Uniform Civil code, anyone?

When Gods Are Poll Cut Outs By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the silly season of Ram-Rahim being reduced to political poll cut outs with each community...

Decline in academic freedom?

Scientific Approach By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The findings of the QS World University Rankings released recently have shown that India experienced the highest growth in university...

No substitute for classroom

Online Education By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Closure of schools has led to a thoughtless rush to switch over to online education as...

A remedy for the new malady

By Inder Jit (Released on 28 August 1984) Outrageous developments in Andhra Pradesh and earlier in Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim have posed yet another threat...

Sins of defection

Gaddi And Gaddari By Poonam I Kaushish In the monsoon season it is raining Party splitting. One doesn’t know who is sleeping with whom and who...

Demand, pvt investment low

Economic Recovery By Dhurjati Mukherjee Economists are debating economic recovery, but the scenario is not all that encouraging as there are concerns about toughening conditions in...

I am an obc, who are you?

Political Diary By Poonam I Kaushish India arrived on the world map last week, and how. Clearly the G 20 summit was a blockbuster with its...

Afresh initiative

NITI Aayog & SDGs By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics JIMMC) The NITI Aayog launched on 23 November, thefirst SDG Urban Index that ranks our...

Economy back on voters’ mind

Changing Poll Dynamics The Haryana and Maharashtra election results’ speak. The Congress can do without Gandhis, regional parties have their sheen and dominant castes have...

Flying to new heights?

Tata's Air India By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been much discussion and debate on the question of disinvestment of public sector organisations with accusations of the...

Dialogue is way forward

State-Sponsored Violence By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the past decade, 85 per cent of Left Wing Extremists (LWE) strength in Chhattisgarh and 14 top CPI (Maoist) leaders...

Wise pricing policy vital

Weird Sensex Rise By Shivaji Sarkar The sudden record movement of Sensex to 36,548 points once again proves that the stock market need not follow other economic...

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...

Cash is king after note ban

Economy, A No Go for SC By Shivaji Sarkar The judgment on demonetisation is not unexpected, but the Supreme Court missive givingun fettered freedom to all...

India must make good!

Changes in Global Economy By Dr. D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) “Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit” is a maxim...

Shocking case of negligence

Crime Against Women By Dhurjati Mukherjee In India, as per report of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) 2019 every 16 minutes, a woman is raped somewhere...

Swadeshi saving to fund Govt

Moving Away From Nehru By Shivaji Sarkar The Modi-led NDA-II’s budget has changed the focus to peg India’s finances on village and farms, clearly a visible...

Consensus eludes

G-20 Meeting By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Not unexpectedly, consensus eluded the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of...

Need sharper swadeshi

US Out To Punish India By Shivaji Sarkar The weaponizing of tariff runs deeper than it appears. When US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described India–US ties...

QUO vadis?

Gulf Wars By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The war in Gaza is reaching in an alarming stage. Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel...