Ease financial milieu
Rising Food Prices
By Shivaji Sarkar
Rising food prices are adding to the woes of postcorona lockdown recovery. States such as West Bengal, Assam or Uttar...
Delhi, warsaw concerns
Ukraine War Prolongs
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
It’s been three years, eight months and three weeks since Russia invaded the...
Plan, no more dithering
Rescue Package
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The continuation of the lockdown for another two weeks with minor relaxation may well be understandable given that the government is...
Throttling democractic freedom?
Warning Signals
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In recent days there have been voices of protest from a cross section of society against the policies of the present...
Debt stalks growth
Budget & Development
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Budget 2021-22 is being viewed as a document to consolidate, spend and revive on the one hand and...
The road ahead
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 5 August 2019: In one fell stroke Article 370 was wiped out from India’s Constitution and Jammu & Kashmir State...
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...
Real time checks must
Air Pollution
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Air pollution in the country has emerged as a public health catastrophe, costing India over a million lives and 1.6 to...
Nda adds to upa Legacy
Kinks In Manmohanomics
By Shivaji Sarkar
An economist strangely goes political to criticise a government that follows his Manmohanomics of liberalisaion, globalisation, privatisation with the same...
March for salvation
Farmers Destitution
By Shivaji Sarkar
Elections and competitive promises for loan waivers for farmers are inseparable. Despite this, the farm distress doesn’t end. Even if not...
Worse by climate change
Food Insecurity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Food security has emerged a subject of much discussion due to an impending global crisis, more so due to the Russia-Ukraine...
Impels international initiatives
New Delhi Ups The Game
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
India experiences a week of hectic diplomacy and international activism. New Delhi ups its...
Humanising entertainment
Banning Animals In Circus
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Centre’s draft proposal to ban the use of all animals in any performance,...
Will stakeholders have a say?
Freebies, Voters & Economy
By Insaf
The tax payers and common man’s view should prevail over that of political parties. Well said, by the Supreme Court...
Prices, graft roil economy
Court Exposes Kinks
By Shivaji Sarkar
Innocuous developments are unfolding amidst the growing fervour of the impending elections. Despite concerns of the Reserve Bank of India...
Disasters add to woes
Rising Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...
Sc balm for common man
Hospital Treatment Rates
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
That health is a neglected sector in India has been echoed by experts over the years, but the government has...
Where does the buck stop?
Naxals: Wake Up Call
By Poonam I Kaushish
Remember Alfred Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, The charge of the light brigade. One stanza’s read: ‘Forward, the Light...
Deepening relations!
Modi In Bangladesh
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof, International relations, JIMMC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Bangladesh on 26-27 March to be a part of...
Uk goods may swamp
FTA: 'India To Be Import Led'
By Shivaji Sarkar
The recently-concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom marks a critical shift in...