India, UN Summit & Success

By Inder Jit (Released on 20 September, 1983) The Prime Minister has reason to be pleased with herself and her aides. Her idea of a summit...

‘Godmen’ exploitation unchecked

Hathras Tragedy By Dhurjati Mukherjee The fanaticism manifested in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras which touched around 121 people killed in the stampede is indeed distressing. According to...

Deadly nudge by Corona

Health & Economics By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The economy seems to be at a virtual standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the death toll...

G20 opens up many doors

MBDs, DPI, Biofuels By Shivaji Sarkar The G20 year-long india presidency bash achieves a lot amid global ukraine-russia conflict overshadowing the bid for peace. India’s bilaterals...

New strategic paradigm

India-Pak Conflict By Piotr Opalinski (Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland) The May crisis between India and Pakistan revealed the fragility of the security architecture in...

Ut on sale, a betrayal?

J&K Land Laws Good, bad or ugly, is a question that needs debate after the Centre amended and notified land laws for Jammu & Kashmir....

Judiciary “Bonded” or “Free”

By Madhu Dandavate (As released on 24 May 1985) Recently, Mr. Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar observed in the Supreme Court that due to favouritism by the Government...

Worsened by cyber loot

By Shivaji Sarkar The projection for India’s growth is not a surprise. It is on a continuous roll and the loss of Rs 11.3...

‘Veto’ on outsider

Regionalism To Fore By Poonam I Kaushish Pre 1947 India resounded to “throw out the British”. Sprinkled with nationalism, all pledged to make India united and...

India junks Rs 18 trn

The Great Scrap Vehicle By Shivaji Sarkar India is a powerful economy. It is now officially $4 trillion  but in truth, it is far more potent....

Ease financial milieu

Rising Food Prices By Shivaji Sarkar Rising food prices are adding to the woes of postcorona lockdown recovery. States such as West Bengal, Assam or Uttar...

Impact river system, food security

Melting of Glaciers By Dhurjati Mukherjee In a recent study by the University of Leeds in the UK, it found that the Himalayan glaciers are shrinking...

Spirit of nation

Madam President By Poonam I Kaushish This is a story which has not only made India proud but is a compelling and inspirational tale of overcoming...

Not just Bihar’s concern

Bodies In Ganges By Insaf No dignity in death, an expression that too shall illustrate India’s second wave of the pandemic. This week, the depressing pictures...

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...

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...

Gujarat’s error of remission?

Convicts Set Free By Insaf BJP government’s action in Gujarat is outrageous, to put it mildly. The remission of life imprisonment sentences for 11 men convicted...

India’s Myanmar momemt

Democracy Vs Dictatorship By Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Relations, JIMMC The violence and repression by the military junta in Myanmar continue unabated. Last Sunday at least...

People’s will paramount

BJP Ordinance Raj By Poonam I Kaushish The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. A lexicon which fits the latest BJP-AAP...

Reform or find alternative

Representative Democracy By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Budget session of Parliament has commenced and 20 Opposition parties joined together to boycott the...