What’s morality got to do with it?
Political Untouchable
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politics is the last refuge of scoundrels and when gold speaks all tongues are silent. Both Karnataka polls wherein Election...
Decline of Parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on April 8, 1980)
Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign masters, the people, the close attention it...
Belan vs Pagri
Stree Dhan Quota
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quota is back on the political platter albeit with a bad twist. Amidst ED raids and questioning of BRS’s...
Warned yet unprepared
Monsoon Mahyem
By Poonam I Kaushish
When it rains, it pours. And how! As annual rains shower a catastrophic effect across many States, they resemble disaster...
India must watch us-eu dynamic
Security & Transatlantic Ties
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland)
The global order is undergoing its deepest transformation since the end of the Cold...
BJP in, aap out?
Delhi Verdict
By Insaf
It’s D-Day today. Counting of votes begins for Delhi Assembly election. The million-dollar question is whether AAP will secure a third consecutive...
Better late than never
Plastic Ban
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...
Right-wing Surge in Germany
Indian model for Europe!
By Dr.D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Liberals as well as progressives in Germany are shocked by the 19th Bundestag (Parliament) results. For the...
Strategic defence pact
Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
The Defence Agreement, signed last month by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is another sign...
Gujarat hc puts brakes
'Love Jihad' Law
By Insaf
Gujarat High Court gives a ray of hope. It has stayed the operation of some sections of the anti-conversion law, saying...
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...
Investment Package
Will rejig do wonders?
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Rs 9.2 trillion capital influencing package is apparently a major move to resuscitate the economy. The route is...
K’taka polls to douse or ignite?
India Sitting On A Tinderbox
By Shivaji Sarkar
As Karnataka goes to the polls, a number of economic issues are coming to the fore, price rise,...
An Indian perspective
The Polish Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
On 1 January this year, Poland took over the rotating presidency of the...
Your lordships object!
Judicial Mutiny
By Poonam I Kaushish
An unprecedented judicial holocaust hit India last week, the likes unseen or unheard in Independent India. All hell broke loose...
Our Neglected Values
By Inder Jit
(Released on 16 November 1976)
Pointed attention has at long last been directed to a vital but neglected aspect of our life and...
Game of Thrones goes awry
ABKI BAAR BJP, But….
By Poonam I Kaushish
It began as a one horse race. A predictable election with a public relations blitzkriegs leading to a...
Ties at their best
Hasina in India
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Seikh Hasina was in India last week to bolster multiple ties. Of late,...
Big budget path not easy
Farmer, Trader Welfare
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Narendra Modi government begins its second term by opening up its kitty for the newly- emerging rural farm sector...
Valuing the significance
The New Emblem
By Dusmanta Kumar
In his 9th address to the nation on the 76 Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an innovative as...