On mending ties!
Modi in Nepal
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Nepal for two days last week, the third time since...
Govt’s ostrich like approach
Water Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Water scarcity is fast becoming, or if not already emerged, as urban India's number one problem with government data having revealed...
Should gdp be the measure?
Growth Conundrum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It’s indeed distressing to note the National Statistical Office forecast in GDP growth to be 5 per cent in 2019-20, much...
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...
New normal & beyond
Digital Finance
By Moin Qazi
Digital finance finds itself at an inflection point as the world continues to tackle the socio-economic fallout of COVID-19 crisis. The...
What future SAARC!
India & Neighbours
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof, International Relations, JIMMC)
On 36th SAARC Charter Day Anniversary, the heads of SAARC countries delivered messages albeit conflicting ones....
Push growth in trade
US Agenda For India
By Dr D. K Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki outlined the US agenda on India in...
Exports to Germany rise
Record Diwali Sales
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s imports are growing, exports are slowing but domestic sales during Deepavali touched a record Rs 3.75 trillion, according to...
Fortify justice delivery system
Judicial Challenges
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The second edition of India Justice Report (IJR), 2020, that judges States on the delivery of justice to people, has found...
Budget After Poll
Shift to agro-rural economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
Gujarat elections are likely to change the focus of Indian economic policies. The last full Budget of the...
Bjp’s “political agenda”
J&K Delimitation Exercise
By Insaf
Political parties in Kashmir valley are peeved with the Delimitation Commission, accusing it of pushing the BJP ‘political agenda’. The NC...
Understanding the neighbour
Indo-Pak Conflict
By Dr DK Giri
The Indian sub-continent is grossly gripped with conflicts between India and Pakistan, intensified by war-cry emitting from both nations. Under...
Bolstering or balancing!
Bangla PM In Delhi
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in Delhi last week on a...
Poll, Congress & opposition unity
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 June 1989)
The poll battle is hotting up. Everything is being said or done with an eye on winning supporters...
Food Intake Vital
Eat health & say goodbye disease
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Food is essential for human survival. But the nature, type and quantity of food intake needs...
Neta: Don’t cast vote, vote caste
Quota In Perpetuity
By Poonam I Kaushish
With elections round the corner, quotas and queues are back on the political platter as the BJP-led NDA Government...
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...
Pandemic exposes faultlines
Economic Plugging
By Moin Qazi
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say:...
Govt’s misplaced priority?
Subsidies To Poor
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Several economists are known to frown upon the ruling dispensation’s thrust over the past few years on aiding interests of...
Greater than China
2+2 In Delhi
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof, Intl Relations, JMI)
Much-publicised 2+2 meeting between India and the US concluded on 27th October triggering a good deal...