Ideal micro-pension plan vital
Social Security Cover
By Moin Qazi
Notwithstanding the Government's bold step in enlarging the social security cover for low income households, through the mega pension scheme...
$5 trillion economy delayed
High Infra Cost, Job Losses
By Shivaji Sarkar
The government has an uphill task ahead to present an extra-ordinary budget that should be low cost, high...
Deepening or widening!
BRICS Summit
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for
Democratic Socialism)
The BRICS countries in their 15thSummit at Johannesburg from 22 to 24 August are debating the...
Impacts markets, tumble
Himalayan Fury
By Shivaji Sarkar
Gigantic Himalayan tragedies rock and destabilise the Indian economy as development becomes fad. The 15.9 per cent wholesale inflation, stock sensex...
All together, but u ….?
Loktantra Bachao'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc rallied together in a Loktantra Bachao show of...
‘Lawless’ UP
Yogi’s edict face changer?
By Insaf
Changing the face of “lawless” Uttar Pradesh is asking for the moon, but for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath perhaps not....
Path to rural rejuvenation
Strengthening Panchayats
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The recent decision of the Ministry of Cooperation and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to establish a primary dairy...
Stagflation looms large
RBI Rate Hike
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Monetary Policy of the Reserve Bank of India raising key policy interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 4.9,...
Not just electoral politics
Tribal As President
By Sagarneel Sinha
At a time when the country is celebrating its 75 years of independence, it is really heartening that a tribaland...
Sports Women
Making India proud
By Proloy Bagchi
Two recent TV advertisements show teenage girls displaying their keenness for playing football and basket ball. While pushing their respective...
Another pandora’s box
National Language
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In the series of efforts launched by the BJP government to promote unity and integrity of...
Crime is now politics
Bahubali-Khadi Nexus
By Poonam I Kaushish
The sordid saga of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey of Kanpur with over 60 cases to his name came to a...
Need to reinvent
Governor Tattle
By Poonam I Kaushish
The more things change the more they remain the same. A lexicon which resonates in the corridors of power when...
Big fillip by new policy
Green Hydrogen Fuel
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the first part of the National Hydrogen Policy notified, the government is targeting production of 5 million tonnes of...
I am a dalit, who are you?
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in...
Big boost after Ayodhya
Religious Tourism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Religious tourism, which has always attracted both domestic and foreign tourists, is expected to get a big boost in the coming...
Moscow and Delhi closer than ever
By Inder Jit
(Released on 29 November 1988)
Indo-Soviet relations have been greatly strengthened by the three-day visit of Mr.Mikhail Gorbachev to New Delhi — his...
India says times up
#Me Too Singes
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week India was agog to Her Story. Two diametrically opposite tales which showcased the dichotomous position of women...
Centre prompt, states slow
Judicial Appointments
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is gratifying to note that in recent months the Centre has been quite prompt in clearing appointment of judges. Lately...
Neta-police: Hum saath saath hain
Hair Trigger Nation
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week was telling. Underscoring three testaments. One: Our polity suffers from Orwellian syndrome ‘I-am-more-equal-than-you.’ Union Cabinet Minister Rane...