The assault on federalism
By B.K. Nehru
(Former Governor and Diplomat)
(Released on 6 February, 1990)
The Constitution of the Republic of India is federal; it is the union of the...
Muslim women unshackled
Game Changing Act
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 1985: A five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court overruled the Muslim Personal Law in the famous Shah...
Sjm treads Gandhian path
Job Creation Sans Govt
By Shivaji Sarkar
Acute unemployment, the biggest political challenge for the country, is sought to be resolved the Gandhian way by the...
Can India mitigate impact?
US Tariff War
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Amidst the tariff war, India will now become one of the most heavily taxed US trade partners, equal to Brazil...
Murder in School & Child Abuse
Coarse correction vital
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A shocking incident of a teenage murder two months ago at a school in Gurugram in...
Oil, $ surge = wage, farm crisis
Rate Rise To Boost Savings
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world economy is in turmoil as crude touches a high (since 2014) in the wake of US...
A veritable pause
Executing Operation Sindoor
By Prof (Dr) DK Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
In a powerful speech Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered some hard messages...
All is not well?
Patna Vs Delhi
By Insaf
Tit-for-tat is being played out in Bihar. An angry Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inducted eight new ministers in his Cabinet...
Economy back on voters’ mind
Changing Poll Dynamics
The Haryana and Maharashtra election results’ speak. The Congress can do without Gandhis, regional parties have their sheen and dominant castes have...
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...
Fm spur scarce, cash dole vital
Global Crisis Till 2030
By Shivaji Sarkar
The devastation caused by pandemic ensued lockdown may take ten long years to recover and the world economy may...
Does India stand to gain?
Widening Trade Pacts
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The global trade scenario is complex and the situation is unlikely to improve shortly. With the US imposing tariff barriers,...
Constraints need attention
Vision@2047
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is understood that the Vision@2047 document, likely to be released by the government by year-end, will outline the structural changes and...
Ideology be damned
MP Crisis
By Insaf
To be or not to be, that is the question. Not just in Madhya Pradesh but across parties, States and of course...
A lesson in coalition
Karnataka Pattern
By Dr.S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
"Is this the way to run a coalition government, where every day you have to request your...
Rate thaw aids home buyers
Corp Pays More: RBI
By Shivaji Sarkar
The repo rate thaw by the Reserve Bank of India has surprised many in the industry, though they had...
Poor lose, powerful gain
Pro-crony Policies
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on promoting “pro-business” policy that enhances market competition negating the...
Stringent action vital
Air Pollution Hazards
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met...
Shield from govt meddling
Public Sector Banks
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Public sector banks are underperforming and are mostly in the red due to increase in non-performing assets. Even the largest...
$4 billion at stake!
Temple Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
The temple economy is as large as the Indian budget sustaining the country. Its contours across the religious denominations of Hindu,...