Relook into law needed

Contempt of Court By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Controversies over the contempt of court law will go on irrespective of the final scene...

Applies balm, will it heal?

SC on Migrant Workers By Insaf The Supreme Court finally applies the balm. Noticing “several lapses” in dealing with the migrant workers crisis, the court did...

Worshipping false gods

Communal Violence, Yawn By Poonam I Kaushish It never ceases to surprise how our polity is swiftly sinking into the marshy cesspool of bloodied religious intolerance....

An election gimmick?

India Reclaims PoK By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) In response to former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s reference to Pakistan having...

Arms bazaar lures us

2+2 Dialogue By Shivaji Sarkar The recent virtual meet with the US exemplifies that India does a great balancing act magically prioritising billions of business sops...

Foreign Policy

What is Rahul’s world view? By Dr DK Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Rahul Gandhi, president-in-waiting for quite some time will finally take over as head of...

Delhi Univ Polls

Hope for Cong, BJP frowns By Insaf Delhi brings a smile to the Congress and its leadership. Elections to the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) provide...

Aim optics, but blurred

MEPs Valley Visit By Sagarneel Sinha It has been almost close to three months that normalcy has disappeared from the Kashmir Valley — since the...

Is anti-nationalism new black?

Govt Stifling Freedom? By Poonam I Kaushish Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. An adage which nails our leaders angst...

Rules to eliminate misery? 

India's Children By Dhurjati Mukherjee It’s no child’s play to secure a healthy & happy childhood for each and every child in India.The Ministry of Women...

Heed to ipcc warning

Earth's Ecosystem By Dhurjati Mukherjee The launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration advocates it’s time that every country, including India, draw up a plan...

Easier said than done

Free Vaccination By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Centre will start rolling out free vaccines to all States for those above 18 years from next Monday. However, the...

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...

Wb row gets murkier

Of 'Honour' & Politics By Insaf Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is becoming a political hot potato. It’s not just the ‘honour’ of...

Fast tracking of cases vital

Collegium System & Reforms By Dhurjati Mukherjee The new Chief Justice of India, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, stated that the Executive must show “constitutional statesmanship and...

Rise in modern day slavery

UN Foreboding By Shivaji Sarkar The United Nations has raised the red flag of growing modern slavery, suppression of information and hitting sustainable development goals...

Apathy sinking himalayan towns

Tehri, Mussoorie Too Crumbling By Shivaji Sarkar Heaven is literally falling to greed. It is just not Joshimath, but even Tehri Garhwal, Karnaprayag, and Mussoorie too...

Govt support, tech input vital

Boosting Farm Income By Dhurjati Mukherjee Two recent developments in the agricultural sector merit attention. The first is the constitution of the long-awaited committee to look...

Need to sharpen teeth

Poll Management Body By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A rude shock was given to the Indian democratic government when the Election Commission of...

Your lordships object!

Judicial Mutiny By Poonam I Kaushish An unprecedented judicial holocaust hit India last week, the likes unseen or unheard in Independent India. All hell broke loose...