...
Targets poor, ease of living
BJP Eyes 2047
By Shivaji Sarkar
In the 75th year of Independence, the BJP is setting the goals to work continuously till the centenary, 2047, riding...
Strategy to counter warming
Synthesis Report
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is encouraging to hear the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) come out with periodic reports warning of the consequences...