The People’s Right To Information

Inder Jit (Released on 7 August 1984) Ignorance continues to abound in regard to Parliament, its constitution, practices, procedures and privileges. Thirty-four years as a sovereign...

Balatkar akhir kab tak?

Society At War By Poonam I Kaushish A 15-year-old girl leaves home for her tuition classes on 9 January in Haryana. Four days later her body...

Nepal PM Visit

Seeking to rebuild ties The recent visit of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India assumes unusually great significance in the current scenario. The...

Dress code or girl child education?

Karnataka Hijab Row By Insaf The Karnataka hijab ban row is not easy to resolve. The two-judge bench of Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on...

Absurd, govt must step in

90-Hour Work Week! Two statements, one by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman SN Subramanyan saying there should be 90-hour weekly work, including on Sundays, for...

Is Govt stifling freedom?

New Grammar of Sedition By Poonam I Kaushish “Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...

A pattern in confusion

Welfare Corps For Sub-Castes By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently decided to set up 56 separate corporations for...

 Prioritising peace

Raisina Dialogue 2025 By Dr. DK Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) The Raisina Dialogue is an annual event providing a platform for multiple global stakeholders...

States hit by empty atms

Modi's "Cashless" India By Insaf The Centre's grand plans towards a 'cashless society' have not only come to haunt it but become a butt of jokes....

Tall claims, nagging doubts

J&K Statehood By Insaf Is the Centre putting the cart before the horse, is a question being asked in Jammu and Kashmir. This, as despair and...

Sushasan wins, nitish back

Bihar For NDA, Bi Har For MGB  By Poonam I Kaushish At the end, it all feels good. A six week, two phase grueling election which...

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,...

Aser report not encouraging

Primary Education By Dhurjati Mukherjee Primary education in the country is neglected as the States do not have the resources to invest in schools and upgrade...

Voters have role beyond poll

By Inder Jit Millions of our voters exercised their franchise yesterday in a majority of the States and Union Territories. Millions more will hopefully cast...

Adverse impact for India

Melting Glaciers By Dhurjati Mukherjee The United Nations has declared 2025 as the ‘International Year of Glacier Preservation’, given the critical problem of glacier melting. To...

Right spend in question

Wasteful Nation By Shivaji Sarkar Periodic festive post-lockdown sales are not indicators of the economy booming for sustainable development as the slump may loom large. There...

Integrated plan critical

Defence Modernisation By Dhurjati Mukherjee With threats from China persisting for quite a few years, the need for defence modernisation has gained credence in recent years....

India awaits new economy

Curbs On Asset Sales By Shivaji Sarkar The Delhi Assembly election award goes to soft inclusive skills against campaigning on hard on issues of identity. It...

Blend of realism & restraint

  Vajpayee's Foreign Policy By Dr. D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Atal Bihari Vajpayee left deep footprints on Indian politics in the six decades of his...

New Delhi should initiate

Resetting India-Nepal Ties By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) In a desperate bid to stoke the passion of cultural nationalism, Nepal Prime Minister K.P.S. Oli...