Right skills critical

Tough Job Market By Moin Qazi In an age of skyrocketing unemployment, made worse by the pandemic, it is integral to incorporate marketable and real-world skills...

Key to self-reliant India?

PLI Scheme & Electronics By Dhurjati Mukherjee The quest for self-reliance has gained momentum in recent years, specially since the announcement of ‘Make in India’ programme....

India key to recovery

World Economy By Shivaji Sarkar Even as India’s macroeconomic situation improves, it may not yet be the time to celebrate. The possible third wave is being...

‘Know-all’ system won’t do

Slowdown, Poverty By Shivaji Sarkar Human tragedies refuse to die. The triple tragedy of the economy – note ban, convoluted multiple tax system and the panicky...

Cry on the wall

Arrest Me Too By Poonam I Kaushish It is the season of the political jihadis whereby the licence to allegedly question the Government becomes a ticket...

Is India missing the bus?

AUKUS Security Alliance By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof International Relations, JIMMC) The partnership signed between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom acronymed AUKUS has raised...

India must rethink

US' Foreign Policy By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The American debacle in Afghanistan has made countries reassess its foreign policy in terms of...

Lesson for unjust G-20

Diwali Bonanza By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian economy is now moving up after certain unsavoury scenarios of note-ban and pandemic closures of activities. Gold sales are...

Islamabad’s fresh attempt

Reviving SAARC By Dr D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is pledging to host the next SAARC summit, which has been suspended after...

Who will bell the crime cat?

Criminal Sense Vs Moral Sensibility By Poonam I Kaushish Ouch! Truth hurts when it hits bull’s eye. “Nations start off on the basis of high ideals...

Making peace with noise?

Hanuman Chalisa Vs Azaan By Poonam I Kaushish Ever get up cursing in the wee hours of the morning? Thanks to a loudspeaker blaring, upsetting your...

Why we love to hate!

Dangers of Divisive Speeches By Poonam I Kaushish Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. A maxim which aptly shows how...

Cash must for small business

Govt in Rs 155 Tr Debt By Shivaji Sarkar The government must come out of the perils of cycle of debts to ensure growth amid high...

Katil=Neta, Toh Kya?

Stigma=Women By Poonam I Kaushish Plato believed that democratic “life has neither law nor order.” And he was dead right. In today’s India where jiske lathi...

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...

Sc sends strong message

Utt'khand Eviction Drive By Insaf Three cheers to the Supreme Court. It may have killed two birds with one stone. One, it rightly stayed the Uttarakhand...

Mitigate farmer  distress

Revisting FPOs By Moin Qazi The last few decades have witnessed a shrinking of employment in rural India. Rural-to-urban migration is an inevitable socio-economic reality, especially...

Chindia, Russia & USA

European Dilemma By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Association for Democratic Socialism) I was talking intensely over a week with a European friend, who is also a...

To be or not to be!

India-US Ties By Dr D. K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The current India-America relations reflect Hamlet’s dilemma as expressed in his soliloquy in Act...

An alternate nationalism?

New Opposition Alliance By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been much hype about the new Opposition alliance named INDIA (Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance) which has recently...