Hooting for mediocrity

Quota = Votes By Poonam I Kaushish Quotas and queues have always been the bane of Indian politics. Wherein, our netagan are busy in populist bravado,...

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...

High debt vs duty hikes

Setting 5-Year Pace By Shivaji Sarkar The Central Budget to be tabled on 1 February has many hearts beating, a lot of hopes rising and will...

No talk, act on global warming

Glacial Burst By Dhurjati Mukherjee Global warming needs a lot more attention in the country following the recent glacial burst in Uttarakhand and . While experts...

Appeasement of Hindu majority

Religion in Elections By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, bitterly fighting for re-election of her government, has claimed...

Control mechanism critical

Cyclones &Climate Change By Dhurjati Mukherjee The fury and devastation of cyclones is back. First Tauktae and then Yaas have stretched the affected States’ administration workload,...

‘Holier-than-thou’ rant

Appeasement Politics By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the silly season of appeasement politics wherein democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles....

Enlarging partnership

Danish PM Visit By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) Prime Minister of Denmark Ms. Mette Frederiksen was in Delhi October 9 to 11. In fact,...

India, Sri Lanka & Maldives

Fortifying 'Dosti' By Dr D.K Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The 15th edition of biennial trilateral coast guard exercise took place from 20th to 24th November. It...

More taxes to be levied?

Peak Inflation By Shivaji Sarkar The highest wholesale price inflation in decades at 14.23 per cent may result in high deficit leading to levying of more...

People’s money, apna money, yaar!

Polls Freebies Nautanki By Poonam I Kaushish In the ongoing five States ‘Vote Me’ no-holds-barred-free-for-all electoral nautanki Parties are raining promises topped by luscious lip-smacking freebies...

Less than 2 on Ukraine

India-US 2+2 Dialogue By D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics JIMMC) India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and External...

National base vital

Minimum Wage By Dhurjati Mukherjee A recent study commissioned by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has backed universal basic income to reduce the income gaps as...

Neither a trumpet, nor rubber stamp

By Inder Jit (Released on 28 February 1989) The President, Mr. R. Venkataraman, has let down the Constitution,the two Houses of Parliament and the country in...

Time for Bharat Bhakti?

Gyanvapi Mosque By Poonam I Kaushish It was music to Shiv Bhakts as Har Har Mahadev had his way, say and came out trumps. In a...

Billions at stake in education

A Rating Surpasses IISc! By Shivaji Sarkar A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...

Exploring economic opportunities

German FM in India D.K.Giri Prof. International Politics JIMMC The Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock was in India this week on a two-day visit. The purpose...

Earnings up Rs 64 bn a year

Monopoly Helps Google India By Shivaji Sarkar Internet giants are having fortunes in India for weak anti-trust or monopoly laws. Google alone repatriates Rs 64 billion...

Active non-alignment

India & Ukraine War By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) A fresh strategy has gained some currency as a part of new discourse and practice...

Why voters choose differently

Centre, State Elections By Brij Bhardwaj Political observers have been pre-occupied with the attempts by opposition leaders to unite and form a common front to take...