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Economy Diseased
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is a dilemma and nagging policy uncertainty. Is the economy growing, in a thaw or on a downslide? Does...
Rbi builds India first
Trump Can Wait
By Shivaji Sarkar
In an assertive policy pivot aimed at shielding the Indian economy from both internal slowdown and external headwinds, the Reserve...
Focus on small farmers vital
Open Forum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Agricultural reforms are imperative in our country as these have a high potential to look after a major segment of...
Culture & geopolitics interface
PM Modi in Nepal
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. Intl Relations, JIMMC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha in Nepal,...
India heads for slowdown?
Sensex Records Worst Fall
By Shivaji Sarkar
The economy is slowing down! Indications include creeping severe sourness at the stock market, Rs 26 lakh crore loss...
Will centre be sympathetic?
Bengal Cyclone Amphan
By Insaf
It’s a double whammy for West Bengal. Struggling to meet the challenge of coronovirus and under the Centre’s radar, the State...
States shame nation
Shelter Homes
By Insaf
The nation gets another revolting hit. The shocking scandal involving sexual abuse of minor girls and women in shelter homes is spilling...
Double Talk on Communalism
By Inder Jit
(Released on 9 May 1989)
Brave and splendid words were spoken again in Parliament last week to denounce communalism. The nation was alerted...
Enough of Double Talk and Deception
Legitimizing Corruption
By Inder Jit
(Released on 30 September 1996)
Politics in New Delhi has increasingly become a conscious and continuous exercise in rank hypocrisy, double talk...
Warned yet unprepared
Monsoon Mahyem
By Poonam I Kaushish
When it rains, it pours. And how! As annual rains shower a catastrophic effect across many States, they resemble disaster...
Privatisation not mantra
PSBs Disinvestment
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country is in a quandary about the privatisation of the public sector banks and needs to reconsider. Amendments to the...
Govt anxiety rising?
Stifling Dissent
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent cases against rights activists and their 'house arrest' additionally point to the fact that the Government is bent on...
Halt minority vilification
Hate Speeches
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recent developments in the country have generated a lot of controversy abroad and dented India’s secular credentials. A prominent section within...
Debt stalks growth
Budget & Development
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Budget 2021-22 is being viewed as a document to consolidate, spend and revive on the one hand and...
Uniform Civil code, anyone?
When Gods Are Poll Cut Outs
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the silly season of Ram-Rahim being reduced to political poll cut outs with each community...
To lower demand, growth
Diesel Price Hike
Economic Highlights
By Shivaji Sarkar
The nation needs wisdom to help stir it out of a difficult situation. An economy sinking for...
Conspiracy undermines parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 September 1990)
Parliament’s recently-concluded monsoon session has not received the critical attention it deserves. The functioning of the Lok Sabha...
Common man yearns attention
India's Billionaires Flourish
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Amid growing concern over the New Year somewhat being difficult with inflation affecting the common man, subdued investment and disturbing...
Can we rise above petty politics?
Governance of Capital City
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The recent judgment of the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench clarifying the relative powers of the...
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...