India, UN Summit & Success
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 September, 1983)
The Prime Minister has reason to be pleased with herself and her aides. Her idea of a summit...
‘Godmen’ exploitation unchecked
Hathras Tragedy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The fanaticism manifested in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras which touched around 121 people killed in the stampede is indeed distressing. According to...
Deadly nudge by Corona
Health & Economics
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The economy seems to be at a virtual standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the death toll...
G20 opens up many doors
MBDs, DPI, Biofuels
By Shivaji Sarkar
The G20 year-long india presidency bash achieves a lot amid global ukraine-russia conflict overshadowing the bid for peace. India’s bilaterals...
New strategic paradigm
India-Pak Conflict
By Piotr Opalinski
(Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
The May crisis between India and Pakistan revealed the fragility of the security architecture in...
Ut on sale, a betrayal?
J&K Land Laws
Good, bad or ugly, is a question that needs debate after the Centre amended and notified land laws for Jammu & Kashmir....
Judiciary “Bonded” or “Free”
By Madhu Dandavate
(As released on 24 May 1985)
Recently, Mr. Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar observed in the Supreme Court that due to favouritism by the Government...
Worsened by cyber loot
By Shivaji Sarkar
The projection for India’s growth is not a surprise. It is on a continuous roll and the loss of Rs 11.3...
‘Veto’ on outsider
Regionalism To Fore
By Poonam I Kaushish
Pre 1947 India resounded to “throw out the British”. Sprinkled with nationalism, all pledged to make India united and...
India junks Rs 18 trn
The Great Scrap Vehicle
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is a powerful economy. It is now officially $4 trillion but in truth, it is far more potent....
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...
Impact river system, food security
Melting of Glaciers
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In a recent study by the University of Leeds in the UK, it found that the Himalayan glaciers are shrinking...
Spirit of nation
Madam President
By Poonam I Kaushish
This is a story which has not only made India proud but is a compelling and inspirational tale of overcoming...
Not just Bihar’s concern
Bodies In Ganges
By Insaf
No dignity in death, an expression that too shall illustrate India’s second wave of the pandemic. This week, the depressing pictures...
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...
Fresh assault on judiciary
By Inder Jit
(Released on 27 January 1981)
Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...
Gujarat’s error of remission?
Convicts Set Free
By Insaf
BJP government’s action in Gujarat is outrageous, to put it mildly. The remission of life imprisonment sentences for 11 men convicted...
India’s Myanmar momemt
Democracy Vs Dictatorship
By Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof. International Relations, JIMMC
The violence and repression by the military junta in Myanmar continue unabated. Last Sunday at least...
People’s will paramount
BJP Ordinance Raj
By Poonam I Kaushish
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. A lexicon which fits the latest BJP-AAP...
Reform or find alternative
Representative Democracy
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Budget session of Parliament has commenced and 20 Opposition parties joined together to boycott the...