A dangerous game!
Politics of Labelling
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A primary lesson for all political speakers is to avoid controversial terms particularly to malign...
Worshipping false gods
Communal Violence, Yawn
By Poonam I Kaushish
It never ceases to surprise how our polity is swiftly sinking into the marshy cesspool of bloodied religious intolerance....
Need of the hour
India-NATO Tie Up
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
Within a week of the high summit of Quad, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin was...
QUO vadis?
Gulf Wars
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The war in Gaza is reaching in an alarming stage. Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel...
Rewriting Direct Tax
Boost growth, savings?
By Shivaji Sarkar
The new direct tax (DT) law must be revolutionary and a model for world economy. The government’s decision to set...
Central banks spike prices
Global Gold Rush
By Shivaji Sarkar
In a striking move to safeguard national wealth, India has repatriated 214 tonnes of gold from the vaults of England,...
Imf foresees great depression
India Grows, World Slumps
By Shivaji Sarkar
The US tariff war resetting the world order of 80 years slows down global growth to 2.8 per cent...
People’s money, apna money, yaar!
Polls Freebies Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the ongoing five States ‘Vote Me’ no-holds-barred-free-for-all electoral nautanki Parties are raining promises topped by luscious lip-smacking freebies...
Independent ec, really?
Election Omission
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is it about Election Commission and cleansing the political cesspool that scares our polity away? Specially when they love...
Worse by climate change
Food Insecurity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Food security has emerged a subject of much discussion due to an impending global crisis, more so due to the Russia-Ukraine...
Boli, no. Goli, yes
Indo-Pak Hit New Low
By Poonam I Kaushish
You reap what you sow. Last week Pakistan learnt this the hard way when India struck at terror...
Why did he come?
Wang Yi's Visit
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
If weblinked,we would have missed the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He...
Towards Indo-u.s. friendship
By Inder Jit
(Released on 5 November 1976)
Both New Delhi and Washington will need to keep their fingers crossed. By all accounts, Dr Kissinger’s visit...
“Give & take” missing
Water Disputes
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
For those obstinately wanting to stop using the term “Central government” even casually and replace it...
Fallouts for India!
US-China Trade Deal
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After nearly two years of tariff war that held the world economy in awe and anxiety,...
Apathy sinking himalayan towns
Tehri, Mussoorie Too Crumbling
By Shivaji Sarkar
Heaven is literally falling to greed. It is just not Joshimath, but even Tehri Garhwal, Karnaprayag, and Mussoorie too...
Dependence on pvt sector!
Economic Survey
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Most Economic Surveys and the recent one too presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lot of optimism, but questions remain...
Voters have role beyond poll
By Inder Jit
Millions of our voters exercised their franchise yesterday in a majority of the States and Union Territories. Millions more will hopefully cast...
Draconian, needs retink
New MV Act
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 is draconian. Worse, it is passed at a time when the automobile industry is...
Ambedkar’s advice not followed
Common Civil Code
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 May 1985)
Three cheers for the Supreme Court and its five-man Constitution Bench presided over by the Chief...