Pandemic shall bridge gap?
Rural-Urban Divide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The pandemic has put the rural-urban divide into sharper focus, sending out a clear message to the Government, both the Centre...
Maratha quota fallout
Identification of SEBC
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Even the pandemic second wave tsunami cannot extinguish the heat produced by a week-old decision oftheSupreme Court...
Effects on Indo-us trade
Tariff Wars
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The US has announced 26 percent across-the-board reciprocal tariffs on India but these are substantially lower than most countries. It was...
Baraat without bridegroom?
Kashmir Local Polls
By Insaf
Kashmir has a different narrative, no matter what Raj Bhavan in Srinagar or North Block in Delhi says. Imagine campaigning for...
Gimmicks or reality check?
Electoral Politics
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
INDIA bloc’s decision to give top priority to seat-sharing for 2024 general elections is in the right direction, but it would...
India’s Bullet Train
Careful balancing era?
By Shivaji Sarkar
India launches the fastest train project – the high speed bullet – with Japanese aid and collaboration at Ahmedabad. It...
Rule-based rbi for a start
Big GDP Slump
By Shivaji Sarkar
It’s a fall or new beginning. The nation is pondering over the minus 23.9 per cent GDP crash. The...
Jobs can spur churning
Big Figures, Fragile Upturn
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian politics and economy are queering the pitch. Politically feeble attempts are there with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandshekaar...
Retail inflation highest
High Trucker Costs
By Shivaji Sarkar
Galloping inflation needs to be immediately checked. It hurts the government more than the common man, creating a cycle...
Game changer in energy sector?
Ganga Valley Sees Oil Boom
By Shivaji Sarkar
India, heavily reliant on imports for 87 per cent of its oil needs, is now eyeing a potential...
Kerala sounds bugle
CAA Dissent Note
By Insaf
Kerala sounding the bugle has sharpened notes of Centre-State relations on the brink yet again. While the Citizenship Amendment Act has...
March for salvation
Farmers Destitution
By Shivaji Sarkar
Elections and competitive promises for loan waivers for farmers are inseparable. Despite this, the farm distress doesn’t end. Even if not...
Fund crunch in Pvt sector
Economic Survey
By Shivaji Sarkar
India, now the fifth largest economy and aiming to become the third, is growing at 5 per cent in 2019-20, says...
Bonhomie road called distrust
India-China Poker
By Poonam I Kaushish
Neighbour or enemy? Both. Indeed, India-China relations are like playing a game of poker. Show no emotions even as one...
With or without bridge courses
Rural Medical Care
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A short-term Bridge Course for practitioners of Ayurveda and other traditional medicine proposed in the...
Looking for giants
Our Pygmy Leaders
By Poonam I Kaushish
A fundamental principle of a civilised nation is that in times of war, the polity displays cohesiveness and rallies...
Aid spread of education?
Knowledge Economy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Eight more British universities are set to begin operations in India in the near future, following the University of Southampton’s opening...
Tall claims, nagging doubts
J&K Statehood
By Insaf
Is the Centre putting the cart before the horse, is a question being asked in Jammu and Kashmir. This, as despair and...
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...
Pious platitudes on communalism
By Inder Jit
(Released on 25 February 1986)
Strong splendid words have been spoken once again to warn the nation of the mounting menace from communalism....