Policy stimuli wished for
Gloomy 2019
By Shivaji Sarkar
A year passes with some gloom and the New Year enters with hope and aspirations. 2019 has had both good as...
Creating supply chains!
Japanese PM In Delhi
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. of International Politics, JIMMC)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Delhi to attend the 14th India-Japan summit....
A mixed reaction
'Mixopathy' Protests
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Nationwide protests called by the Indian Medical Association against what it has labeled as “Mixopathy”,...
Judicious planning vital
Privatising Railways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Indian Railways plan to allow privatisation has been announced and it is to become a reality from April 2023....
What’s next for Pax Americana?
By Ewa Fronczak
(Centre For Internaltional Relations, Poland)
The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, once said that America was ready to “pay...
Resetting foreign policy!
Voicing Global South
By Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof. International Relations, JIMMC
India hosted the virtual Global South meeting on 12 and 13 January as a part of...
Reopening debate
Death Penalty
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...
Stokes ‘outsider’ debate
Gujarat Exodus
By Insaf
Mahatma Gandhi would be turning in his grave. Gujarat hate attacks have forced thousands of Hindi-speaking migrants flee the State. The exodus...
Whose afraid of it?
Bulldozer Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
As temperatures rise across the country the heat is searing through political Ulta Pulta UP and Madhya Pradesh over it...
Sc sends strong message
Utt'khand Eviction Drive
By Insaf
Three cheers to the Supreme Court. It may have killed two birds with one stone. One, it rightly stayed the Uttarakhand...
Why not lifelong ban?
Court Asks Jan Sevaks
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 1996: “Which MP doesn’t take money…people who have made money from coal and iron…money in thailis and...
Cracks in its vibrancy!
Indian Democracy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The highest court of the land, Supreme Court’s, recent observations on sedition law and throttling of dissent puts a big question...
Can she revive Congress?
Priyanka Debuts
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's finally official! Priyanka Vadra takes a bow as Congress General Secretary UP (East) and suddenly there is spring in...
Growth not easy path
ES Positive On Future
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is poised to grow despite the pandemic panic shock during a critical financial year when all budget projections...
Must be budget priority
Refocus On Jobs
By Shivaji Sarkar
It may be imperative on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to refocus the Union Budget from possible populism, an election-time compulsion,...
Millennial brat pack bro!
Parties Invoke Dynastic Gods
By Poonam I Kaushish
In our continuing poll nautanki this week’s flavour is pedigree. No, I am not talking about the canine...
Ambitious plan for njic
Judiciary's Modernisation
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
“I am of the firm belief that unless infrastructure is strengthened, it is unfair to expect courts, particularly...
Boost to trade, business
Indo-ASEAN Summit
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a leap forward. The Indo-ASEAN Commemorative Summit is projected to pave way for an Asian prominence and double the...
Raising global competitiveness
India Out of RCEP
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Amidst farmers’ protests and resentment, India has taken a judicious decision to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
Tujhe malum hai mera baap kaun hai?
Nepal's Nepo Lesson
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa January 2011: Jasmine Revolution. No, it has nothing to do with flower power, but people’s power uprising in...