Right prices critical

Farm Travails & WTO By Shivaji Sarkar The long night is over. The farmers call off their over year-long stir and return home as the Centre...

Prime Minister & The Opposition

By Inder Jit (Released on 4 October 1983) Speculation about the Opposition parties and their third conclave in Srinagar encourages me to share with readers a...

Requires $80 billion funding

Malaria Comeback By Shivaji Sarkar Dreaded malaria can make a comeback amid global warming-heavy rains and needs three times more allocations a year. India suffers a...

Will it improve efficiency?

Railway Corporatization By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been much talk of bringing necessary reforms in railways so as to gear up efficiency. As is well known,...

Worst in India’s history

Water Crisis By Moin Qazi India has long undervalued one of its most precious resources -- water. The country's chronic mismanagement of water is staring at...

Never-ending exercise?

Assam's NRC By Insaf Assam’s NRC conundrum lingers on. Both the Centre and the State government have again knocked on the Supreme Court’s door seeking extension...

India, the peace-broker?

The War in Ukraine By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reveals that India is talking to...

Leads jobless growth

Tough Governor, PSU Sales By Shivaji Sarkar Dr Manmohan Singh had semi-political and political stints long before he rose to become a finance minister, bestowed with...

A leaf from Indian budget

Harris Populist Agenda By Shivaji Sarkar The global economic landscape could shift dramatically if the US Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, succeeds in implementing her...

Sports Women

Making India proud By Proloy Bagchi Two recent TV advertisements show teenage girls displaying their keenness for playing football and basket ball. While pushing their respective...

Budget session may end up as farce

By Inder Jit (Released on 18 April 1989) Parliament seems poised to reduce its budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...

China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?

Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing By Piotr Opalinski (Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland) On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...

Bjp must see writing on the wall

Anti-Incumbency Factor By Sagarneel Sinha The 2024 Lok Sabha election is inching closer to its end with two phases remaining and initial trends are changing. At...

Cash flow doubles to rs 32 trn

Mithai, Chai-Pani To Digital Accounts By Shivaji Sarkar Diwali is glitter. Gold, new clothes, crackers, laughter, and billions spent—from homes to high streets. Houses glow, rangolis...

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...

Disasters add to woes

Rising Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...

Not an ideal model

US Presidential Election By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) US President Donald Trump has not conceded his defeat in the presidential election and is...

India’s poor worst hit

UN on Privatisation By Shivaji Sarkar India’s policy of privatisation is contrary to the observation of the United Nations and the World Bank. India is bracketed...

More seats, doctors critical

Medical Education By Dr Oishee Mukherjee The Modi government has taken a number of steps to increase medical seats as well as availability of doctors in...

Food Intake Vital

Eat health & say goodbye disease By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee Food is essential for human survival. But the nature, type and quantity of food intake needs...