Deciphering where India stands!

Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign and independent country, by Russia has shaken the international community. It is unlike...

International irritants

PEGASUS & India By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The Pegasus controversy has rocked Indian Parliament and shocked the country. People are wondering why...

Transparency, astuteness vital

Defence Modernisation By Dhurjati Mukherjee Restructuring of the Indian Army is being planned in phases and it is understood that its strength (including that of support...

Towards crime mukt politics

Supremacy of SC By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...

Transparency via secrecy

Electoral Bonds By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has passed a very important interim order concerning funding of political parties for election. It...

School Education

Distressing, needs reform By Dr Oishee Mukherjee The recently released UNESCO report monitoring education has pointed out that 2.8 million children are out of school, 11...

Fails to stimulate economy

Lacklustre Budget By Dhurjati Mukherjee Budget 2020-2021 presented on Saturday last lacks direction and does not take us anywhere. Though lot of promises were made in...

 A goodwill visit

Modi In Bhutan By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to the Himalayan kingdom...

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...

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...

India-eu closer to trade pact

By Dr. Krzysztof M. Zalewski (Boym Institute & Centre for International Relations, Poland) Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and...

India and Iran: New rapport

By Inder Jit (Released on 8 October 1974) Domestic issues are again to the fore after a brief interlude in the shape of the visit by...

Assam Cm going overboard?

'Anti-Muslim' Rhetoric By Insaf Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is jarring. In the ongoing Assembly session, he claimed crime rate hasn’t increased if...

Winds of change blowing?

By Sagarneel Sinha Political battleground is hotting up in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Pudducherry as these go to the polls this year...

States burdened, lowimpact

Politics of Populism By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the state elections coming to an end this year, the spate of schemes and promises announced in the run-up...

Religion & power politics

Lingayat Minority By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) BJP President Amit Shah's categorical announcement that his party will not support a minority religious tag to...

Sparks panic among Sikhs, Punjabis

India-Canada Row   By Insaf The India-Canada row has triggered a nagging fear among Sikhs and people of Punjab. It’s critical that both governments resolve the issue...

Can we rise above petty politics?

Governance of Capital City By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The recent judgment of the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench clarifying the relative powers of the...

States say no to centre

AIS Rules Change By Insaf As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day, Centre States relations take anotherhit. The federal structure is being subverted again, is the...

Will it beat seven-year itch?

J&K Panchayat Polls By Insaf As the nation mourns the passing away of its last statesman Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will his vision for Jammu & Kashmir be...