Mistaken for healthcare
Right To Health
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
COVID-19 pandemic that has shattered life everywhere has raised many questions over health status of...
Will up remove crackdown?
People's Anger & Anguish
By Insaf
Three cheers Supreme Court. Its direction should, fingers crossed, stop Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his tracks. During...
Rajasthan out, straight fight?
Cong Presidential Poll
By Insaf
Rajasthan Congress’ high drama nearly turned the grand old party’s presidential poll into a tamasha. Fortunately, for the Congress, Chief Minister...
What constitutional norms?
'State' Of Head
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s a killer world and everything topsy turvy! First there’s the Parliament logjam, a tussle between BJP and Congress...
Fresh entrant, new hope
UP Politics
By Insaf
Uttar Pradesh politics has a new star on the horizon. The entry of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Congress General Secretary in-charge of...
All is not well?
Patna Vs Delhi
By Insaf
Tit-for-tat is being played out in Bihar. An angry Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inducted eight new ministers in his Cabinet...
A government must govern
By Inder Jit
(Released on 14 July 1987)
Top level exercises are on once again at New Delhi and Chandigarh to cope with terrorism, which continues...
Not genuine progress
High GDP Growth
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Some economists are concerned over whether India can return to 7 per cent GDP growth. The entire outlook of our...
Where lies the truth?
NPAs Conundrum
By Shivaji Sarkar
The nation is in a quandary. It wants to know who is telling the reality of bank non-performing assets (NPA) —...
Is India missing the bus?
AUKUS Security Alliance
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof International Relations, JIMMC)
The partnership signed between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom acronymed AUKUS has raised...
Time, comfort for all vital
Modernising Railway
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In one of its recent decisions, the Railways will soon bring an engineless high speed train (Train-18) from Howrah to New...
Poll body, pressures & independence
REWIND
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 February 1990)
India has once again proved its claim to being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people exercised...
Where does the buck stop?
Naxals: Wake Up Call
By Poonam I Kaushish
Remember Alfred Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, The charge of the light brigade. One stanza’s read: ‘Forward, the Light...
Dramatic outcome!
Pakistan Elections
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Pakistan politics, volatile and dramatic as it continues to surprise the world. Results of the 2018 General...
Welfare vital, no to corruption
Karnataka Takeaways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...
‘Welfarism’must be thrust
Development Dynamics
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
A recent news item in a national daily referred to a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that Prime...
Heartbreak India
Migrant Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
The heartbreaking human tragedy of Asli Bharat migrant workers exodus from Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan to Madhya...
Jo jeeta woh sikander!
Crime Pays In Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour of the new high stakes poll season in Karnataka. The more criminal and immoral,...
Sensex surge an illusion
SMES, Realty Dip Market
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Sensex closing above 82,000 may grab headlines, but it doesn’t reflect the true market buoyancy. SEBI has raised...
Fresh assault on judiciary
By Inder Jit
(Released on 27 January 1981)
Another Republic Day has rolled by. The nation has gone through the ritual of annual celebrations at the...