Messy, image sullied
Cairn Affair
By Shivaji Sarkar
No sooner the new-look Union Cabinet with 43 fresh inductions, many bureaucrats starts the Modi-II second innings, the country gets a...
Consensus needed on basic issues
By Inder Jit
(Released on 1 November 1983)
Consensus has become a fashionable word in New Delhi these days. Everyone who is anyone now talks of...
State satraps seek to lead
BJP vs Rest
By Insaf
State satraps are vying with each other to lead battle 2019. Most of them are Delhi-bound, to ensure they are the...
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...
Regionalism raises ugly head
Madrasi-Bihari Phobia
By Poonam I Kaushish
There is no smoke without fire, so goes a lexicon. But what happens if the smoke has been smouldering, in...
More seats, doctors critical
Medical Education
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The Modi government has taken a number of steps to increase medical seats as well as availability of doctors in...
A government must govern
By Inder Jit
(Released on 14 July 1987)
Top level exercises are on once again at New Delhi and Chandigarh to cope with terrorism, which continues...
Maha impropriety
'Secular' Row
By Insaf
The word ‘secular’ has led to a storm in Maharashtra. New Delhi is being asked to sack Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari,...
India’s plurality at stake?
Eroding Democratic Rights
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Lately reports by independent and reputed agencies batting for democracy and civil rights have downgraded India’s status claiming it is...
Balanced conversation, anyone?
Much Ado About Hijab
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but politically, it spells a lot. Who could...
Retail inflation highest
High Trucker Costs
By Shivaji Sarkar
Galloping inflation needs to be immediately checked. It hurts the government more than the common man, creating a cycle...
Fancy imports hit liquidity
Rate Cut Roils 2.52 Bn Old, Poor
By Shivaji Sarkar
As the “Trumpire” strikes with aggressive tariff moves to assert American dominance, India must resist the...
A mixed reaction
'Mixopathy' Protests
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Nationwide protests called by the Indian Medical Association against what it has labeled as “Mixopathy”,...
Kal neta aaj rajyapal kal neta
Governors Revolving Door
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Alas last week in a...
Will it last till next polls?
Modi Magic in Bihar
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the wake of authoritarian tendencies and wrong policies at the national level, the mahagatbandhan under the leadership of...
Towards a rapprochement?
Jaishankar In Pakistan
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Pakistan early this week. Observers both...
Alteration has mixed impact
Women's Economic Empowerment
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
UNDP Report released on the Women’s Day 2020 has come out with a startling finding...
Remote to 2019 elections
Foreign Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
We are mid-way in the elections to 17th Lok Sabha, yet there is hardly any sound on...
Checking soil erosion vital
Combating Desertification
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recently concluded conference of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 15) at Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire found that desertification has been...
Consequences for India
Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan
By Dr Malgorzata Bonikowska
(President, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland)
American President Donald Trump has asked his overseas envoy Steve Witkoff to hold...