Safety a critical issue
Jr Doctors' StrikeBy Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The junior doctors’ strike in West Bengal has drawn sharp focus on safety of doctors while discharging their duties....
Kashmir, a paradise again?
New Chapter BeginsBy Insaf
What lies ahead and for how long will the voices in the Valley be suppressed, are questions among many others, which...
SC sticks to nrc deadline
Anxious AssamBy Insaf
‘Citizens’ in Assam are in a tizzy. The deadline of July 31 for finalisation of the National Register of Citizens remains...
Are firms being honest?
CSR ObligationsBy Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Finance Ministry’s recent assurance to do away with criminal penalty on company officials for failing to meet their spending obligations...
Nation’s Children
Jharkhand too gives a damn
By Insaf
Jharkhand government should hang its head in shame. Close on the heels of UP’s Gorakhpur medical college tragedy, a...
Critical cultural heritage
Handloom IndustryBy Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
August 7, the Day when Aurobindo Ghosh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal...
Have benefits percolated down?
Modern Indian State
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Every alternative day we hear talks of modern developments in social economic and scientific spheres without understanding or assessing its...
Plan, no more dithering
Rescue PackageBy Dhurjati Mukherjee
The continuation of the lockdown for another two weeks with minor relaxation may well be understandable given that the government is...
Leaks Foreign Exchange?
Liberalised Remittance SchemeVijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are not the only people who have parked their wealth abroad. They have, however, done...
Defined by political narratives
Society Intellectualism
By Sagarneel Sinha
In the present era, slowly and gradually, intellectualism is being, more or less characterised by political narratives of left and right....
Wise pricing policy vital
Weird Sensex Rise
By Shivaji Sarkar
The sudden record movement of Sensex to 36,548 points once again proves that the stock market need
not follow other economic...
Survivor not defector, new norm
Gaddi Aur GaddariBy Poonam I Kaushish
A sense of de ja vu overwhelms. Brutally reinforced by the revolving door politics witnessed in the last fortnight...
Reaping political benefits?
Cow, Profitable BusinessBy Poonam I Kaushish
The drumbeaters are busy serenading the victorious in the keenly fought five States polls, the losers sulk behind closed...
Follow the rule of law
Dear Editor,
Apex Tani Foundation (APTAFO) NGO is really concern about the recent torching of homes at Mabira Village in Namsai.
Torching down of village is...
Uncovers unholy nexus
NOTA BallotsBy Insaf
The stock market is exactly not an indicator of realities. The sensex is rising even as new issues seem to hit the...
Fm spur scarce, cash dole vital
Global Crisis Till 2030By Shivaji Sarkar
The devastation caused by pandemic ensued lockdown may take ten long years to recover and the world economy may...
New vision in offng?
Draft Natl Ed Policy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There is much debate over the recently released new draft National Education Policy, which has come out with some...
Transparency critical
Election FundingBy Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court recently directed all political parties to reveal donations they had received in electoral bonds and the identities of...
Keep politics at arm’s length
Rift in Judiciary
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Unstoppable politics has already entered the portals of the judiciary with the CPM General Secretary, indicating...
Your lordships object!
Judicial Mutiny
By Poonam I Kaushish
An unprecedented judicial holocaust hit India last week, the likes unseen or unheard in Independent India. All hell broke loose...