Govt must be responsive
India Vs Others
Open Forum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding a recent report indicating India shall emerge as the 4th largest economy by 2030 and the 3rd largest...
Uniform civil code anyone?
Modi's New Gamble
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this monsoon season it’s raining defections in Maharashtra where the BJP-Shiv Sena ‘double engine’ Government has now been...
Leaks Foreign Exchange?
Liberalised Remittance Scheme
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are not the only people who have parked their wealth abroad. They have, however, done...
Better late than never
Plastic Ban
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...
Centre, states wake up late
Lockdown & Migrant Workers
By Insaf
Too little and maybe too late! An assessment of the Centre’s lockdown and Rs 1,70,000-crore relief package for the urban...
Seranading control
Business Of Power
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik where public morality and...
Law unto themselves
Rakshak Ya Katil?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. The sordid tale has it genesis in...
Promoting tre-sector partnership
India's G-20 Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
In the current series of articles on India’s G-20 presidency, in the run up to the...
One India, One Poll
Halt perpetual election circus
By Poonam I Kaushish
Winds of change are in the air. Is India readying for a reform in our election cycle? Dumping...
A variety entertainment
Post-Poll Coalitions
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The unity between disparate groups of political parties united by common opposition to the BJP was...
A medical prescription
Social Distancing
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Countrywide social distancing by observing one-day “Janata Curfew” on Sunday last was indeed a success in...
New govt’s priorities
Beyond Borders
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After two months of mind and body-wrenching electioneering in the biggest democracy in the world, the results...
Modiji, heal India
Seven Year Itch
By Poonam I Kaushish
Call it the seven year itch but the cruel Covid summer 2021 has brought Prime Minister Modi to the...
Centre-states action vital
Food & Fuel Inflation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The rising prices of food, fertilizer and fuels have reached centre stage with growth expectations becoming lower and monetary...
Techniques need change
Dryland Farming
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding that COP26 was largely seen as disappointing, the UN in one of its statement said ‘significant progress’ was made in...
Cong its own worst enemy!
Rajasthan Verdict
By Insaf
The Congress High Command’s worry in Rajasthan is far from over. Ushering normalcy or some semblance of order will be a tall...
Politics at its worst
Bengaluru Riots
By Insaf
Riots and the aftermath give political parties a handle to settle scores, rather than heal the wounds. The country’s digital capital, Bengaluru,...
Push growth in trade
US Agenda For India
By Dr D. K Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki outlined the US agenda on India in...
A friendly exercise
Labour Codes
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Ten Central Trade Unions have announced a nationwide general strike on 26 November as a protest...
Big crisis, doctor missing
Economy In Poll Season
By Shivaji Sarkar
The ensuing Assembly elections in five States would be contested on critical issues -- jobs, wages, inflation, development...