‘Not Necessarily By Accident’?

The nation celebrated the rescue of 41 workers from the Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Once the euphoria of successful...

Vadra: Breaking Omerta code

Tale of Two Sons In-Law By Poonam I Kaushish This is the tale of two sons in law, Feroze Gandhi and Robert Vadra. The first, a...

Food prices hit economy

Farm Exports At $35 b By Shivaji Sarkar The paradox within India’s food scenario, where higher agricultural yields year after year coincide with sharp spikes in...

Now religious nationalism?

Review of Ayodhya Verdict By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the Ayodhya verdict, the debate and controversy refuses to ebb. Though major sections of the Muslim fraternity...

Follow the rule of law

Dear Editor, Apex Tani Foundation (APTAFO) NGO is really concern about the recent torching of homes at Mabira Village in Namsai. Torching down of village is...

Landmark initiative

Biodiversity Pact By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the realm of environment, which is obviously the centre point of focus in the world today, the climate and biodiversity...

Despair to dignified opening

Migration Commission By Dr. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The current migrant workers crisis triggered as a by-product of COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many problems in...

Poll has thrown up basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 5 March 1985) Several issues of basic importance to the future of our polity have come up in the course of...

Inapt, unimaginative policy

Monetisation Pipeline By Shivaji Sarkar Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23 has enriched the financial vocabulary with a new word ‘monetisation’ – National Monetisation Pipeline...

18 lakh cr petrocess guffaws!

DND Toll Chinks By Shivaji Sarkar Indians tormented by high prices, high tolls and irrational so-called fastag got a minor relief on consideration of the concept...

Parliament and the opposition

By Inder Jit (Released on 15 January 1985) All eyes are on the new Lok Sabha, which is due to assemble today for its first sitting....

Production targets critical

Strides In Defence Sector By Dhurjati Mukherjee Defence Minister Rajnath Singh should be more than satisfied. The defence budget has got the highest allocation of Rs...

Psus lead capex, pvts laggard

Inflation Falls, Demand Low By Shivaji Sarkar The government having fallen short of funds presents fresh demand for Rs 4.4 lakh crore involving a fresh outgo...

Planned desert in offing

Jewar Airport By Shivaji Sarkar It couldn’t be more ironical. As India played host to the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN...

Roadmap for India’s future

  Vajpayee's Economic Vision By Shivaji Sarkar Seven years had passed since liberalisation of the Indian economy. Some years were troublesome. Scams such as that of the...

States shame nation

Shelter Homes By Insaf The nation gets another revolting hit. The shocking scandal involving sexual abuse of minor girls and women in shelter homes is spilling...

Improbable, no solution

Early Covid Vaccine By Dr. Oishee & Dhurjati Mukherjee India has overtaken Russia to take the third position in the world with corona infections rising at...

More acerbic the better!

Hate Is Now Virtue By Poonam I Kaushish The more things change the more they remain the same. Whereby our netagan are reveling in neech under-the-belt...

Company donations not enough

By Inder Jit (Released on 26 March 1985) Opinion on the latest Union Budget continues to be sharply divided, as reflected in some refreshingly candid comments...

Is it Secular or Communal?

State Control of Temples By S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A landmark judgement of the Supreme Court restoring the ceremonial rights of the ex-royals of...