Modi’s outreach to la

Chile's President in India By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) The practice in the media and political circles is creating a buzz and...

Post-poll statue vandalism

Political Symbolism Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After the decisive defeat of the CPM in recent Assembly election in Tripura, statues of Lenin became the target...

An enhanced partnership

Modi-Johnson Summit By Dr. D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister BorisJohnson had a virtual summit last Tuesday, which led to...

Farming, Jobs, Pvt Sector…

Create integral economy By Shivaji Sarkar India needs some quick solutions. It needs more jobs, a free and low-cost banking, a growing industry and a thriving...

Deficit mounts, exports falter

India's Trade Trap By Shivaji Sarkar India has been living with chronic trade deficits for nearly half a century. The last time the country recorded an...

Bolstering or balancing!

Bangla PM In Delhi By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in Delhi last week on a...

Eci must put house in order

TN, Bengal Bashing By Insaf The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...

Promoting tre-sector partnership

India's G-20 Presidency By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) In the current series of articles on India’s G-20 presidency, in the run up to the...

India must watch us-eu dynamic

Security & Transatlantic Ties By Piotr Opalinski (Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland) The global order is undergoing its deepest transformation since the end of the Cold...

An unnecessary addition?

Anti-Lynching Law By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Government of West Bengal has passed the Prevention of Lynching Bill in the Legislative Assembly...

Suspense in 4 states

Rajya Sabha Polls By Insaf Four States provided a nail-biting finish to the elections for Rajya Sabha’s 16 seats. While polling was underway at the time...

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...

US, UK moves can hit India

Harshad To Adani, Scams On  By Shivaji Sarkar The year 1992, Finance Minister Manmohan Singh liberalised economy, stocks zoomed, small salaried class crowded the equity market...

Connecting dots vital

Job Creation & Incentive By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Cabinet’s decision to roll out the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme with an outlay of over Rs 99,000...

Lease croppers need a pie

Farmer ID Scheme By Shivaji Sarkar In a landmark move echoing the ambition of Todarmal’s legendary land reforms under Emperor Akbar, the Indian government has launched...

Poll body, pressure & independence

By Inder Jit (Released on 13 February 1990) India has once again proved its claim to be being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people...

Are the poor becoming poorer?

Inadequate Health Facilities By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee India's health sector needs to be more focussed notwithstanding improvement of the developing social infrastructure is an imperative need....

Fast track caste politics

Pre-Election Mood By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) In recent days, one cannot help noticing that some of the long pending demands of caste groups are...

India must be cautious

COP26 Concern By Shivaji Sarkar Even as the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) proceeds, craze for electric vehicles go up, the world faces...

Diplomacy & war

India On Ukraine By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The Ukrainian war has completed one thousand days with horrible deaths and devastation...