Cpm’s gen next gamble
Kerala Cabinet
By Insaf
Gen Next, is CPM’s strategy to stay alive. At least in God’s own country, Kerala. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government’s decision, to...
Securing politics & trade
Jaishankar in S. Arabia
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit beginning...
Halt minority vilification
Hate Speeches
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recent developments in the country have generated a lot of controversy abroad and dented India’s secular credentials. A prominent section within...
Nda budget for allies
500 Firms To Be Job Givers
By Shivaji Sarkar
It is a coalition budget with a promise of job creation through the corporate. A tall task...
Alteration has mixed impact
Women's Economic Empowerment
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
UNDP Report released on the Women’s Day 2020 has come out with a startling finding...
From ‘us’ to ‘them’
Hijab Controversy
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but the maelstrom over the innocuous Muslim hijab (headscarf) banned...
Vadra: Breaking Omerta code
Tale of Two Sons In-Law
By Poonam I Kaushish
This is the tale of two sons in law, Feroze Gandhi and Robert Vadra. The first, a...
Neglect of poor inevitable!
Budgetary Allocations
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budgetary allocations are broadly made on the basis of expected revenue mobilisation for the year. Obviously, the criteria in making...
Limited to law & justice
SC's Supremacy
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
There is no institution in the country which is using and wielding its authority without restrictions like...
Tall claims, nagging doubts
J&K Statehood
By Insaf
Is the Centre putting the cart before the horse, is a question being asked in Jammu and Kashmir. This, as despair and...
New India’s youth say big no
Shah's CAA
India’s educated youth is standing up! The country is in turmoil to put it mildly and New Delhi in a conundrum, as the...
Should j&k believe in hope?
Change of Guard
By Insaf
Will winds of change blow in Jammu & Kashmir? The sudden change of guard –removal of Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu and...
Diplomacy goes into overdrive
'K' Word In UNGA
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In the mega event ‘Howdy Modi’ at Houston, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi vowed in chorus...
Progress with less tax burden
Year of New Politics
By Shivaji Sarkar
The New Year, 2018, is a week old. It raises aspirations and there is hope all around. The first...
Will it remain a mere hope?
Uniform Civil Code
By Poonam I Kaushish
Secularism has always been the Hindutva Brigade’s bug bear and political untouchability the Congress catch word. Whereby, Ram and...
Tech & govt support vital
Raising Farm Output
Open Forum
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged States to step up domestic production by accelerating the process for modernisation of...
Need to revisit ethos
Rising Violence
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The decisive role violence played in the ordering of the Third World, including India, cannot be ignored or consigned to the...
Key to self-reliant India?
PLI Scheme & Electronics
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The quest for self-reliance has gained momentum in recent years, specially since the announcement of ‘Make in India’ programme....
India must watch us-eu dynamic
Security & Transatlantic Ties
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for Intl Relations, Poland)
The global order is undergoing its deepest transformation since the end of the Cold...