Competing with China?
India's Africa Outreach
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In an international conference, warming up to an African delegate, I said India has committed $6...
Timely reminder on poll reforms
By Inder Jit
(Released on 10 November 1987)
Top Opposition leaders deserve a hand, thanks to a thoughtful initiative by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,...
Elevating bilateral ties
Qatar's Emir In Delhi
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha)
Qatar is popularly known in Indian political community for its mediatory role in...
Playing the balancing act
Modi in Middle-East
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to the countries of Middle-East was to meet, at least, four...
Trump’s Flip-Flops
India should engage Pak
By Dr DK Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The US President Donald Trump’s tweet on 14 October had the South Block (India’s external...
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...
Prices, low capita concern
India Leaps ToBe 3rd largest
By Shivaji Sarkar
India is on its way to be the world’s three top economies in terms of monetary terms, as...
Ensuring basic wages, income
Labour Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is indeed heartening that the Government plans to introduce a pan India minimum wage that would cover all sectors of...
Sjm treads Gandhian path
Job Creation Sans Govt
By Shivaji Sarkar
Acute unemployment, the biggest political challenge for the country, is sought to be resolved the Gandhian way by the...
TN triggers nda-India row
Sanatan Dharma
By Insaf
DMK’s minister and Chief Minister Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi has raised a big political storm. By declaring that Sanatan Dharma is against equality...
Constitutionally just not done!
From Your Lordship to Jan Sevak
By Poonam I Kaushish
Now days when you see someone holding his nose you don’t know whether it’s pollution or...
Don’t solve problems
'Landmark' Farm Bills
By Shivaji Sarkar
The bulldozing of the two bills -- Agricultural Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Simplification) Bill and Farmers (Empowerment and...
Hi debt funds rs 47tr budget
FM Promises Golden Era
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a sparkling poll budget right from the President’s address of Draupadi Murmu harping on the economy, to...
Violence is new black
We Love Protests
By Poonam I Kaushish
What is with us Indians? Why are we so blasé’ about protest which turn violent? About vandalism? Why do...
Court of defection justice
Vidhan Soudha
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi
The architect of Vidhan Soudha, the iconic building that houses Karnataka legislature in Bengaluru, K. Hanumanthaiah...
The role of education
Preparing For An AI World
By Rajiv Gupta
Scientific discoveries, technology, and innovation have tended to disrupt the way in which humans think and act. This...
Money hai to power hai!
Market For Defectors
By Poonam I Kaushish
In these hot climes, political India is feeling the heat and how! One doesn’t know who is sleeping with...
Political Funds
All hush-hush about slush
By Poonam I Kaushish
Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian...
Parachute loyalties rule roost
General Election 2019
By Poonam I Kaushish
As India’s greatest nautanki enters its last three phases of polling we will have stood witness to 900 million...
For the better or worse?
J&K's 2nd Anniversary
By Insaf
Are the winds of change blowing in Kashmir? Far from it, says the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD). Observing the...