Setback for didi, tmc

West Bengal Scandal By Insaf West Bengal’s fiery Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is caught on the backfoot. Despite putting up a strong front, her and TMC’s...

Integrated policy must

Fares Fly As Rail Collapse By Shivaji Sarkar Air fares are shooting up again as the holiday season arrives. Some weeks back these shot beyond the...

Making peace with noise?

Hanuman Chalisa Vs Azaan By Poonam I Kaushish Ever get up cursing in the wee hours of the morning? Thanks to a loudspeaker blaring, upsetting your...

Worsened by cyber loot

By Shivaji Sarkar The projection for India’s growth is not a surprise. It is on a continuous roll and the loss of Rs 11.3...

Railways’ Priority

Bullet train or infrastructure? By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent tragedy at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road foot over-bridge where over 23 persons died and 39 injured due to...

Recoil on politics, economy

Farm Bills' Repeal By Shivaji Sarkar Finally, the three farm bills are to be withdrawn as the nation goes to polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and...

Fresh look at India-US ties

By Inder Jit (Released on 11 December 1984) The poll battle is hotting up. Salvoes are being fired from both sides. Nevertheless, normal life and work...

Will ncap clean the air?

India's Polluted Cities By Dhurjati Mukherjee Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from WHO shows that 9 out...

Situating ‘operation sindoor’

Democracy & Disruption By Prof (Dr) DK Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The last week has been eventful in global geopolitics in terms of...

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...

Rewriting Direct Tax

Boost growth, savings? By Shivaji Sarkar The new direct tax (DT) law must be revolutionary and a model for world economy. The government’s decision to set...

Karnataka, UP determined

Towards Hindu Rashtra By Insaf “Work is in progress’ should read the sign in BJP’s making of a Hindu Rashtra! Polarisation on communal lines and targeting...

Here’s to women power!

Femme Fatale  By Poonam I Kaushish It seems a tall order, but possible. A stepping stone to gender equality with Prime Minister Modi announcing 33% reservation...

Govt must redirect wealth

Dangerous Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee “A new billionaire has been created every 26 hours since the pandemic began. The world’s 10 richest men have doubled their...

Abhorrent turns normal!

Political Violence By Sagarneel Sinha On December 19, the election day of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) the city of Kolkata saw incidents of violence with the...

Let’s talk of today, not past

Beyond The Kashmir Files By Sagarneel Sinha The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...

Citizens’ common cause

By Inder Jit (Released on September 4, 1979) Revulsion against the current state of politics in the country continues to snowball. Never before has greater contempt...

Will winds of change blow?

G 23-Sonia Meet By Poonam I Kaushish Political Delhi resembles a battle field as Parties trade charges and finger point on the ongoing farmers’ maelstrom. With...

For better or worse?

Parliament:New Beginning By Poonam I Kaushish There are institutions and moments which rise above politics and touches what lies beneath. Parliament is one such, the temple...

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...