Enlarging partnership

Danish PM Visit By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) Prime Minister of Denmark Ms. Mette Frederiksen was in Delhi October 9 to 11. In fact,...

Bolstering the partnership

India-France Dialogues By (Prof.) Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Anne-Marie Descotes, Secretary General of the French Ministry...

Time to wake up on defence

Modi's tsunami-2 By PK Vasudeva Certainly, the election results are a Tsunami-2 for Modi, bettering his 2014 performance. Riding on a massive saffron surge sweeping through...

Centre, states pass the buck?

Mob Violence & Lynching By Insaf Who will bell the cat? The Centre or the States as mob violence and lynching continue to cause nagging unease...

Reopening debate

Death Penalty By Dr. S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...

One more vow of govt jobs!

MP's Children By Insaf Madhya Pradesh’s Children! That’s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the ‘sons of the...

Large funds can’t save globe

Climate Resilience By Shivaji Sarkar Amid the rising disaster risk threats to infrastructure, the world plans massive investments of $94 trillion for disaster resilience in the...

An India moment!

Quad Meet In US By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Washington on 1 July opens up...

Funds availibity critical

Budgeting Welfare By Dhurjati Mukherjee The interim Budget presented by stand-in Finance Minister Piyush Goel putting thrust on rural industrialisation possibly fulfils the dream of Mahatma...

Riots cost India $646 bn

Communal Violence By Shivaji Sarkar Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...

Are poor better off?

Politics of Poverty By Dhurjati Mukherjee Lok Sabha elections announced, all political parties are gearing up to woo the electoral vote bank, specially the poor and...

Needs holistic vision

New Infra Pack By Shivaji Sarkar The government has finally woken up. It has announced Rs 102 lakh crore programme for strengthening Indian infrastructure. This aims...

North East upbeat

Removal of AFPSA By Insaf Well begun is half done!Chief Ministers of North East, particularly Assam, Nagaland and Manipur are upbeat as the Centre’s announcement of...

Disasters add to woes

Rising Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...

Afresh initiative

NITI Aayog & SDGs By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics JIMMC) The NITI Aayog launched on 23 November, thefirst SDG Urban Index that ranks our...

With or without bridge courses

Rural Medical Care By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A short-term Bridge Course for practitioners of Ayurveda and other traditional medicine proposed in the...

WB, Punjab to ekla chalo

INDIA Bloc Discord By Insaf West Bengal and Punjab have put a spoke in the INDIA bloc wheel, as of now. Both TMC and AAP respectively...

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...

Election by selection

Party Presidentship   By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The importance of party leadership position must have been realised by every citizen watching the process...

Will labour codes help?

India's Exports Slide By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s exports have witnessed a slide in most sectors, as per latest reports, in view of the current geopolitical situation...