2022:New hopes & promises

Covid Spoils Party Again By Poonam I Kaushish How does one begin an epitaph of the year gone by? Uncork the champagne and roll out the...

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...

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...

Right men in right places

By Inder Jit (Released on 20 April 1982) Lusty cheers greeted the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the controversial West Bengal poll. This is as it...

No more immunity

Court Tells Jan Sewak By Poonam I Kaushish Jan sewaks or swayam sewaks? Public servants we are assert our Right Honourables. But that is only for...

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...

Dignity of Lok Sabha is upheld

By Inder Jit (Released 16 April 1985) The Lok Sabha successfully warded off last Wednesday a major assault on its dignity. Full marks for this must...

Collusion= bank swindles

PSBs Privatising = Predators By Shivaji Sarkar Is privatization of public sector banks (PSB) the panacea? A strong lobby seems to propagate it and it includes...

No, perpetual poll snydrome

One Nation, One Poll By Poonam I Kaushish Are early elections round the corner? And is the Modi Sarkar plumming on having simultaneous polls to the...

Tshering reinforces ties

India-Bhutan Talks By Dr DK Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Bhutan's newly-elected Prime Minister Lyonchhen Lotay Tshering made his maiden foreign visit to India to reinforce a...

IS SC/ST immortal?

Quota In Perpetuity By Poonam I Kaushish Indians are succors for tamasha and trust our politicians to convert reservation into a big circus. Last week the...

Are dead going to vote?

Bihar SIR vs Vote-Bandi By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the silly season in political Delhi. That time when Parties sniff for issues to score points against...

Punjab, wb, Kerala add doubt

India bloc unity By Insaf Developments in Punjab are putting a big question mark on the bonhomie projected by INDIA bloc for 2024. The Congress particularly...

Rape of secular nation!

Kathua & Unnao Cases By Insaf Shame! That is what Kathua and Unnao rape cases should make people of this country feel. Not just J&K and...

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...

Russian business doubles

India-China Brawl By Shivaji Sarkar It is a global world. One button switches off, another opens. As India gets into a stand-off with China, there...

New Delhi hitting the wrong targets

India's Security By Dr. D. K. Giri (Prof, International Politics, JMI) Note the news that authorities in north-eastern China destroyed about 30,000 world maps showing Arunachal Pradesh...

To lower demand, growth

Diesel Price Hike Economic Highlights By Shivaji Sarkar The nation needs wisdom to help stir it out of a difficult situation. An economy sinking for...

Is Modi wave waning?

Future Trends By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the Lok Sabha elections moving forward, analysts and political pundits are now opining that the Modi wave is not quite...

Reorient model, farmers key

Economic Debate By Shivaji Sarkar The economic situation is complex. So is its understanding. India feels happy as macro data indicates an economic turnaround but...