An alternate nationalism?
New Opposition Alliance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been much hype about the new Opposition alliance named INDIA (Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance) which has recently...
RBI: Worst Days Over, Yet
Inflation, private banks worrisome
By Shivaji Sarkar
The slowdown has bottomed out, asserts RBI. Indeed, a positive indicator in the last over a year whereby India’s...
Where lies the truth?
NPAs Conundrum
By Shivaji Sarkar
The nation is in a quandary. It wants to know who is telling the reality of bank non-performing assets (NPA) —...
More seats, doctors critical
Medical Education
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The Modi government has taken a number of steps to increase medical seats as well as availability of doctors in...
Relevance must be enhanced
Panchayati Raj & Covid-19
By Moin Qazi
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on the economy: broken supply chains, record unemployment, failing small businesses....
Redraft economic vision
Votes of Aspiration
By Shivaji Sarkar
The BJP, rather Narendra Modi, has stunned the world. Resounding victory touching 352 plus is a rare feat in...
Review, strict action vital
Mitigating Air Pollution
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Centre recently revised the target of reducing air pollution (PM concentrations) in cities from 20-30 percent by 2024 to...
Will govt yield, raise msp?
Farmers' Blockade
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The farm sector is up in arms and has announced a 10-day crop blockade of the country's cities from June 1...
The speaker keeps his word
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 March 1984)
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr. Bal Ram Jakhar deserves a hand. Seven weeks ago, he told...
School Education
Distressing, needs reform
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The recently released UNESCO report monitoring education has pointed out that 2.8 million children are out of school, 11...
New normal & beyond
Digital Finance
By Moin Qazi
Digital finance finds itself at an inflection point as the world continues to tackle the socio-economic fallout of COVID-19 crisis. The...
Time for repositioning
India in the World
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
On the war on Ukraine, New Delhi’s ambivalent and indifferent position, euphemistically called neutral or...
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...
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...
Economic re-statregy must
Arithmetic Vs Welfare
By Shivaji Sarkar
The byelections results are a clear signal for the ruling combine for changing its economic policies. The results are not...
Crime against deities
Idol Thefts
Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A Special Division Bench of the Madras High Court issued a warning while hearing a series of...
Cut i-t rates, stop psu sale
Budget Wish List
By Shivaji Sarkar
Yet another year of uncertainty begins with difficult finances, not so certain growth and perhaps some experimentation by the Union...
Mockery of people’s verdict
Goa Cong Joins BJP
By Insaf
People’s will be damned, is a dispiriting message now coming from Goa. With eight of 11 Congress MLAs joining the...
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...