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...
Parliament abdicates control again
By Inderjit
(Released on 12 June 1990)
Parliament’s recently-concluded budget session has not received the critical attention it deserves. Not many of our people have cared...
Wise pricing policy vital
Weird Sensex Rise
By Shivaji Sarkar
The sudden record movement of Sensex to 36,548 points once again proves that the stock market need
not follow other economic...
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Introduced
Parliament Spotlight
New Delhi, 28 Mar: The government was able to introduce ‘The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022,’ in the Lok Sabha despite stiff oppositionas...
Strategic defence pact
Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
The Defence Agreement, signed last month by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is another sign...
India’s strategic dichotomy?
Quad & BRICS
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The Quad summit last week deepened the alliance of four members as it rattled China, the...
An unnecessary addition?
Anti-Lynching Law
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Government of West Bengal has passed the Prevention of Lynching Bill in the Legislative Assembly...
States must aid centre
The MSP Demand
By Dr. S.S Chhina
(Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi)
Albeit the longest-ever protest from the farming community, especially in Punjab and...
What’s the big deal?
Constitutional Morality
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa July 2023: “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief...
Disciplining law makers
Code of Conduct
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu has been urging political parties to adopt a Code of Conduct for MPs...
Nation’s Children
Jharkhand too gives a damn
By Insaf
Jharkhand government should hang its head in shame. Close on the heels of UP’s Gorakhpur medical college tragedy, a...
A dramatic shift
PM Modi in SCO
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
It goes without saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance in the...
7 lakh unsold cars pile-up
Savings Dip, Prices Spur
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country’s banking sector deposit crisis symbolises grave ailments afflicting the economy hitting many sectors, including manufacturing, the automobile...
Earnings up Rs 64 bn a year
Monopoly Helps Google India
By Shivaji Sarkar
Internet giants are having fortunes in India for weak anti-trust or monopoly laws. Google alone repatriates Rs 64 billion...
Will stakeholders have a say?
Freebies, Voters & Economy
By Insaf
The tax payers and common man’s view should prevail over that of political parties. Well said, by the Supreme Court...
An alternate nationalism?
New Opposition Alliance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been much hype about the new Opposition alliance named INDIA (Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance) which has recently...
Who will bell the crime cat?
Criminal Sense Vs Moral Sensibility
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ouch! Truth hurts when it hits bull’s eye. “Nations start off on the basis of high ideals...
Anti-bjp Déjà vu
Opposition Void
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! Eight weeks in to the lockdown yet there is no respite from the tu-tu-mein-meinvitriol between the Government and Opposition...
Does India stand to gain?
Widening Trade Pacts
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The global trade scenario is complex and the situation is unlikely to improve shortly. With the US imposing tariff barriers,...
Bengal polls key to future
Economic Policy
By Shivaji Sarkar
West Bengal elections may be a referendum for India’s economic policies. It will decide whether the politics of “reformist economy” will...