Setting strategic footholds
Modi's Gulf, East Africa Visit
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day state visit to Jordan on 15-16...
Pol, Eco challenges
Pakistan at a Crossroads
By Piotr Opaliñski
(Former Polish Ambassador to Pak)
(Mem, Centre for Intl Relations)
Located at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia and the...
India’s response
Global Trade War
By Prof. D K Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group, Bhubaneswar)
The unilateral and universal tariff imposed by Donald Trump had shaken the world....
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...
Jobs & demand creation vital
Ominous Economic Scenario
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
As we enter the new fiscal, the economic situation in the country is projected to be far from satisfactory. While...
India’s concerns
US Elections
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof, Intl Relations, JMI)
The Presidential elections in United States held on 3 November has not yet produced concrete results. The...
Is Modi vincible?
BJP Takes Big Hit
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 2014: India voted for change and a new power paradigm on the wings of hope and trust....
Restating strategic autonomy!
EAM in Russia
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in Moscow visiting his counterparts– the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...
Needs to change course
Climate Change
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Climate change leading to global warming and other attendant atmospheric problems has attracted headlines since a long time. Now, a recent...
Policy, pride & prejudice
Foreign Aid For Kerala
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Latest political controversy containing multiple issues within one major issue relates to refusal of financial...
Aim viksit future by 2028
By Shivaji Sarkar
Bihar Freebie Trap
Bihar’s 2025 elections are shaping up as a decisive moment for the state’s future. Once again, the political narrative is...
Behead hatred
Season of Poison
By Poonam I Kaushish
The power of rhetorical public abuse by our leaders’ underscores political discourse is only rabble rousing, devoid of substance,...
Ec kachahari: Jo jeeta wohi sikander!
'Laapata Gentlemen'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! Tomorrow as ballot boxes are counted we shall know who will sit on India’s Raj gaddi in this hard-fought...
India harking back to past
Putin's Visit
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Russian President Vladimir Putin made New Delhi revisit its days of non-alignment, on his visit last week....
Appointment of Chief Justice
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 February 1978)
Top Government leaders are embarrassed by the continuing speculation in the Press in regard to the choice of...
Mountain out of molehill
Wakf Act
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! As Delhi simmers in rising heat wave, it is better than political stewing on the contentious Mussalman Wakf (Repeal)...
Conspiracy undermines parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 September 1990)
Parliament’s recently-concluded monsoon session has not received the critical attention it deserves. The functioning of the Lok Sabha...
Uniform civil code, anyone?
When Ram, Rahim Poll Cut Outs…
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein, now Ram-Rahim...
Can cm still run govt?
Kejriwal in ED Custody
By Insaf
Delhi’s high political drama with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal firm on running AAP government from ED custody has left everyone...
Securing politics & trade
Jaishankar in S. Arabia
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit beginning...