New Delhi mobilising world!
Pahalgam Massacre
By Dr DK Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group
of Institutions)
The cold blooded murder of innocent tourists in Pahalgam has shocked not only India but...
Vital for good governance
Judiciary's Role & Power
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been for long a serious debate about the Judiciary’s powers and whether it is going beyond its...
New govt must reflect
Right To Health
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Health care comes into sharp focus this General election. While the BJP already has its ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme...
Gau Rakshaks, Netas
SC cracks the whip
By Insaf
Stop pussyfooting around. A terse message from the Supreme Court to State governments on doing precious little against cow vigilantes....
Whose right is to punish?
Death Row Convicts
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has admitted the government’s plea to issue “victim and society centric” guidelines to prevent...
India’s rupee sinks
Gold Shines for Switzerland
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is in a Gold loop. Swiss Refineries and Indian Consumers are weakening the Rupee. The country’s import appetite...
Up restates it be damned
Ideology & Principles
By Insaf
Ideology be damned! The political development in Uttar Pradesh sadly reiterates it. With Assembly elections slated February next year, the BJP...
Transform religious outlook
Law Against Lynching
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Religious fanatics have led to undermining the interests of the minority, thereby fomenting communal tensions and creating social upheavals. The...
Congress in crisis: Inept handling
By Inder Jit
(Published on 14 February 1989)
The Congress-I today faces its worst ever crisis. Indeed, a bigger question mark than ever before has gone...
Fast-tracking partnership
India & US
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
The first-ever 2+2 meeting between India and the United States held recently in New Delhi...
A goodwill visit
Modi In Bhutan
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to the Himalayan kingdom...
Will sc tame Yogi’s up?
Kanwar Yatra
By Insaf
In election mode, Uttar Pradesh is going all out to reach to its Hindu vote bank. Be it the Kanwar yatra or...
Ap tops, Gujarat slides
States Business Acumen
By Insaf
Three cheers for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The two bifurcated States have shown tremendous resilience since 2014 and given Modi's Gujarat...
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...
Political harlotry unbridled
By Inder Jit
(Released on 16 June 1981)
Prostitution is legally banned in India. But political harlotry continues to flourish brazenly. What is worse, it is...
UN, WIR Reports
India grows, but high ineqality
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world economy has grown at 3 per cent but still the pace of global investment is uncertain,...
Budget, ftas & after
Creating Employment
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The hype around the budget will be over within a few days but the recent trade deals need analysis, keeping in...
Enough, say taxpayers
Poor India's Rich Ministers!
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage. This adage rang true last week when news...
How many will you put in jail?
Man Our Netas Are Touchy!
By Poonam I Kaushish
One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance...
No ticket for ‘criminals’?
4 Assembly Elections
By Insaf
Criminalisation of politics has come into sharp focus at an opportune time. With Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana to go...