Exit Britain, enter India

By Dr D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Any event involving a major power impacts the world politics and economy. So how can 'Brexit'- the exit of...

No place for girls

Rape Country By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its girls and women. As tales of savagery and nightmarish drugging, beating and rape of...

Less than 2 on Ukraine

India-US 2+2 Dialogue By D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics JIMMC) India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and External...

Life between strikes

Gaon Bandh By Poonam I Kaushish In this season of civic apathy and economic disgruntlement, clearly strikes are the flavour of the season. Over the decades,...

International irritants

PEGASUS & India By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The Pegasus controversy has rocked Indian Parliament and shocked the country. People are wondering why...

Effective police state?

New I-T Rules By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...

Have benefits percolated down?

Modern Indian State By Dhurjati Mukherjee Every alternative day we hear talks of modern developments in social economic and scientific spheres without understanding or assessing its...

Govt’s misplaced priority?

Subsidies To Poor By Dhurjati Mukherjee Several economists are known to frown upon the ruling dispensation’s thrust over the past few years on aiding interests of...

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...

People’s will paramount

BJP Ordinance Raj By Poonam I Kaushish The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. A lexicon which fits the latest BJP-AAP...

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...

 A goodwill visit

Modi In Bhutan By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to the Himalayan kingdom...

BJP in, aap out? 

Delhi Verdict By Insaf It’s D-Day today. Counting of votes begins for Delhi Assembly election. The million-dollar question is whether AAP will secure a third consecutive...

Empathy, not authority crucial

Farmers Vs State Power By Insaf All eyes are on the farmers versus State power battle. The two-day “Delhi Chalo’ protests against the new farm bills...

Huge job cuts, slump in India

Musk Leads Global IT Mayhem By Shivaji Sarkar The dismissal of Meta-Twitter workers, now mass resignationsand closure of its offices for a week signify deeper economic...

Nation’s prerogative

Citizenship Expansion By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 is another bold initiative of the NDA government to tackle the problem...

Rohingya Refugees

Is it the last straw? By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) An urgent plea against a proposal of the Government of India to deport...

Tap parallel banking

Rescuing PSBs By Shivaji Sarkar The strength of the Indian economy has been a reliable banking system and the parallel economy. The 11 Public Sector banks...

Nitish banking on bjp

Bihar Elections By Sagarneel Sinha For the past 15 years, barring one-odd year, JD(U) President Nitish Kumar has been Bihar’s Chief Minister mostly with the support...

Hurried, but ineffective?

Welfare Programmes By Dhurjati Mukherjee The process of governance over the years, via discussions and debates, has undergone a change in India. As is evident, there...