I-T reduction critical
Rising Personal Debts
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is more to Covid-19 morbidity than meets the eye. It has led to a dreadful rise of Rs 66...
Dealing with Afghan
Blinken Visit
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to New Delhi was of great significance in terms...
“Give & take” missing
Water Disputes
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
For those obstinately wanting to stop using the term “Central government” even casually and replace it...
Focus on small business vital
'Signs of Recovery'
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There are signs of recovery on the industrial front, according to a section of experts. If demand from new segments...
Jo jeeta woh sikander!
SC Rues Criminals In Politics
By Poonam I Kushish
Q) Teacher: What is the role of Parliament in our Constitutional democracy?
A) Student: Parliament plays the vital...
Misplaced, recast ‘reforms’
30 Yrs Of Liberalisation
By Shivaji Sarkar
Thirty years and India is still waiting for the dream to turn real. Liberalisation of the economy way back...
India pluralistic, but divided
Religion & Tolerance
By Sagarneel Sinha
For the past few years, it is very common to hear from India’s Left-Liberals and the western media that “the...
International irritants
PEGASUS & India
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The Pegasus controversy has rocked Indian Parliament and shocked the country. People are wondering why...
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...
Cracks in its vibrancy!
Indian Democracy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The highest court of the land, Supreme Court’s, recent observations on sedition law and throttling of dissent puts a big question...
Show the way, house
Parliament Session
By Poonam I Kaushish
Monsoon embraced the country in its squelchy soaking tentacles even as the first day of Parliament’s 19-day monsoon session got...
India budget further hit
Afghan Conflict
By Shivaji Sarkar
The monsoon session of Parliament may have more to decide than the set agenda of 30 bills as the Afghan situation...
Will sc tame Yogi’s up?
Kanwar Yatra
By Insaf
In election mode, Uttar Pradesh is going all out to reach to its Hindu vote bank. Be it the Kanwar yatra or...
Amid great expectations
Mid- Term Cabinet
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Mid-term Cabinet reshuffle, though anticipated for some time, has come as a surprise to insiders as well...
Strategy adaption critical
Environmental Decay
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A recent study published in ‘The Lancet Planetary Health’ journalfound that nearly 74,000 excess deaths in India annually can be attributed...
Will it remain a mere hope?
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
Secularism has always been the Hindutva Brigade’s bug bear and political untouchability the Congress catch word. Whereby, Ram and...
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...
Remove confusion
Covid Ex Gratia
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to quantify within six weeks...
Study impact, think ahead
Online Education
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is universally acknowledged that education is the key to development and higher growth. This means that an educated and socially...
Seranading control
Business Of Power
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik where public morality and...