DMK throws a challenge

Tamils & CAA By Insaf The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has given a fresh twist to Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. In an affidavit in Supreme...

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...

Vital for good governance

Judiciary's Role & Power By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been for long a serious debate about the Judiciary’s powers and whether it is going beyond its...

School Education

Distressing, needs reform By Dr Oishee Mukherjee The recently released UNESCO report monitoring education has pointed out that 2.8 million children are out of school, 11...

Needs holistic vision

New Infra Pack By Shivaji Sarkar The government has finally woken up. It has announced Rs 102 lakh crore programme for strengthening Indian infrastructure. This aims...

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...

Govt must halt unholy nexus

Pvt Coaching Centres By Dhurjati Mukherjee The parliamentary standing committee on education has recently recommended to the government to curb the growing unholy nexus between colleges...

Actual control mechanism vital

Flood Devastation By Dhurjati Mukherjee The worst-ever recent floods in Sikkim due to the outburst in the South Lhonak Lake, located at 5200m (17,000 ft) was...

Time for continuity

Kashmir: Road Ahead By Poonam I Kaushish Insanity, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, said Einstein. Apply this to...

Thrust on Nuclear power vital?

Reducing Emission Intensity By Dhurjati Mukherjee The year 2024 was the warmest year in the history of the Earth, the first to exceed 1.50 C pre-industrial...

Soaring dangerous divide

Communal Politics By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recentlyconcluded Assembly elections have once again confirmed the play of appeasement politics and the polarisation of Hindu-Muslim votes in the...

Show the way, house

Parliament Session By Poonam I Kaushish Monsoon embraced the country in its squelchy soaking tentacles even as the first day of Parliament’s 19-day monsoon session got...

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...

Cpm’s gen next gamble

Kerala Cabinet By Insaf Gen Next, is CPM’s strategy to stay alive. At least in God’s own country, Kerala. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government’s decision, to...

India’s image at stake

Modern Forms of Slavery By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Modern slavery in various forms like forced labour, child labour, and human trafficking are among...

Is he relevant today?

Gandhi, Which Gandhi ? By Poonam I Kaushish “What do you think of Gandhi? You mean Pappu,” dismissed a 25-year old disparagingly. “Not at all he’s...

Ill intent or stand buried?

Farm Reforms By Dhurjati Mukherjee The three farm laws have been repealed, the farmers’ have called it a big victory, but a nagging question lingers—whether it...

Welfare vital, no to corruption  

Karnataka Takeaways By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...

Time, comfort for all vital

Modernising Railway By Dhurjati Mukherjee In one of its recent decisions, the Railways will soon bring an engineless high speed train (Train-18) from Howrah to New...

New model of governance in new year

By Inder Jit (Released on 2 January 1990) Familiar resolutions and exhortations are withusagain in the New Year, which also marks the beginning of the new...