Gandhis, Congress dna

Purge of G 23 By Poonam I Kaushish How does one react to the on-going Grand Old Party’s Circus? Dismiss it as a storm in a...

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...

The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Comes Calling – Reassuring India

By Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI Mahinda Rajapaksa, The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who is perhaps the de facto President of Sri Lanka,...

‘Not 1962’, but strategy missing

Tawang Face-Off By Insaf “It’s not 1962 anymore.” An assertion by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday last should bolster confidence at least among...

Where is society heading?

Growing Majoritarianism By Dhurjati Mukherjee Political analysts have rightly warned that that the majoritarian State that we are presently heading towards has virtually pushed minorities to...

Riots cost India $646 bn

Communal Violence By Shivaji Sarkar Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...

Elusive peace?

Kashmir Déjà vu By Poonam I Kaushish The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Last fortnight’s macabre killing of 11 members of non-Kashmiris, Hindu-Sikh minority communities and...

India braces ocean defence

US Extends Garcia To Lanka! By Shivaji Sarkar Amid global turmoil of the Ukraine and Israel wars, a new strategic front opens up in Sri Lanka...

Bills returned, gets worse

Round The States By Insaf Governor-government tussle in Tamil Nadu’s is getting worse. On Thursday last, Governor RN Ravi returned 10 pending bills to the ruling...

Fatal impact on human health

Heat Wave Conditions By Dhurjati Mukherjee The past year, 2023 was the hottest year on record with mean temperature nearing the critical 1.50 Celsius threshold over...

Psu-Pvt must work as one

Govt Exit Bid By Shivaji Sarkar It’s not easy to be in the driver’s seat on a bumpy road, which began long before the pandemic in...

Wb row gets murkier

Of 'Honour' & Politics By Insaf Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is becoming a political hot potato. It’s not just the ‘honour’ of...

Eye not gdp but ews

Ailing Economy By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the midst of the economy being hit severely and government suffering a financial crunch, Prime Minister Modi’s announcement of giving...

Incentives & penalties

UP Population Policy By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, launching the State’s Population Policy stated, “We should not forgetthat increase in...

Fresh entrant, new hope

UP Politics By Insaf Uttar Pradesh politics has a new star on the horizon. The entry of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Congress General Secretary in-charge of...

Riots cost India $646 bn

Communal Violence By Shivaji Sarkar Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...

Ranchi sets alarm bells ringing

MGNREGA Scam By Insaf Crooked running of MGNREGA in Jharkhand may just be tip of the iceberg. Its Rural Development Dept has indulged in mega corruption...

Exaggerated, yet an issue

Women Most Unsafe In India By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The recent survey by Thomson Reuters Foundation showing India as the 'most dangerous country for women' in...

Supreme Court goes wrong

By Inder Jit (Released on 13 March 1984) The Supreme Court’s judgement on electronic voting has been dismissed widely as of little consequence. Most people feel...

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...