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Goodbye Maoists
By Poonam I Kaushish
Goodbye Maoists. After over six decades of relentless Maoist insurrection which cast a long shadow across North, South, East and...
Budget of hope
Towards New India
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
“The Budget will play a great role in building a New “India” , assured the Prime Minister...
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...
GSDP doubles, health shines
J&K Economy Paces Up
By Shivaji Sarkar
Jammu and Kashmir is advancing at a pace that may surprise many across the nation, boasting of strong health...
Abstract, price cuts vital
FM's Stimulus
By Shivaji Sarkar
A booster dose of about Rs 6.28 lakh crore stimulus to push credit is supposedly an official phenomenon to rev up...
Industry-Agriculture clash
Fight for Space
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Tamil Nadu Government has cancelled the notification issued on constituting a Petroleum, Chemical and Petro-Chemical...
Oppositin unity makes headway
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 July 1988)
Opposition efforts at forging unity and offering the country a credible national alternative to the Congress-I have made...
Need to safeguard rights
Threat to Institutions
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...
More harm than good for Modi
Chinese Job Offer
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
China offering to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make up for his image-deficit just before the...
For better or worse?
Speaker's Crown Of Thorns
By Poonam I Kaushish
Fatigued and bored of the volatile cacophony of accusations flying thick and fast over American billionaire George Soros’s...
Time to transition away from fossil fuel
The just-concluded United Nations Climate summit - Conference of the Parties 28 (COP28) - in Dubai has finally addressed the elephant in the room:...
Strategic shift in 2021?
India's Foreign Policy
By Dr D KGiri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
Quite a few India’sforeign policy analysts contend that New Delhi over the last year has taken...
‘The end’ of mva Govt?
Shiv Sena Thriller
By Insaf
The political churning in Maharashtra offers a readymade script for Bollywood. The twist and turns in the Shiv Sena drama ensure...
It’s time has come
Selling Change
By Poonam I Kaushish
Change is the only constant in life. This adage encapsulates the path breaking and ambitious Agnipath scheme in armed forces...
Sshhh……about poll slush!
Election Bonds
By Poonam I Kaushish
P aisa phenko tamasha dekho! The song hummed by every Party as five States are amidst polls with all opening...
All in name of faith
Religious Gush
By Poonam I Kaushish
As the last vote is in ballot box in Bihar wherein beside caste, it was a battle royale between the...
Funds availibity critical
Budgeting Welfare
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The interim Budget presented by stand-in Finance Minister Piyush Goel putting thrust on rural industrialisation possibly fulfils the dream of Mahatma...
Constraints need attention
Vision@2047
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is understood that the Vision@2047 document, likely to be released by the government by year-end, will outline the structural changes and...
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...
Stagflation looms large
RBI Rate Hike
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Monetary Policy of the Reserve Bank of India raising key policy interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 4.9,...