Where is society heading?

Violent Sense Vs Moral Sensibility By Poonam I Kaushish Violence is the rhetoric of the times. Pick any newspaper. Any day. Splashes of social schism gore...

Why did he come?

Wang Yi's Visit By Dr. D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) If weblinked,we would have missed the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He...

Centre caught on wrong foot?

Recent EC Appointment By Insaf Amid elections to State Assemblies, petitions in the Supreme Court have stirred a hornet’s nest with the recent appointment process of...

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...

Post-Lockdown Vigilance

Living With Pandemic By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi) More than five months have elapsed since we started the lockdown and are now in...

New strategic paradigm

India-Pak Conflict By Piotr Opalinski (Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland) The May crisis between India and Pakistan revealed the fragility of the security architecture in...

Tight rope walk for India?

Hosting Rouhani Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) President of Iran Hassan Rouhani was in India between 15-17 February. He was returning the obligation of Prime...

New opposition unity

  By Inder Jit (Released on 24 April 1984) Now that the next general election is beginning to loom large on the horizon, fresh efforts are on...

Govt must be responsive

India Vs Others Open Forum By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding a recent report indicating India shall emerge as the 4th largest economy by 2030 and the 3rd largest...

New Delhi should initiate

Resetting India-Nepal Ties By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) In a desperate bid to stoke the passion of cultural nationalism, Nepal Prime Minister K.P.S. Oli...

Nc, pdp jolt to India bloc

Parting Ways In Kashmir By Insaf INDIA bloc partners in Kashmir part ways. The principal parties in the Valley, the NC and PDP decided to nominate...

State satraps seek to lead

BJP vs Rest By Insaf State satraps are vying with each other to lead battle 2019. Most of them are Delhi-bound, to ensure they are the...

The new normal

Life With Covid 19 By Poonam I Kaushish He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount, so goes an old proverb. Prime Minister Modi perhaps...

Money hai to power hai!

Era Of Aya Ram Gaya Ram By Poonam I Kaushish When gold speaks all tongues are silent. This adage was brutally reinforced by the revolving door...

Thinking the impossible

India-Ukraine-USA By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) Donald Trump in his second term is moving and shaking things in international politics. On the...

Appeasement of Hindu majority

Religion in Elections By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, bitterly fighting for re-election of her government, has claimed...

Infringing on federalism?

Draft UGC Rules By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent draft guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) have come in for criticism as it’s seen as a...

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...

New India’s youth say big no

Shah's CAA India’s educated youth is standing up! The country is in turmoil to put it mildly and New Delhi in a conundrum, as the...

To aid balanced growth?

Wooing Pvt Investment By Dhurjati Mukherjee Prime Minister Modi has been urging India to plug into the booming opportunities for ‘Made in India’ products, even as...