Overstated, curb profits
Petro Price Bogey
By Shivaji Sarkar
Fuel is not only scarce, but expensive. More the pricey it is, higher is the profits of the oil companies....
Redraft economic vision
Votes of Aspiration
By Shivaji Sarkar
The BJP, rather Narendra Modi, has stunned the world. Resounding victory touching 352 plus is a rare feat in...
Compromising our democracy?
Cambridge Analytica
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
A few weeks ago, India was stung by an 'expose' that a foreign company, Cambridge Analytica, was...
FM’s data, reality varies
Glitter is Not Gold
By Shivaji Sarkar
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has projected a promising economy that could take the country to a path of...
The 39 are alive, no dead!
Mistakes in Mosul
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The tragic death of Indian workers in Mosul, Iraq was shrouded in confusion and miscommunication. The...
EAC Task Cut Out
Focus on farm sector & tame banks
By Shivaji Sarkar
The poor and the economy have taken centre stage in Indian politics. Prime Minister Modi feels...
Vision blurred for needy?
'Crorepati' Politicians
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recent data of an analysis of election affidavits filed for the 64 Rajya Sabha seats is an eye opener on the...
Knee jerk reaction
RBI's Rupee Plan
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Reserve Bank of India engages in knee jerk reactions to arrest the decline of the rupee against the dollar....
Grim, challenges must be met
School Education
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The Parliamentary standing committee report on education titled ‘Plans for Bridging the Learning Gaps’ has admitted the yawning digital divide...
Past & present clash
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Both Assam and Meghalaya governments appear absolutely tired of the violent clashes going on between them over the issue...
Throwback to non-alignment?
Congress Foreign Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Indian National Congress in its 84th plenary session held last weekend, strongly censured Modi government's...
Gift of street politics
Law Enforcement Crisis
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
"Who are you?" - the question posed by a victim of police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters...
Opposition chances brighten
By Inder Jit
(Released on 27 April 1982)
Opposition prospects in the mini-general poll are looking up. At long last, good sense appears to be prevailing...
Dreams, masses excluded
Union Budget
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Union Budget 2022 introduces digital crypto currency, gives incentives to farmers, industry and leaves out the wage workers high and...
Suspense period politics
Amid Polling & Counting
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi)
Polling for 2019 Lok Sabha election, in seven phases stretching to 39 days from...
End culture of impunity
Dalit Nirbhaya
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is in conflict with its betis. If recalling the horrors of Nirbhaya, Kathua, Unnao, Muzzafarnagar, Telangana etc weren’t gut...
Lacks focus on micro units, jobs
Growth-Oriented Budget
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Finance Minister Sitharaman has done a reasonably good job in presenting a Budget with a sharp focus on healthcare and infrastructure,...
Katil=neta, toh kya
Quality Of Leaders
By Poonam I Kaushish
Nothing costs a nation more than a cheap and venal politician. This lexicon was brutally underscored last week by...
Ganga plains in Eco crisis
Himalayas Face Snow Famine
By Shivaji Satkar
An alarm bell is tolling. A “snow famine”, or more accurately, recurrent and intensifying snow droughts, is occurring in the...