Ban yatra in poll states
EC Directive to Centre
By Insaf
Three cheers to the Election Commission. It has acted promptly and decisively on the complaint about “gross misuse of government...
Who will emerge Chanakya?
Bihar's Poll Chakravyu
By Poonam I Kaushish
Countdown for Bihar Assembly elections has begun. With 7.4 cr voters sealing the fate of who among 243 MLAs...
March for salvation
Farmers Destitution
By Shivaji Sarkar
Elections and competitive promises for loan waivers for farmers are inseparable. Despite this, the farm distress doesn’t end. Even if not...
Creating supply chains!
Japanese PM In Delhi
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. of International Politics, JIMMC)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Delhi to attend the 14th India-Japan summit....
Religion & power politics
Lingayat Minority
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
BJP President Amit Shah's categorical announcement that his party will not support a minority religious tag to...
Playing the balancing act
Modi in Middle-East
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to the countries of Middle-East was to meet, at least, four...
Doors open for India
US Shift in W. Asia
By Shivaji Sarkar
Rapid developments appear to be reshaping India’s regional landscape, hinting at a subtle yet significant realignment of strategic...
Islamabad’s fresh attempt
Reviving SAARC
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is pledging to host the next SAARC summit, which has been suspended after...
RBI panel for cut in taxes
Stagflation Looms Large
By Shivaji Sarkar
Severe price rise and plummeting consumer confidence is rattling the monetary policy management of the Reserve Bank of India. Once...
Jo jeeta woh sikander!
Crime Pays In Politics
By Poonam I Kaushish
Taint is the flavour of the new high stakes poll season in Karnataka. The more criminal and immoral,...
No sign of revival
India-Bangladesh Ties
Prof (Dr) DK Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The latest in India-Bangladesh ties is the ban on imports of yarn from India...
Wrong & confusing
Economic Perceptions
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The trend in the Indian economy speaks more of what it’s set to achieve in coming years—a rosy picture of possible...
Railways’ Priority
Bullet train or infrastructure?
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recent tragedy at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road foot over-bridge where over 23 persons died and 39 injured due to...
The people’s right to information
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 August 1984)
Ignorance continues to abound in regard to Parliament, its constitution, practices, procedures and privileges. Thirty-four years as a...
New way out of Ram-Babri imbroglio
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 October 1990)
India's secularism today faces its biggest ever challenge. Yet the problem is not receiving the cool, overdue attention...
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...
Are we heading for second wave?
Vaccination Push, YeT…
By Poonam I Kaushish
The Covid 19 pandemic is the most tumultuous, most catastrophic and the most defining epoch of our lifetime which...
Improbable, no solution
Early Covid Vaccine
By Dr. Oishee & Dhurjati Mukherjee
India has overtaken Russia to take the third position in the world with corona infections rising at...
Yours vs mine?
Caste Cauldron
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in Karnataka...
Ensuring basic wages, income
Labour Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is indeed heartening that the Government plans to introduce a pan India minimum wage that would cover all sectors of...