Overstated, curb profits

Petro Price Bogey By Shivaji Sarkar Fuel is not only scarce, but expensive. More the pricey it is, higher is the profits of the oil companies....

Passenger safety critical 

Priorities For Indian Railways By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is no doubt a lot of development in Indian Railways has taken place, but accidents that occur at...

All about Modi magic?

Electoral Calculations By Dhurjati Mukherjee The battle for Lok Sabha elections 2024 is turning out both intriguing and exciting on the political landscape of the country....

New avatarpost k’taka poll?

High GST Fills Coffers By Shivaji Sarkar Would the economic fundamentals change with the Karnataka elections? They just might. The Assembly polls have drawn a serious debate...

Critical, Govts’ must ponder

Food Waste Index By Dhurjati Mukherjee Food wastage, at least in countries of South Asia, where a significant proportion of the population suffers from poverty as...

Confident, wary of 3 states

BJP's 2024 Battle By Sagarneel Sinha Replying to the No-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Prime Minister Modi said: “Opposition has betrayed the people of India. They have...

Foreign Policy

What is Rahul’s world view? By Dr DK Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Rahul Gandhi, president-in-waiting for quite some time will finally take over as head of...

How the world reacts

Israel-Hamas War By Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The Israel-Hamas war is escalating every hour causing pathetic loss of lives, property and resources....

Oli’s historical visit

India & Nepal By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The three-day visit last week of Nepalese Prime Minister KPS Oli turned out to be "fruitful,...

Double Talk on Communalism

By Inder Jit (Released on 9 May 1989) Brave and splendid words were spoken again in Parliament last week to denounce communalism. The nation was alerted...

Uk goods may swamp

FTA: 'India To Be Import Led' By Shivaji Sarkar The recently-concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom marks a critical shift in...

Two antagonistic rights

Protest & Order By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) “Democracy and dissent go hand in hand, but then demonstrations expressing dissent have to be...

No substitute for classroom

Online Education By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Closure of schools has led to a thoughtless rush to switch over to online education as...

New normal & beyond

Digital Finance By Moin Qazi Digital finance finds itself at an inflection point as the world continues to tackle the socio-economic fallout of COVID-19 crisis. The...

Preparedness most critical

Disaster Management By Dhurjati Mukherjee The devastating floods in Kerala have been one of the severest in the past few decades in the country, which by...

Can opposition nail failure?

Govt Performance By Dhurjati Mukherjee The latest Human Development Report (HDI) Index has given India a ranking of 130 among 188 countries in 2017, once again...

Fails to stimulate economy

Lacklustre Budget By Dhurjati Mukherjee Budget 2020-2021 presented on Saturday last lacks direction and does not take us anywhere. Though lot of promises were made in...

No jobs, social chaos likely

Rising Ultra Rich By Dhurjati Mukherjee India added one billionaire every 10 days in 2020 amid the pandemic. This was made possible by rising stock valuation,...

Rural focus imperative

BJP Must Change Strategy By Dhurjati Mukherjee Post elections the BJP must have realised thedefinite need to change strategy and focus on the needs and aspirations...

Self funder, earns profits

Railway Budget By Shivaji Sarkar Railways is beyond speed. It connects India. It takes passengers to the farthest, remotest and inaccessible area and immensely contributes to...