Production targets critical
Strides In Defence Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh should be more than satisfied. The defence budget has got the highest allocation of Rs...
J&K strategy needs rethink
Civilian Killings
By Insaf
North block should be in a bind viz its strategy on Kashmir. Civilian killings, migrant workers leaving the Valley, an exodus of...
Vital for Industry,growth
Innovation & Research
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Government officials, economists and experts have long stressed that innovation drives industrial growth and global competitiveness. Despite this, manufacturing in...
Poor budget, pvt failing
India's Healthcare
By Shivaji Sarkar
A dignitary in Delhi on his indisposition rushes to a government hospital, AIIMS or RML. In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata...
Erosion must be stemmed
Human Rights Day
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Today, as the world observes Human Rights Day every year, India and its government must reflect on its record. With...
Rank under pandemic
Rule of Law Index
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has asked the government to treat a writ petition filed in...
Cpm’s gen next gamble
Kerala Cabinet
By Insaf
Gen Next, is CPM’s strategy to stay alive. At least in God’s own country, Kerala. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government’s decision, to...
Fundamental values eroded
Perils of Democracy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Washington-based watchdog Freedom House recently concluded that “liberal democracy is under severe threat, even peril, all over the globe,” as...
1st phase sees boycott
India Votes
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The biggest democratic exercise in the world kicked off yesterday. Of the 543 Lok...
Ecological balance vital
Understanding Biodiversity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...
20 per cent tcs, jitters biz
Rs 2000-Note Death Order
By Shivaji Sarkar
It has been a shock,big surprise and unexpected. At a young age of six years the Rs 2000 note...
Delay cost huge, rework: Cag
Clean Ganga Project
By Shivaji Sarkar
"The Ganga cleaning project has cost the nation Rs 7304 crore", notes the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its observations...
GES 2017
India ready for big leap?
Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof. International Politics, JMI
The 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit held recently in Hyderabad was India’s largest start-up incubator. The...
Time for new anti-defection law
Political Harlotry
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 November 1996)
Prostitution was legally banned in India some four decades ago. But political harlotry continues to grow and...
Toh? Ki pharak painda hai!
Flooded & Submerged
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ok, fellow countrymen let lose the volley of expletives, curse all you want. Deadly Covid 19 is growing...
Winds of change blowing?
By Sagarneel Sinha
Political battleground is hotting up in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Pudducherry as these go to the polls this year...
Challenges & expectations
Economic Scenario
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is much talk of reforms and the economy standing on sound footing. Experts believe that the next fiscal could see...
Tackle terifying black hole
Naxals: Wake Up Call
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of banalities in politics. An outsider would be excused for thinking that India’s biggest crisis...
Workable plan imperative
Environmental Crisis
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding the pandemic this year, environmental concerns remain and are high on the agenda. Recent reports point that pollution and natural...
Es baar coaltition sarkar!
Modi 3:0
By Poonam I Kaushish
The old order has yielded to the ‘new normal’. A power paradigm of Modi’s 3.0 which serenades ‘Es baar coalition...