Eye not gdp but ews

Ailing Economy By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the midst of the economy being hit severely and government suffering a financial crunch, Prime Minister Modi’s announcement of giving...

Catchphrase or realistic?

Corporate Social Responsibility By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recently, Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani hit the headlines after he committed Rs 60,000 crore ($7.7 billion) to social causes...

RBI warns belt tigtening

Voter Fears Realistic By Shivaji Sarkar The definition of “vikas” (development) apparently changes as Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls, hard-pressed voters harp on myriad problems,...

Govt meddling intolerable

Distorting History By Dhurjati Mukherjee A section of accomplished scholars have accused the Centre of its ongoing attempts to distort history. The recently held Indian History...

CAA extended politics

Union-State Relations By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A special session convened by the Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a Resolution terming the Citizenship Amendment...

Fast track caste politics

Pre-Election Mood By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) In recent days, one cannot help noticing that some of the long pending demands of caste groups are...

India and the world

A Peace Manifesto By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) The crying need of the world currently is peace and security, without which life...

‘Veto’ on outsider

Regionalism To Fore By Poonam I Kaushish Pre 1947 India resounded to “throw out the British”. Sprinkled with nationalism, all pledged to make India united and...

Throttling democractic freedom?

Warning Signals By Dhurjati Mukherjee In recent days there have been voices of protest from a cross section of society against the policies of the present...

India’s “Boat People”

Gets Tough On Rohingya Migrants By Poonam I Kaushish In the summer of 1975, hundreds of thousands of people fled South Vietnam after the fall of...

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...

Expedite power reforms

'One Nation, One Grid' By Dhurjati Mukherjee The various lockdowns in several States due to the Covid-19 pandemic, fortunately did not impact the manufacturing and services...

Drawing New Delhi in

Greek PM in India By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recent visit to New Delhi was significant...

Break in for big two

Tamil Nadu Gamble By Insaf Will national parties get space this 2019 election in Tamil Nadu is a million dollar question after ballot boxes were...

Rise in domestic violence

Covid-19 Family Gift By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Gendered impact of infectious diseases noticed in some recent epidemics like ZIKA, SARS, and EBOLA...

Cong its own worst enemy!

Rajasthan Verdict By Insaf The Congress High Command’s worry in Rajasthan is far from over. Ushering normalcy or some semblance of order will be a tall...

Bjp’s mission effective

North-East Verdict By Insaf The North-East has given the BJP big reason to celebrate this election season. The party has retained Tripura with its ally Indigenous...

Sweety, here’s to women power

'Her Story' Made By Poonam I Kaushish ‘Her story’ was made when Parliament passed the historic landmark 128th Constitution Amendment Bill Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill...

Blend of realism & restraint

  Vajpayee's Foreign Policy By Dr. D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Atal Bihari Vajpayee left deep footprints on Indian politics in the six decades of his...

Nation’s Children

Jharkhand too gives a damn By Insaf Jharkhand government should hang its head in shame. Close on the heels of UP’s Gorakhpur medical college tragedy, a...