Need to value ground reality
Forestry Report
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
At a time when global warming is critical to human survival, forests play a significant role. Thus the much-hyped State of...
Requires $80 billion funding
Malaria Comeback
By Shivaji Sarkar
Dreaded malaria can make a comeback amid global warming-heavy rains and needs three times more allocations a year. India suffers a...
Double standards: Opposition
Centre's 'Witch-Hunt'
By Insaf
Not done! A message from nine Opposition leaders from eight national parties to Prime Minister Modi. Standing behind AAP’s Manish Sisodia, who’s...
CAA extended politics
Union-State Relations
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A special session convened by the Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a Resolution terming the Citizenship Amendment...
Tech & govt support vital
Raising Farm Output
Open Forum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged States to step up domestic production by accelerating the process for modernisation of...
Economy needs free run
Cash & Banks
By Shivaji Sarkar
Fetish of any kind is bad. Of late, the society has started a cleaning operation to the extent that it...
Mars vaccination drive
Centre-States Pow Wow
By Insaf
An unsavoury slugfest between the Centre and Opposition States over Covid vaccination is the last thing that the country needs to...
Spurring development
Mobile Money
By Moin Qazi
One of the most visible effects of the technological revolution in financial services is in how we pay for goods and...
Grim, challenges must be met
School Education
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The Parliamentary standing committee report on education titled ‘Plans for Bridging the Learning Gaps’ has admitted the yawning digital divide...
Major challenges ahead
NDA's 3rd Govt
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the economy showing some resilience, the challenges before the new government are indeed quite widespread. There is also talk...
Atlernative governance plan?
Congress Introspection
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recently concluded Chintan Shivir of the Congress at its Udaipur Declaration has given a call for ‘Bharat Jodo’ (United India)...
Fresh entrant, new hope
UP Politics
By Insaf
Uttar Pradesh politics has a new star on the horizon. The entry of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Congress General Secretary in-charge of...
What can India do?
Sri Lankan Crisis
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The Sri Lankan civil unrest starting from the second week of March, reached the violent nadir...
What constitutional norms?
Governors Bane Ghulam
By Poonam I Kaushish
Fame and Shame. Two emotions played out on the political theatre last week. In the first, India made history...
Will stealth F-35 fly to India?
Tariff, Gas Haze Trump Talks
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is set to deepen economic ties with the U.S. through a massive $500 billion purchase deal, securing...
Is it right strategy?
Reform Agenda
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has triggered a discussion whether it outlines the government’s broader agenda on...
Ending abuse of quota system?
EWS Verdict
By Sagarneel Sinha
It has been quite common to hear from the upper castes that the reservation system hampers growth. They often argue that...
WB, Punjab to ekla chalo
INDIA Bloc Discord
By Insaf
West Bengal and Punjab have put a spoke in the INDIA bloc wheel, as of now. Both TMC and AAP respectively...
In deep trouble
India’s NGOs
By Moin Qazi
India is now all set to frame a law to curb the wild growth of NGOs. The voluntary sector in the...
Past fixation at present cost
Politics Of Statues
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. Seven days when we stood witness to...