Two-year slump predicted

India's $1 Trillion Loss By Shivaji Sarkar Heading towards a grave scenario, the Indian economy faces contraction in the current and possibly the next financial...

Playing with communal fire

By Inder Jit (Released on 31 May 1983) Communalism continues to grow and grow fast. Mr. Charan Singh’s timely alert against disaster has made thinking people...

Rbi framework inadequate?

Bank Frauds By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding innumerable laws in the country, their implementation is a far cry. Though every government promises 'good governance', the state of...

Will public health system improve?

Women Security By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee Over the years non-violent forms of protest have become quite popular, not just in India but in many other countries....

Whose afraid of it?

Bulldozer Justiice By Poonam I Kaushish As temperatures rise, heat is searing through political India over it unprecedented Bulldozer Politics. Whereby this gigantic machine has assumed...

Not genuine progress

High GDP Growth By Dhurjati Mukherjee Some economists are concerned over whether India can return to 7 per cent GDP growth. The entire outlook of our...

Centre, states wake up late

Lockdown & Migrant Workers By Insaf Too little and maybe too late! An assessment of the Centre’s lockdown and Rs 1,70,000-crore relief package for the urban...

Law panel report outdated!

Sedition Law By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...

Ias: I am sorry service

DNA OF Babudom By Poonam I Kaushish A 10-year old schoolboy feeling nauseas sticks his head out of moving bus hits an electric pole and dies...

The Dragon Blinks

Pragmatic engagement By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) The Chinese President Xi Jinping, expectedly, emerged stronger after the quinquennial Communist Party Congress last week. The...

Warns of troubled economy

UN ESCAP Forecast By Shivaji Sarkar India is growing and ought to grow after unplanned devastating lockdown of all economic and social activities. But the growth...

Reform or find alternative

Representative Democracy By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Budget session of Parliament has commenced and 20 Opposition parties joined together to boycott the...

Of hope and fear

Pilgrims' Corridor By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) With mixed feelings of hope and fear, India is proceeding with the reopening of a passage...

Disaster waiting to strike

Death Ravages Uttarakhand By Poonam I Kaushish It was a tragedy waiting to strike, of anger and anguish, despair and desperation, morbidity and mortality. Words fail...

India key to recovery

World Economy By Shivaji Sarkar Even as India’s macroeconomic situation improves, it may not yet be the time to celebrate. The possible third wave is being...

Mahatma’s ideals forgotten?

India After Gandhi By Dhurjati Mukherjee Seven decades later after Mahatma Gandhi was killed, 30 January1948, the nation remembered the father of the nation yesterday. Many...

Right spend in question

Wasteful Nation By Shivaji Sarkar Periodic festive post-lockdown sales are not indicators of the economy booming for sustainable development as the slump may loom large. There...

Takeaways for India

Modi In Europe By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof International Relations, JIMMC) Prime Minister Narendra Modi dashed off to three countries in Europe from 2-4 May 2022. He...

Effective police state?

New I-T Rules By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...

Slip hurts economy, sovereignty

SC Must Protect Rashtra By Shivaji Sarkar The Supreme Court ruling on the Eknath Shinde case has given rise to a discussion on a serious threat...