Rising Asian Power

India to outdo China! By Dr DK Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) India’s rise as a formidable Asian Power was confirmed around ASEAN and East Asian Summits...

Who will emerge chanakya?

Political Diary By Poonam I Kaushish Lonely lies the head that wears the crown. And nobody knows this better than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who...

Aser report not encouraging

Primary Education By Dhurjati Mukherjee Primary education in the country is neglected as the States do not have the resources to invest in schools and upgrade...

Reorienting policies vital

Next Poll Planning By Dhurjati Mukherjee The NDA has about five months to go before the Lok Sabha elections and apart from improving governance, the vote...

Rajasthan out, straight fight?

Cong Presidential Poll By Insaf Rajasthan Congress’ high drama nearly turned the grand old party’s presidential poll into a tamasha. Fortunately, for the Congress, Chief Minister...

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...

Pandemic shall bridge gap?

Rural-Urban Divide By Dhurjati Mukherjee The pandemic has put the rural-urban divide into sharper focus, sending out a clear message to the Government, both the Centre...

India makes strides

Financial Inclusion By Moin Qazi India has recently witnessed profound changes in its financial inclusion ecosystem. While financial inclusion is a point of entry to lift people out...

Govt needs to be hands-on

India's Poverty By Dhurjati Mukherjee The lockdown has put sharp focus on India’s poverty as it emerges the sheer number of migrant workers alone is mind-boggling,...

Shaky market, rupee hit

FPI Pull Out By Shivaji Sarkar Developments such as the US’ deep recession, Federal Bank rate hikes, European Union uncertainties and Russia-Ukraine war are bleeding the...

GNCTD bill: Delhi govt undermined

By Insaf The AAP government in Delhi is seething with anger and rightly so. Its powers have been curtailed with a lieutenant governor (LG) being...

Misdirected measurement

Olympics, NEET…. By Rajiv Gupta Most readers will be familiar about the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat at the Paris Olympics 2024 where an extra 100 grams...

Can we save parliament?

By Inder Jit (Released on 23 December 1983) Parliament continues to decline — and so also public standards. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...

Railways’ Priority

Bullet train or infrastructure? By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent tragedy at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road foot over-bridge where over 23 persons died and 39 injured due to...

Yet govt cautious

IMF's Good Chit By Shivaji Sarkar The International Monetary Fund has lauded India for recovering from disruptions caused by teething troubles of GST and some other activities....

Israel war may hurt: Imf

India GDP Rises, Arms Sale Up By Shivaji Sarkar Indian economic parameters are improving. But would thesebe able to retain the 14-month high Index of Industrial...

India rides growth bug

Global Hyper Debt By Shivaji Sarkar India joins the world aiming for a super growth on a high debt and infra push for an economic panacea....

Control, better usage vital

Food Waste By Dr.Oishee Mukherjee With reports of an impending El Nino effect impacting agricultural production and resultant higher food prices would obviously affect populous countries...

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...

Consequences for India 

Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan By Dr Malgorzata Bonikowska (President, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) American President Donald Trump has asked his overseas envoy Steve Witkoff to hold...