Uniform Civil code, anyone?
When Gods Are Poll Cut Outs
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the silly season of Ram-Rahim being reduced to political poll cut outs with each community...
Decline in academic freedom?
Scientific Approach
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The findings of the QS World University Rankings released recently have shown that India experienced the highest growth in university...
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...
A remedy for the new malady
By Inder Jit
(Released on 28 August 1984)
Outrageous developments in Andhra Pradesh and earlier in Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim have posed yet another threat...
Sins of defection
Gaddi And Gaddari
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the monsoon season it is raining Party splitting. One doesn’t know who is sleeping with whom and who...
Demand, pvt investment low
Economic Recovery
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Economists are debating economic recovery, but the scenario is not all that encouraging as there are concerns about toughening conditions in...
I am an obc, who are you?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
India arrived on the world map last week, and how. Clearly the G 20 summit was a blockbuster with its...
Afresh initiative
NITI Aayog & SDGs
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics JIMMC)
The NITI Aayog launched on 23 November, thefirst SDG Urban Index that ranks our...
Economy back on voters’ mind
Changing Poll Dynamics
The Haryana and Maharashtra election results’ speak. The Congress can do without Gandhis, regional parties have their sheen and dominant castes have...
Flying to new heights?
Tata's Air India
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been much discussion and debate on the question of disinvestment of public sector organisations with accusations of the...
Dialogue is way forward
State-Sponsored Violence
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the past decade, 85 per cent of Left Wing Extremists (LWE) strength in Chhattisgarh and 14 top CPI (Maoist) leaders...
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...
March for salvation
Farmers Destitution
By Shivaji Sarkar
Elections and competitive promises for loan waivers for farmers are inseparable. Despite this, the farm distress doesn’t end. Even if not...
Cash is king after note ban
Economy, A No Go for SC
By Shivaji Sarkar
The judgment on demonetisation is not unexpected, but the Supreme Court missive givingun fettered freedom to all...
India must make good!
Changes in Global Economy
By Dr. D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
“Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit” is a maxim...
Shocking case of negligence
Crime Against Women
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In India, as per report of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) 2019 every 16 minutes, a woman is raped somewhere...
Swadeshi saving to fund Govt
Moving Away From Nehru
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Modi-led NDA-II’s budget has changed the focus to peg India’s finances on village and farms, clearly a visible...
Consensus eludes
G-20 Meeting
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Not unexpectedly, consensus eluded the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of...
Need sharper swadeshi
US Out To Punish India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The weaponizing of tariff runs deeper than it appears. When US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described India–US ties...
QUO vadis?
Gulf Wars
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The war in Gaza is reaching in an alarming stage. Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel...