Will labour codes help?

India's Exports Slide By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s exports have witnessed a slide in most sectors, as per latest reports, in view of the current geopolitical situation...

A lesson in coalition

Karnataka Pattern By Dr.S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) "Is this the way to run a coalition government, where every day you have to request your...

900 profs., billions bribery

NAAC Scandal By Shivaji Sarkar Stock markets and finance are infamous for manipulation, but few expected India’s education sector to be just as tainted. The National...

Govt must empathise, not ignore

Of Protests & Movements By Dhurjati Mukherjee The wrestlers’ protest April in the national capital with no sympathy being shown by the ruling dispensation is an...

On mending ties!

Modi in Nepal By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Nepal for two days last week, the third time since...

Uttarakhand shows way

Cluster Ventures By Shivaji Sarkar A country that is having crunch of jobs is going a different way for creation of livelihood in the poorest areas...

India exports Brahmos, Pinaka

France Gets Modi Booster By Shivaji Sarkar India’s global arms sales may get a boost with deals with France, which has given rare honours to India...

Change in outlook vital

Ingrained Inefficiency By Dhurjati Mukherjee Prospects of foreign companies changing locations from China to other countries such as India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand etc are said to...

Aid to Ukraine, fuels war

G20: Indo-US Trade Swells By Shivaji Sarkar The G20 was a mega show. The success was in terms of Indian diplomacy carving out a delicate consensus...

India’s guarded response

Coup in Myanmar By Dr. DK. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) For the third time since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar politics became a victim of a...

To continue despite curbs

Trade with China By Shivaji Sarkar The tension on the India-China border reaching inflection point, trade relations except for semantics, may not be impacted, as the...

What has morality got to do with it?

Black: Colour Of Polls By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2014: Mayawati accuses ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das of offering her Rs 100 crore for a nomination....

Ideology be damned

MP Crisis By Insaf To be or not to be, that is the question. Not just in Madhya Pradesh but across parties, States and of course...

Cut years, educate more

Costlier NEP By Shivaji Sarkar The much awaited New Education Policy (NEP) has turned out to be old wine in not a well-crafted supposedly new...

Greatest blunder

Caste Census By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegation of ten leaders from ruling and Opposition partiesto...

Wanted: Opposition that works

By Inder Jit (Released on 23 June 1981) The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...

Bjp’s “political agenda”

J&K Delimitation Exercise By Insaf Political parties in Kashmir valley are peeved with the Delimitation Commission, accusing it of pushing the BJP ‘political agenda’. The NC...

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...

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...

Somaliland in new middle east balance of power

By Janusz Bylinski (Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland) Since December last, Somaliland has been at the centre of a cyclone that has gripped the Middle...