Will exports be on rise?
India's Trade Outlook
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The present geopolitical situation has generated a lot of discussion and has, no doubt, been a cause for serious concern...
States hit by empty atms
Modi's "Cashless" India
By Insaf
The Centre's grand plans towards a 'cashless society' have not only come to haunt it but become a butt of jokes....
Govt puts up its hands!
Badgered Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
2020 is a year every individual would wish had not been on the calendar. The devastation is immeasurable. Corrections are difficult....
Enough, say taxpayers
Poor India's Rich Ministers!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage. This adage rang true last week when news...
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...
National base vital
Minimum Wage
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A recent study commissioned by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has backed universal basic income to reduce the income gaps as...
Past fixation at present cost
Politics Of Statues
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. Seven days when we stood witness to...
Pseudo unity in diversity!
Culture of Protests
By Poonam I Kaushish
How hypocritical is Mera Bharat Mahan. In a week when India celebrated its 68th Republic Day drumbeating Unity in...
Faster bounce back!
Economy 2021
The bad year is gone. Hope of a good 2021 has set in. The bell tolls for a new India despite the burgeoning...
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...
Netas police vs janata’s police
Policewala Goonda
Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. When another free-for-all epidemic of mob violence was unleashed across the...
Neighbours key to dream
Rupee For Global Leap
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Rupee is on at least an 11-year-journey in its quest for quasi international status, even as it slides...
What’s private about rioting?
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this scary season of corona virus political UP is in the eye of the storm over its unprecedented move by...
Decline of parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 8 April, 1980)
Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign matters, the people, the close attention it...
Suspense period politics
Amid Polling & Counting
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi)
Polling for 2019 Lok Sabha election, in seven phases stretching to 39 days from...
Geopolitical bargaining chip
Rare Earth Elements
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Rare earth elements (REEs) have come into sharp focus in recent times, with the search for minerals such as neodymium,...
People’s money, apna money, yaar!
Polls Freebies Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the ongoing five States ‘Vote Me’ no-holds-barred-free-for-all electoral nautanki Parties are raining promises topped by luscious lip-smacking freebies...
Stringent action vital
Air Pollution Hazards
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met...
Making a mountain of a molehill
Jinnah Controversy
By Poonam I Kaushish
Question: Name the latest con word that can divide a nation on communal lines?
Answer: Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founder and...
Rail Accidents
Dictats, speed mania culprits
By Shivaji Sarkar
Two rail accidents occur, about 30 people die, Railway Board chief resigns, Air India chief replaces him, Railway Minister...