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...