Leaks Foreign Exchange?
Liberalised Remittance Scheme
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are not the only people who have parked their wealth abroad. They have, however, done...
Will new policy meet target?
Right to Water
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Yet another National Water Policy is on the anvil. The Union Water Resources Ministry has finalised a 10-member committee under chairmanship...
Tribunal permanent remedy
Chronic Defections
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court is indeed forced to make a rather drastic recommendation that Parliament should by an amendment...
Karnataka hc shows empathy
Migrant Workers Desperation
By Insaf
Three cheers to Karnataka High Court! Finally, someone has shown empathy towards the migrant workers yearning to go back home,...
India’s distorted vision
Poor & Atmanirbharata
By Shivaji Sarkar
The long march of crores of migrant workers might have become a political issue, but in the Indian context...
TN case raises questions
Governor's Conduct
By Insaf
Is Tamil Nadu Governor undermining the faith and trust attached to the constitutional post, is a question doing the rounds in the...
Two antagonistic rights
Protest & Order
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
“Democracy and dissent go hand in hand, but then demonstrations expressing dissent have to be...
Farmers’ own middlemen
Revitalise FPOs
By Moin Qazi
The farmers’ agitation against the new farm laws is far from ebbing. The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) has...
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...
Lacks focus on micro units, jobs
Growth-Oriented Budget
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Finance Minister Sitharaman has done a reasonably good job in presenting a Budget with a sharp focus on healthcare and infrastructure,...
Increase with its primacy
Election Commission Woes
Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India alleging “deep-rooted...
An aptitude test
Unity in Crisis
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court on 22nd April, on its own, took cognizance of the grave COVID-19 situation in...
Will gripe reap dividend?
Culture Of Protests
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this silly political season where Governments are busy indulging in symbolism of ‘my Dalit Chief Minister...
Imeratives for heath sector
Third Wave
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
A third wave is predicted in India any time between September and December. Scientists and leading doctors predicting this wave...
Revive hardware sector
Chip Shortage
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world is anodd place. The way to global recovery sometimes is disrupted by an invisible virus and as it tries...
Time for booster
Politics of Vaccine
By Poonam I Kaushish
Covid-19 announced itself to the world as 2020 dawned blitzing globally, unnerving health systems, nose diving economies and the...
Skewed & contradictory
Budgetary Projections
By Shivaji Sarkar
A high-expectation ambitious Union Budget can have many contradictions. On the one hand it aims too high, and on the other...
Conserving nature critical
For A Better Future
By Dr OisheeMukherjee
Governments across the world strive for a better future for their citizens. The past two decades though have seen...
Culture & geopolitics interface
PM Modi in Nepal
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. Intl Relations, JIMMC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha in Nepal,...
Not just electoral politics
Tribal As President
By Sagarneel Sinha
At a time when the country is celebrating its 75 years of independence, it is really heartening that a tribaland...