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Aarogya Setu By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi) The Union Home Ministry has made Aarogya Setu (Bridge to Health) app, a contact tracing app,...

Game of power?

Language Wars By Poonam I Kaushish A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, said Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. A quote which underscores...

Wb row gets murkier

Of 'Honour' & Politics By Insaf Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is becoming a political hot potato. It’s not just the ‘honour’ of...

Need efficient doctor

Economy Diseased By Shivaji Sarkar There is a dilemma and nagging policy uncertainty. Is the economy growing, in a thaw or on a downslide? Does...

An India moment!

Quad Meet In US By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Washington on 1 July opens up...

What about rural India?

Budget Eyes Middle Class By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding that the Union budget is viewed as middle-class oriented, this commentator would have been happier if the thrust...

Right skills critical

Tough Job Market By Moin Qazi In an age of skyrocketing unemployment, made worse by the pandemic, it is integral to incorporate marketable and real-world skills...

Weak, global slump likely

2023 Economic Prospects By Dhurjati Mukherjee Reports about the economic prospects for 2023, both on India and the world, appear quite stark. Former Reserve Bank of...

Divert Rs 25k cr to signals

Stop Razing Rail Stations Economic Highlights By Shivaji Sarkar Railway accidents not only cause significant loss of lives and severe financial setbacks, but also undermine public confidence...

G20 opens up many doors

MBDs, DPI, Biofuels By Shivaji Sarkar The G20 year-long india presidency bash achieves a lot amid global ukraine-russia conflict overshadowing the bid for peace. India’s bilaterals...

Worshipping false gods

Communal Violence, Yawn By Poonam I Kaushish It never ceases to surprise how our polity is swiftly sinking into the marshy cesspool of bloodied religious intolerance....

Civil disobedience in fore?

Youth's Anti-CAA Upsurge By Dhurjati Mukherjee Serious debates are ongoing over the rights of the young generation, specially students to engage in protests against the CAA...

The Identity Trap

By Rajiv Gupta Most people who have gone through a job interview will be familiar with the question, “Tell me about yourself” where the interviewee...

Huge job cuts, slump in India

Musk Leads Global IT Mayhem By Shivaji Sarkar The dismissal of Meta-Twitter workers, now mass resignationsand closure of its offices for a week signify deeper economic...

Let’s talk of today, not past

Beyond The Kashmir Files By Sagarneel Sinha The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...

Higher education rudderless

HRD's Severe Crunch By Shivaji Sarkar "My dear, here we must run fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to...

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...

Perspectives from india

Political Tsunami in Nepal By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Nepal is prone to earthquakes. And there has been a tsunami on...

Expanding Africa outreach

Modi In Nigeria By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a stopover in Nigeria enroute to Brazil to...

Pvt invest less, deficit up

India Finds New High By Shivaji Sarkar The Indian economy is passing through an interesting phase. Its growth touched 7.8 per cent for the first quarter,...