Beyond party politics
Delhi Government
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Parliament passed the Government of National Capital Territory (Amendment) Bill on 24 March and the President...
Eci must put house in order
TN, Bengal Bashing
By Insaf
The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...
Let it for faster growth
Rupee Fall
By Shivaji Sarkar
The surging dollar and falling rupee are most difficult aspects of the economy but should be considered an opportunity rather than...
Rupee on historic low
Trump Corners India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The trade war, US warning against the deal with Iran, India's move to WTO with Norway against high duties by...
More trouble ahead
Indo-Pak New Low
By Poonam I Kaushish
The story of India-Pakistan relations is a tale of the proverbial one step forward two steps backwards. All depends...
Production targets critical
Strides In Defence Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh should be more than satisfied. The defence budget has got the highest allocation of Rs...
Weak, global slump likely
2023 Economic Prospects
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Reports about the economic prospects for 2023, both on India and the world, appear quite stark. Former Reserve Bank of...
The road ahead
J&K Message
By Poonam I Kaushish
The winner takes it all! Be it salubrious J&K or burly Haryana. As no-stops-barred battles gives way to elected Governments...
Both lose $ 1500 million
Indo-Pak Singham War
By Shivaji Sarkar
Playing Little Singham is the cheapest way of releasing energy and keeping cool for many millennials (new generation kids). Usually...
SC peeved over wb panel
Pegasus Scandal
By Insaf
West Bengal stretches it too far or is it an oversight? Going by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s style of functioning in all...
Alteration has mixed impact
Women's Economic Empowerment
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
UNDP Report released on the Women’s Day 2020 has come out with a startling finding...
Honey, we are touchy!
India's Moral Terrorist
By Poonam I Kaushish
One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance. From love...
Bjp’s machiavellian intrigues
President Rule In Puducherry
By Insaf
The BJP does it again, another Congress-led government bites the dust. This time in tiny Puducherry, due for Assembly elections...
Cong must tread cautiously
Three States In Bag
By Insaf
Three States in its bag should stimulate a distraught Congress. It is upbeat no doubt, but it needs to tread...
Policy stimuli wished for
Gloomy 2019
By Shivaji Sarkar
A year passes with some gloom and the New Year enters with hope and aspirations. 2019 has had both good as...
Brazen attack on parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 May 1986)
Parliament is once again under attack. The promulgation by the President of an Ordinance empowering it to withhold...
Will stealth F-35 fly to India?
Tariff, Gas Haze Trump Talks
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is set to deepen economic ties with the U.S. through a massive $500 billion purchase deal, securing...
Reservation redistribution
Quota Quicksand
By Poonam I Kaushish
Quota and caste, India’s oldest go-to arrows in its election quiver is back on the political platter doling out reservations...
Seize state, raise prices: WB
Corp Hit Peak Profits
By Shivaji Sarkar
The high inflationary trend that has gripped India is stated to be a global phenomenon of corporate adventure...
Critical, Govts’ must ponder
Food Waste Index
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Food wastage, at least in countries of South Asia, where a significant proportion of the population suffers from poverty as...