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...