“Not the centre’s chaprasi”

By Inder Jit (Released on 17 April 1984) The Governors and their role are in the news again. Late last month, Mrs Gandhi made most people...

Budget session may end up as farce

By Inder Jit (Released on 18 April 1989) Parliament seems poised to reduce its budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...

Dreams, masses excluded

Union Budget By Shivaji Sarkar The Union Budget 2022 introduces digital crypto currency, gives incentives to farmers, industry and leaves out the wage workers high and...

Hurried, but ineffective?

Welfare Programmes By Dhurjati Mukherjee The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...

Upgradation vital for revival

R&D Technology By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s manufacturing expertise is not very efficient and cost competitive, even compared with the emerging economies. As such, there have been...

What should India do?

Trump & Pakistan By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) US President Donald Trump's tweet on New Year eve on Pakistan has radically changed the geopolitical...

Changing, more freelance

Trending Work By Dhurjati Mukherjee Generating and providing employment is a big challenge for a country like India. The nature and type of work has...

World heads for panic recession

Beyond The Pandemic By Shivaji Sarkar Pandemic to panic stalls the world. Markets everywhere slump. Corona or not it has hit Asian corporate and State governments...

How the world reacts

Israel-Hamas War By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The Israel-Hamas war is escalating every hour causing pathetic loss of lives, property and resources....

Nation’s prerogative

Citizenship Expansion By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 is another bold initiative of the NDA government to tackle the problem...

Milking poll benefit

Cow Politics Back By Poonam I Kaushish Gau mata politics is once again back with a bang. “Some people, the moment the words gai and Om...

Strong stats, lowest wages

Gujarat's Political Reset By Shivaji Sarkar Gujarat supposedly the most prosperous state and a dynamic economic model for the country sprung a surprise with a fast...

Quotas And Queues

How do we spell merit? By Poonam I Kaushish Quotas and queues are back on the political platter wherein our netagan are busy indulging in one-upmanship,...

Targets poor, ease of living

BJP Eyes 2047 By Shivaji Sarkar In the 75th year of Independence, the BJP is setting the goals to work continuously till the centenary, 2047, riding...

New govt’s priorities

Beyond Borders By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) After two months of mind and body-wrenching electioneering in the biggest democracy in the world, the results...

No ticket for ‘criminals’?

4 Assembly Elections By Insaf Criminalisation of politics has come into sharp focus at an opportune time. With Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana to go...

From ‘us’ to ‘them’

Hijab Controversy By Poonam I Kaushish What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but the maelstrom over the innocuous Muslim hijab (headscarf) banned...

Will exports be on rise?

India's Trade Outlook By Dhurjati Mukherjee The present geopolitical situation has generated a lot of discussion and has, no doubt, been a cause for serious concern...

To fight Covid-19

Sc & Tech Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The draft of the new Science and Technology Policy has been released which is the fifth policy document of...

No talk, act on global warming

Glacial Burst By Dhurjati Mukherjee Global warming needs a lot more attention in the country following the recent glacial burst in Uttarakhand and . While experts...