A friendly exercise

Labour Codes By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Ten Central Trade Unions have announced a nationwide general strike on 26 November as a protest...

Maratha quota fallout

Identification of SEBC By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Even the pandemic second wave tsunami cannot extinguish the heat produced by a week-old decision oftheSupreme Court...

Huge job cuts, slump in India

Musk Leads Global IT Mayhem By Shivaji Sarkar The dismissal of Meta-Twitter workers, now mass resignationsand closure of its offices for a week signify deeper economic...

Social media ‘kills’

Murderous Mob By Poonam I Kaushish Social media 'kills' and how! Mob lynching is back on the political-social scene with 17 cases across 9 States from...

Major reforms imperative

Cong Promise on Education By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is indeed good to hear the just released Congress manifesto promising school education to be made free up...

Redraft economic vision

Votes of Aspiration By Shivaji Sarkar The BJP, rather Narendra Modi, has stunned the world. Resounding victory touching 352 plus is a rare feat in...

US bonds hold up many gains

Indian Macros 'Charm' By Shivaji Sarkar Developments and statistics about India’s growth are interesting. Various contrary figures indicate a queer pitch. While global financial services group...

Testament for a new movement

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 January 1986) One era has ended and another has begun. The Congress Centenary Celebrations rung down the curtain on the...

Self funder, earns profits

Railway Budget By Shivaji Sarkar Railways is beyond speed. It connects India. It takes passengers to the farthest, remotest and inaccessible area and immensely contributes to...

Will mo-ra make ‘her’ story?

Rahul's Jaddu Ke Jhappi! By Poonam I Kaushish It was a jaddu ke jhappi which stumped Prime Minister Modi. In one bear hug Congress President Rahul...

Weak may sink strong

Bank Mergers By Dhurjati Mukherjee It has been reported that the GDP has grown by only 5 per cent in the quarter ended June, which was...

Should gdp be the measure?

Growth Conundrum By Dhurjati Mukherjee It’s indeed distressing to note the National Statistical Office forecast in GDP growth to be 5 per cent in 2019-20, much...

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...

Ecological balance vital

Understanding Biodiversity By Dhurjati Mukherjee The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...

Greater than China

2+2 In Delhi By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof, Intl Relations, JMI) Much-publicised 2+2 meeting between India and the US concluded on 27th October triggering a good deal...

Manufacturing hub envisioned

No More Critical Exports By Shivaji Sarkar The call for atmanirbhar Bharat has been given a new touch for “enhancing capacity, creativity and skills”. In his...

The republic in bad shape

By Inder Jit (Released on 26 January 1982) Several questions, wild and not so wild, are being asked in New Delhi as India celebrates another Republic...

A step in right direction?

#MeToo Campaign By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The '#MeToo' campaign continues to hit headlines. More so as the big and the powerful in politics, entertainment and media,...

Mars vaccination drive

Centre-States Pow Wow By Insaf An unsavoury slugfest between the Centre and Opposition States over Covid vaccination is the last thing that the country needs to...

Grim & darkest side

Globalisation of Disease By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) US President Donald Trump is reported to have admitted that he would leave Americans stranded aboard...