Double rate in offing?
Minimum Daily Wage
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A committee, appointed by the Centre, has recently recommended an improved formula on minimum daily wage, based on workers' families...
Leaks Foreign Exchange?
Liberalised Remittance Scheme
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are not the only people who have parked their wealth abroad. They have, however, done...
Buzz in global economics
Critical Raw Materials
By Dr. Bruno Surdel
(Expert, Center for Intl Relations, Poland)
Critical raw materials are a hot topic in global economics and geopolitics. They are...
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...
Are times changing?
Her "Modern" Story
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week India was agog over one of its favourite topics: Indian women. A subject which are netagan feel...
Religion & power politics
Lingayat Minority
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
BJP President Amit Shah's categorical announcement that his party will not support a minority religious tag to...
Rs 27,500 cr lost in May!
Long Poll Hits Stocks
By Shivaji Sarkar
Global uncertainties over rising interest rates, jittery noises of Lok Sabha elections surpass the Reserve Bank of India’s Rs...
Churning in opposition camps
West Bengal Politics
By Sagarneel Sinha
It is going to be a year this May since Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress returned back to power in West...
Fresh assault on judiciary
By Inder Jit
(Released on 27 January 1981)
Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...
A historic visit
Modi in Egypt
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for
Democratic Socialism)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Egypt was somewhat overshadowed by the ‘landmark’ official...
No more immunity
Court Tells Jan Sewak
By Poonam I Kaushish
Jan sewaks or swayam sewaks? Public servants we are assert our Right Honourables. But that is only for...
Rajasthan out, straight fight?
Cong Presidential Poll
By Insaf
Rajasthan Congress’ high drama nearly turned the grand old party’s presidential poll into a tamasha. Fortunately, for the Congress, Chief Minister...
Govt puts up its hands!
Badgered Economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
2020 is a year every individual would wish had not been on the calendar. The devastation is immeasurable. Corrections are difficult....
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,...
Centre, states blame game
Rural Employment
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There were recent protests in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament regarding long delays in the release of...
Two states renew hope, peace
AFSPA Withdrawn
By Insaf
Holding peace is rewarding. The Centre has rightly acknowledged it in two north eastern States. Early this week, Union Home Ministry revoked...
A medical prescription
Social Distancing
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Countrywide social distancing by observing one-day “Janata Curfew” on Sunday last was indeed a success in...
Crop diversification vital
Transforming Agriculture
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prime Minister Modi, at the recently held 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) on ‘Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems’ pointed...
Fuels a national review
Price Roller Coaster
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is on a galloping price roller coaster. It has turned into a silent killer of the economy, forcing the...
New Speaker, new chapter?
Declining Parliament
By Poonam I Kaushish
The 17th Lok Sabha scripted a “unanimous” new beginning on Wednesday last when a relative newcomer Sangh Parivar’s grassroot leader...