Sharp focus on ‘air pollution’

World Environment Day By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee This year’s theme of the World Environment Day today is ‘Air Pollution’, which indeed is a subject of concern...

Needs holistic vision

New Infra Pack By Shivaji Sarkar The government has finally woken up. It has announced Rs 102 lakh crore programme for strengthening Indian infrastructure. This aims...

To cut inequity, help growth

First Rate Hike By Shivaji Sarkar The rate hike was a long-awaited decision. It was needed to check the rising prices, pep up the fledgling rupee,...

Change in outlook vital

Ingrained Inefficiency By Dhurjati Mukherjee Prospects of foreign companies changing locations from China to other countries such as India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand etc are said to...

Pol, Eco challenges

Pakistan at a Crossroads By Piotr Opaliñski (Former Polish Ambassador to Pak) (Mem, Centre for Intl Relations) Located at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia and the...

Psbs better on thin spread

More Pvt Banks Fail By Shivaji Sarkar Public sector banks (PSB) are critically needed today as these were in 1969, is virtually the message that the...

Fast track caste politics

Pre-Election Mood By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) In recent days, one cannot help noticing that some of the long pending demands of caste groups are...

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...

A crisis of trust & values

Medical Negligence By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Transfusion of HIV-affected blood to a pregnant woman causing her to contract the disease is shocking...

Nation first or party?

My List Vs Your List By Poonam I Kaushish It was a short-lived hum-sath-sath-hain show of outrage, grief and retribution. Barely, has the ink dried on...

Toxic air turns a windfall

Car Sales' Boom By Shivaji Sarkar Scrappage is a profit accelerator. By some industry estimates, it can add 30 per cent or more to automaker profits,...

Upgradation vital for revival

R&D Technology By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s manufacturing expertise is not very efficient and cost competitive, even compared with the emerging economies. As such, there have been...

Priortising policy principles

India & Ongoing Wars By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Since Independence in 1947, India sought to conduct its foreign policy on...

Remove confusion

Covid Ex Gratia By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to quantify within six weeks...

Agri alone can sustain India

GDP Euphoric By Shivaji Sarkar India’s GDP is rising, large corporate is aiding recovery and popular decisions are helping the people having an ease of living,...

For better or worse?

Speaker's Crown Of Thorns By Poonam I Kaushish Fatigued and bored of the volatile cacophony of accusations flying thick and fast over American billionaire George Soros’s...

As serious as crime?

Encounter Killings By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Encounter killing of four persons suspected of gang rape & murder of a veterinary doctor in...

Ranchi sets alarm bells ringing

MGNREGA Scam By Insaf Crooked running of MGNREGA in Jharkhand may just be tip of the iceberg. Its Rural Development Dept has indulged in mega corruption...

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...

Land Allotment

Elite plot, poor suffer By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Supreme Court has rightly decided to frame guidelines for allotting public land and put a halt to whims...