Planned desert in offing

Jewar Airport By Shivaji Sarkar It couldn’t be more ironical. As India played host to the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN...

Honey, we are touchy!

India's Moral Terrorist By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance. From love...

Bjp’s machiavellian intrigues

President Rule In Puducherry By Insaf The BJP does it again, another Congress-led government bites the dust. This time in tiny Puducherry, due for Assembly elections...

Sebi books 150 agents

Cybercrimes Burst Stocks! By Shivaji Sarkar The stock market behaves awry again, acting like replica of the 1992 Harshad Mehta boom-bust syndrome. It zooms and goes...

A new way to combat corruption

By Inder Jit (Released on 10 October 1989) Corruption continues to grow — and the corrupt continue to flourish and prosper. Each succeeding day spotlights some...

Nepal PM Visit

Seeking to rebuild ties The recent visit of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India assumes unusually great significance in the current scenario. The...

Misplaced, recast ‘reforms’

30 Yrs Of Liberalisation By Shivaji Sarkar Thirty years and India is still waiting for the dream to turn real. Liberalisation of the economy way back...

Democracy in times of tension

Taiwan's Future Dr Maciej Gaca (Centre for International Relations, Poland) Taiwan’s presidential vote in 2020 was over 74 per cent and in 2024 76 per cent, which...

Civil disobedience in fore?

Youth's Anti-CAA Upsurge By Dhurjati Mukherjee Serious debates are ongoing over the rights of the young generation, specially students to engage in protests against the CAA...

Changing political equation?

J&K Delimitation By Sagarneel Sinha The final draft of the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is out, and it has, as expected resulted in a political...

Strategic gains for India!

Jordan & Vietnam Visitors Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI Two Heads of State from the Middle East and South Asia came calling last week, providing...

Delhi’s ugly power battle

Politicians Vs Bureaucrats By Insaf The power battle in Delhi has crossed all limits. The alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash last week by two...

Preparedness most critical

Disaster Management By Dhurjati Mukherjee The devastating floods in Kerala have been one of the severest in the past few decades in the country, which by...

Let’s talk of today, not past

Beyond The Kashmir Files By Sagarneel Sinha The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...

Millennial brat pack bro!

Parties Invoke Dynastic Gods By Poonam I Kaushish In our continuing poll nautanki this week’s flavour is pedigree. No, I am not talking about the canine...

Vital for good governance

Judiciary's Role & Power By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been for long a serious debate about the Judiciary’s powers and whether it is going beyond its...

Not gdp alone, strategy vital

Pandemic 2nd Wave By Dhurjati Mukherjee The second wave of the pandemic posed a downside risk, severely affecting economic activity in the first quarter of the...

Bureau of convenience

His Master's Voice By Poonam I Kaushish What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation that has it always in the eye of the storm?...

Draconian, needs retink

New MV Act By Shivaji Sarkar The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 is draconian. Worse, it is passed at a time when the automobile industry is...

New vision in offng?

Draft Natl Ed Policy By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is much debate over the recently released new draft National Education Policy, which has come out with some...