Halt land degradation
Rising Desertification
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Desertification has emerged as a critical problem across the world, specially due to climate change and global warming. This has led...
A veritable pause
Executing Operation Sindoor
By Prof (Dr) DK Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
In a powerful speech Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered some hard messages...
Revive hardware sector
Chip Shortage
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world is anodd place. The way to global recovery sometimes is disrupted by an invisible virus and as it tries...
The Indian imperatives
Changing International Relations
By Dr DK Giri
(Secretary General, Assn
for Democratic Socialism)
What kind of world are we living today in? When we look around, we find...
Sushant death output
Drug Addiction & Crime
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The investigation into the mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput is leading the authorities...
Young & vile poison
"What's The Deal Today"
By Poonam I Kaushish
As India is busy taking shots at recovery against Covid 19 latest variant Omicron, lost in euphoria of...
Tiptoeing stealthily
Uniform Civil Code Anyone?
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this poll season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein by BJP and...
Strong states & strong centre
By Inder Jit
(Released on 12 March 1985)
Three cheers for our people. They have once again asserted their sovereignty. No one need have any doubt...
The people’s right to information
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 August 1984)
Ignorance continues to abound in regard to Parliament, its constitution, practices, procedures and privileges. Thirty-four years as a...
Is the shift imminent?
Electric Vehicles
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Electric vehicles are causing a buzz. Not only aren’t these being promoted to tackle the looming environmental crisis, but the consumer’s...
Checking soil erosion vital
Combating Desertification
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recently concluded conference of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 15) at Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire found that desertification has been...
Are dead going to vote?
Bihar SIR vs Vote-Bandi
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the silly season in political Delhi. That time when Parties sniff for issues to score points against...
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,...
Will mo-ra make ‘her’ story?
Rahul's Jaddu Ke Jhappi!
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was a jaddu ke jhappi which stumped Prime Minister Modi. In one bear hug Congress President Rahul...
For better or worse?
Parliament:New Beginning
By Poonam I Kaushish
There are institutions and moments which rise above politics and touches what lies beneath. Parliament is one such, the temple...
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...
Govt must empathise, not ignore
Of Protests & Movements
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The wrestlers’ protest April in the national capital with no sympathy being shown by the ruling dispensation is an...
Critical cultural heritage
Handloom Industry
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
August 7, the Day when Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal...
‘Day zero’ looms large
Water Crisis
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court directed all district collectors across Tamil Nadu to constitute committees...
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...