Corporate land grab!
Highways & Farmers
By Shivaji Sarkar
Farmers across the country have a lot more of their plate than just the present agitation. They are losing more...
Ecological balance vital
Understanding Biodiversity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...
Competetive spirit vital
Budget Review
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Central budget needs to relook at taxes and other provisions for attracting investments and steps to fight global trade tensions....
Personal loans, defaults rise!
RBI Subprime Alert
By Shivaji Sarkar
What would sway Indian politics —the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy or caste census? Normally it should be the...
Not trade unions
Union of States
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
WestBengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee has called upon “Opposition parties” to band together to prevent the BJP from...
No more ‘abuse of power’
'Bulldozer Justice'
By Insaf
The hammer has come down on ‘bulldozer justice’! Demolishing the house of a person accused or convicted of a criminal activity as...
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...
Ease financial milieu
Rising Food Prices
By Shivaji Sarkar
Rising food prices are adding to the woes of postcorona lockdown recovery. States such as West Bengal, Assam or Uttar...
BJP faces discontent?
Battle For States
By Sagarneel Sinha
After being in power at the Centre for over seven years, the Bharatiya Janata Party appears to be showing signs...
Corruption, cbi and Vigilance
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 January 1988)
The Central Vigilance Commission’s latest report should make all those interested in good, clean Government sit up. The...
Fast tracking of cases vital
Collegium System & Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The new Chief Justice of India, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, stated that the Executive must show “constitutional statesmanship and...
India as mediator?
Ukraine Peace Efforts
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The statement by David Cameroon, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom lends...
Question of governance
Tribunal Reforms
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
During the practical lockdown of Parliament debates during the monsoon session due to uncontrollable disturbances by...
Fresh assault on judiciary
By Inder Jit
(Released on 27 January 1981)
Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...
India rides growth bug
Global Hyper Debt
By Shivaji Sarkar
India joins the world aiming for a super growth on a high debt and infra push for an economic panacea....
To continue despite curbs
Trade with China
By Shivaji Sarkar
The tension on the India-China border reaching inflection point, trade relations except for semantics, may not be impacted, as the...
Eam gets it wrong!
India's China Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof, International Relations, JIMMC)
In the meeting of Consultative Committee on External Affairs held last Saturday, an animated exchange occurred...
Blurred j&k strategy?
BDC Polls
By Insaf
Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...
India wins friends — and credibility
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 November 1985)
India has won several new friends among the top world leaders and greater credibility and influence, thanks to...
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,...