Rural strategy critical

Towards Transformation By Dhurjati Mukherjee Discrimination in India has greatly affected our society and widened social and economic inequality. Besides, we witness another form of discrimination,...

Education & awareness key

Spectre of Elections By Dhurjati Mukherjee Elections are a continuing phase in Indian politics and are held as a process of legitimization of the political power...

Is Modi vincible?

BJP Takes Big Hit By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2014: India voted for change and a new power paradigm on the wings of hope and trust....

GSDP doubles, health shines

J&K Economy Paces Up By Shivaji Sarkar Jammu and Kashmir is advancing at a pace that may surprise many across the nation, boasting of strong health...

India’s diplomatic balancing act

US Invasion of Venezuela By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The recent US invasion of Venezuela has sent shockwaves across the globe,...

Not just electoral politics

Tribal As President By Sagarneel Sinha At a time when the country is celebrating its 75 years of independence, it is really heartening that a tribaland...

An aptitude test

Unity in Crisis By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court on 22nd April, on its own, took cognizance of the grave COVID-19 situation in...

Disasters add to woes

Rising Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...

‘Acche din’ an illusion?

Four Years of NDA By Dhurjati Mukherjee The BJP-led NDA is celebrating its four years in power. Ministry after ministry is going all out to highlight...

New Delhi reclibrates strategy

Sri Lanka Elections By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The island state Sri Lanka elected its 7th President last Saturday. The clear and decisive winner...

Time to gear up

Terror's new wings By Poonam I Kaushish It was a tumultuous week. In the first, the ice cracked as Prime Minister Modi met with back-from-the-cold mainstream...

Let’s talk of today, not past

Beyond The Kashmir Files By Sagarneel Sinha The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...

Ngenious roster system

Quota in Promotions By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The practice followed in fixing seniority for awarding promotions on the basis of reservations in...

Nations divided at Cop28

Fossil Fuels & De-Carbonisation By Dhurjati Mukherjee Controversy took centre stage at COP28 with many countries resisting the term for the first time for a global...

Battle of ‘one-upmanship’

Presiding Officers' Meet By Insaf Deliberations at the All-India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Jaipur, Rajasthan has many an eyebrow raised, to put it mildly. Vice President...

Himalayan region in focus?

COP27 & Glacier Melt By Dhurjati Mukherjee The COP27 has just begun in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh and the planet is sending a...

Setting strategic footholds

Modi's Gulf, East Africa Visit By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day state visit to Jordan on 15-16...

Abolishing Triple Talaq

Boost to gender equality By Dr Oishee Mukherjee The recent landmark judgement of the Supreme Court striking down the controversial Islamic practice of instant talaq, has...

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...

Coherent labour policy vital

Employment Creation By Dhurjati Mukherjee How soon will the Modi government convene the Indian Labour Conference, is a question weighing on trade unions’ mind.A tripartite output...