Quality & conservation critical

Emerging Water Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee The demand for water in India is growing at a rather fast pace at around 2.8% compounded annual growth rate...

New political order

Dawn In Kashmir By Poonam I Kaushish Eighty six days after the Modi Sarkar in a ‘shock and awe’ move revoked Jammu & Kashmir’s special status...

Democracy is not a harlot

By Inder Jit (Released on 18 September 1979) Much of our medieval and modern history is beginning to make sense at long last. The treachery of...

Police & state answerable

Encounter Killings By Dhurjati Mukherjee The practice of encounter killings continues in India and according to available data of the government, a total of 655 such...

India harking back to past

Putin's Visit By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Russian President Vladimir Putin made New Delhi revisit its days of non-alignment, on his visit last week....

To cut inequity, help growth

First Rate Hike By Shivaji Sarkar The rate hike was a long-awaited decision. It was needed to check the rising prices, pep up the fledgling rupee,...

Can Govt mitigate them?

Economic Challenges Ahead By Dhurjati Mukherjee The economy is in a bad shape and experts believe it is in a worse shape than five years ago....

Can India protect farmers?

Global Food Plenty, Prices Fall By Shivaji Sarkar India’s food economy in 2026 looks comfortable. Granaries are overflowing, vegetable prices are slipping, sugar is in surplus,...

Are we heading for second wave?

Vaccination Push, YeT… By Poonam I Kaushish The Covid 19 pandemic is the most tumultuous, most catastrophic and the most defining epoch of our lifetime which...

Bengal, tn raise demand

Recall of Governors By Insaf The Raj Bhavans in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are embroiled in a battle with the elected governments. The open fracas...

Education & awareness key

Spectre of Elections By Dhurjati Mukherjee Elections are a continuing phase in Indian politics and are held as a process of legitimization of the political power...

Fundamental values eroded

Perils of Democracy By Dhurjati Mukherjee Washington-based watchdog Freedom House recently concluded that “liberal democracy is under severe threat, even peril, all over the globe,” as...

Opp needs new language

BJP masterstroke By Poonam I Kaushish The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago is back in the heart of political discourse as...

Desi remedy, more funds vital

Grappling Farm Sector By Shivaji Sarkar The agricultural sector anticipates a significant shift towards a ‘desi farm economy’ and increased budget allocations in the upcoming fiscal...

Make or break year

Republic At 61 By Poonam I Kaushish How does one feel on Republic day week? Rather how is one supposed to feel? Patriotic? Puffed up in...

Conference sans results

Speakers' Speak By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) As the winter session of Parliament is fast approaching, a dominant thinking in our mind is...

Gdp up, core in a tizzy

India's 'Khush Hua' Moment, By Shivaji Sarkar Sudden boost to India’s GDP in the fourth quarter of the financial year made it momentously different at 6.1...

Privatisation no answer

Banking Crisis By Moin Qazi Famous investment leader Warren Buffett said, "It's only when the tide goes out that you realise who has been swimming naked"....

Catchphrase or realistic?

Corporate Social Responsibility By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recently, Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani hit the headlines after he committed Rs 60,000 crore ($7.7 billion) to social causes...

Speed not haste needed

Fast-Track Legislations By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A fresh controversy over legislative procedure has erupted spoiling the joy over a very productive parliamentary...