Setting strategic footholds

Modi's Gulf, East Africa Visit By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day state visit to Jordan on 15-16...

Pol, Eco challenges

Pakistan at a Crossroads By Piotr Opaliñski (Former Polish Ambassador to Pak) (Mem, Centre for Intl Relations) Located at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia and the...

India’s response

Global Trade War By Prof. D K Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group, Bhubaneswar) The unilateral and universal tariff imposed by Donald Trump had shaken the world....

No substitute for classroom

Online Education By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Closure of schools has led to a thoughtless rush to switch over to online education as...

Jobs & demand creation vital

Ominous Economic Scenario By Dhurjati Mukherjee As we enter the new fiscal, the economic situation in the country is projected to be far from satisfactory. While...

India’s concerns

US Elections By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof, Intl Relations, JMI) The Presidential elections in United States held on 3 November has not yet produced concrete results. The...

Is Modi vincible?

BJP Takes Big Hit By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2014: India voted for change and a new power paradigm on the wings of hope and trust....

Restating strategic autonomy!

EAM in Russia By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in Moscow visiting his counterparts– the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...

Needs to change course

Climate Change By Dhurjati Mukherjee Climate change leading to global warming and other attendant atmospheric problems has attracted headlines since a long time. Now, a recent...

Policy, pride & prejudice

Foreign Aid For Kerala By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Latest political controversy containing multiple issues within one major issue relates to refusal of financial...

Aim viksit future by 2028

By Shivaji Sarkar Bihar Freebie Trap Bihar’s 2025 elections are shaping up as a decisive moment for the state’s future. Once again, the political narrative is...

Behead hatred

Season of Poison By Poonam I Kaushish The power of rhetorical public abuse by our leaders’ underscores political discourse is only rabble rousing, devoid of substance,...

Ec kachahari: Jo jeeta wohi sikander!

'Laapata Gentlemen' By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! Tomorrow as ballot boxes are counted we shall know who will sit on India’s Raj gaddi in this hard-fought...

India harking back to past

Putin's Visit By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Russian President Vladimir Putin made New Delhi revisit its days of non-alignment, on his visit last week....

Appointment of Chief Justice

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 February 1978) Top Government leaders are embarrassed by the continuing speculation in the Press in regard to the choice of...

Mountain out of molehill

Wakf Act By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! As Delhi simmers in rising heat wave, it is better than political stewing on the contentious  Mussalman Wakf (Repeal)...

Conspiracy undermines parliament

By Inder Jit (Released on 18 September 1990) Parliament’s recently-concluded monsoon session has not received the critical attention it deserves. The functioning of the Lok Sabha...

Uniform civil code, anyone?

When Ram, Rahim Poll Cut Outs… By Poonam I Kaushish In this season of freebies galore interspersed with vitriolic hate speeches and venomous tu-tu-mein-mein, now Ram-Rahim...

Can cm still run govt?

Kejriwal in ED Custody By Insaf Delhi’s high political drama with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal firm on running AAP government from ED custody has left everyone...

Securing politics & trade

Jaishankar in S. Arabia By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit beginning...