Abrogate colonial law?

SC & Sedition Law By Insaf The Supreme Court ushers a glimmer of hope, not just in Jammu & Kashmir but across the nation. On Wednesday...

Needs soul searching

Microfinance & Poor By Moin Qazi The microfinance sector is again facing troubles, this time in Assam with stress in rural households and a spate of...

Nda skids on slippery oil

Dharam Sankat Vs Raj Dharma By Poonam I Kaushish Ok, fellow countrymen let lose the volley of expletives, curse all you want of how rotten the...

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...

Pvt demand critical: Rbi

Informal Sector & Economy By Shivaji Sarkar The repeated natural disasters and Covid-19 lockdowns are taking a heavy toll on India’s economy and hit the informal...

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...

Mistaken for healthcare

Right To Health By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) COVID-19 pandemic that has shattered life everywhere has raised many questions over health status of...

50 years after

Vijay Diwas 2021 By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) Vijay Diwas marks the passage of 50 years since the historic day in 1971. This day,...

Cut i-t rates, stop psu sale

Budget Wish List By Shivaji Sarkar Yet another year of uncertainty begins with difficult finances, not so certain growth and perhaps some experimentation by the Union...

Political harlotry unbridled

By Inder Jit (Released on 16 June 1981) Prostitution is legally banned in India. But political harlotry continues to flourish brazenly. What is worse, it is...

What can India do?

Sri Lankan Crisis By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The Sri Lankan civil unrest starting from the second week of March, reached the violent nadir...

 Prioritising peace

Raisina Dialogue 2025 By Dr. DK Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) The Raisina Dialogue is an annual event providing a platform for multiple global stakeholders...

Setback for didi, tmc

West Bengal Scandal By Insaf West Bengal’s fiery Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is caught on the backfoot. Despite putting up a strong front, her and TMC’s...

Adverse impact for India

Melting Glaciers By Dhurjati Mukherjee The United Nations has declared 2025 as the ‘International Year of Glacier Preservation’, given the critical problem of glacier melting. To...

Restating strategic autonomy!

EAM in Russia By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in Moscow visiting his counterparts– the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...

Entangled in politics?

Covid-19 Review By Insaf Is politics being played over Covid-19, is the question doing the rounds. While on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi at...

Fresh Assault on Judiciary

By Inder Jit (Released on Jan 27, 1981) Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...

Decline of parliament

By Inder Jit (Released on 8 April, 1980) Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign matters, the people, the close attention it...

Welfare vital, no to corruption  

Karnataka Takeaways By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...

Uniform civil code anyone?

Modi's New Gamble By Poonam I Kaushish In this monsoon season it’s raining defections in Maharashtra where the BJP-Shiv Sena ‘double engine’ Government has now been...