Dialogue on economy vital
Corona Panic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The last quarter figures of 2019-20 fiscal may have reasons to cause worry. An uninteresting Central budget, corona virus, plummeting stock...
Risk to life & prosperity
River Crisis
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
Atmospheric pollution is a major concern, as is the contamination of rivers and lakes. Studies reveal that rivers are dying...
Review, strict action vital
Mitigating Air Pollution
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Centre recently revised the target of reducing air pollution (PM concentrations) in cities from 20-30 percent by 2024 to...
The controversy compounds
Rafale Deal
Dr. D.K.Giri
Prof. International Politics, JMI
The controversy on the Rafale deal refuses to die down, although the Supreme Court rejected the PIL and a...
Welfare vital, no to corruption
Karnataka Takeaways
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Congress has won a victory in Karnataka with an absolute majority, unexpected by most political pundits. The sorry state of...
India’s image at stake
Modern Forms of Slavery
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Modern slavery in various forms like forced labour, child labour, and human trafficking are among...
US bonds hold up many gains
Indian Macros 'Charm'
By Shivaji Sarkar
Developments and statistics about India’s growth are interesting. Various contrary figures indicate a queer pitch. While global financial services group...
Nc, pdp jolt to India bloc
Parting Ways In Kashmir
By Insaf
INDIA bloc partners in Kashmir part ways. The principal parties in the Valley, the NC and PDP decided to nominate...
Huge, not considered
'New' Education Funding
By Shivaji Sarkar
The National Education Policy has a vision of the education standards in the country for the next many decades. It...
Playing 20:20 match
Modi in Australia
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Secretary General, Assn of Democratic Socialism)
On 23 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was playing 20-20 cricket match in an entertainment...
One India, One Poll
Halt perpetual election circus
By Poonam I Kaushish
Winds of change are in the air. Is India readying for a reform in our election cycle? Dumping...
Poll body, pressures & independence
REWIND
By Inder Jit
(Released on 13 February 1990)
India has once again proved its claim to being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people exercised...
Parliament: Time to evoke esma
Budget Session Trashed
By Poonam I Kaushish
Yawn! The outcome of Parliament's Budget session predictably went according to script: washed out by the AIADMK's Cauvery...
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...
Population main constraint
Environmental Balance & Growth
By Dr S.S Chhina
(Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi)
India surpassed China in the race of population on March 3,...
Repeat performance
Opposition Sans LoP
Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
At the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, it is reported that Party President Rahul...
Politics at its worst
Bengaluru Riots
By Insaf
Riots and the aftermath give political parties a handle to settle scores, rather than heal the wounds. The country’s digital capital, Bengaluru,...
Swadeshi saving to fund Govt
Moving Away From Nehru
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Modi-led NDA-II’s budget has changed the focus to peg India’s finances on village and farms, clearly a visible...
States hit by empty atms
Modi's "Cashless" India
By Insaf
The Centre's grand plans towards a 'cashless society' have not only come to haunt it but become a butt of jokes....
Why outsiders?
Rajya Sabha Polls
By Poonam I Kaushish
In political Delhi’s ‘heat wave’ is searing over ‘hot’ 57 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 States which entitles them...