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...

Thaw in Delhi-Dacca ties

By Inder Jit (Released on 29 September 1981) India’s relations with Bangladesh have been put back on the rails, thanks to the recent visit of the...

Uniquely Indian perspective

India's G20 Presidency By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The G20 year under India’s leadership has begun. People from across various sectors – government and...

What did it change, achieve?

Surgicl Strikes By Poonam I Kaushish It's been a sluggish dull political season brightened by two news, one from black money haven Switzerland that Indians bank...

Aid peace process or setback?

Yasin Malik Gets Life Term By Insaf Will the life term handed to Kashmir separatist Yasin Malik ‘fuel more alienation and separatist feeling’ as the PAGDwarns...

To cut inequity, help growth

First Rate Hike By Shivaji Sarkar The rate hike was a long-awaited decision. It was needed to check the rising prices, pep up the fledgling rupee,...

Need to safeguard rights

Threat to Institutions By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...

Redefine black money

  Note-ban Fiasco By Shivaji Sarkar The 'operation clean money' has had a huge cost on India despite gains in some sectors such as boosting bank coffers...

Fresh assault on judiciary

By Inder Jit (Released on 27 January 1981) Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...

Psu-Pvt must work as one

Govt Exit Bid By Shivaji Sarkar It’s not easy to be in the driver’s seat on a bumpy road, which began long before the pandemic in...

Mockery of people’s verdict

Goa Cong Joins BJP By Insaf People’s will be damned, is a dispiriting message now coming from Goa. With eight of 11 Congress MLAs joining the...

Needs to change leaf

Congress in Doldrums By Proloy Bagchi That politicians are mostly despicable, perhaps need not be emphasized. They are aggressive and vicious where their interests are concerned....

Disasters add to woes

Rising Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...

Aiimsinfo breach is risky

Indian Health Data Worth $7 b By Shivaji Sarkar Health data is critical. Had one secret been known, the Indian subcontinent may have had different political...

Digital teaching fails

Private Education Economic Highlights By Shivaji Sarkar India’s private school education is collapsing. Thousands of schools have closed down, many others are gasping and it may cost...

Ouch! Govt is touchy

Muzzling Dissent By Poonam I Kaushish As India is busy taking shots at recovery against Covid 19, lost in euphoria of taming the virus fiend is...

Pursuing big business

Cut Interest Rates? By Dhurjati Mukherjee Government functionaries, specifically ministers are known to give lectures on various subjects from Hindu Rashtra to welfarism to economic growth...

Kashmir, a paradise again?

New Chapter Begins By Insaf What lies ahead and for how long will the voices in the Valley be suppressed, are questions among many others, which...

Hi debt funds rs 47tr budget

FM Promises Golden Era By Shivaji Sarkar It is a sparkling poll budget right from the President’s address of Draupadi Murmu harping on the economy, to...

Shg meeting challenges

Women Empowerment By Moin Qazi The Covid-19 pandemic is a human tragedy of potentially biblical proportion and has convulsed societies like never before. Whether the vaccination...