Bills returned, gets worse
Round The States
By Insaf
Governor-government tussle in Tamil Nadu’s is getting worse. On Thursday last, Governor RN Ravi returned 10 pending bills to the ruling...
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...
US’ Asia Policy
Af-India & terrorism
By Dr DK. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
New Delhi hosted three important foreign dignitaries last week, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, followed by US...
Mistaken for healthcare
Right To Health
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
COVID-19 pandemic that has shattered life everywhere has raised many questions over health status of...
Time to choose and challenge
Stigma Thy Name Is Woman
By Poonam I Kaushish
India continues to be at war with its girls and women. Repressed, abused and discriminated against this...
Humanising entertainment
Banning Animals In Circus
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Centre’s draft proposal to ban the use of all animals in any performance,...
Constraints need attention
Vision@2047
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is understood that the Vision@2047 document, likely to be released by the government by year-end, will outline the structural changes and...
Towards crime mukt politics
Supremacy of SC
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Supreme Court has given a shock treatment to all political parties by passing certain...
Education, rights vital
Gender Parity
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022has noted that at the current rate of progress, full gender parity...
An Indian perspective
The Polish Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
On 1 January this year, Poland took over the rotating presidency of the...
India budget further hit
Afghan Conflict
By Shivaji Sarkar
The monsoon session of Parliament may have more to decide than the set agenda of 30 bills as the Afghan situation...
A mixed reaction
'Mixopathy' Protests
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Nationwide protests called by the Indian Medical Association against what it has labeled as “Mixopathy”,...
Transparency, astuteness vital
Defence Modernisation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Restructuring of the Indian Army is being planned in phases and it is understood that its strength (including that of support...
How safe are we?
India's Exports Slide
Rajiv Gupta
It has not been even a month since the horrific bomb blast at the Red Fort, but already it seems like...
Championing peace
India's Foreign Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The Minister for External Affairs asserted that New Delhi should strive to shape international...
India, Sri Lanka & Maldives
Fortifying 'Dosti'
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
The 15th edition of biennial trilateral coast guard exercise took place from 20th to 24th November. It...
Violence scars tmc sweep
WB Panchayat Polls
By Insaf
The dominance of ruling TMC over West Bengal politics is once again vindicated in the results of the Panchayat elections. The party swept...
From ‘us’ to ‘them’
Hijab Controversy
By Poonam I Kaushish
What’s in a dress? Nothing, it’s a form of clothing, but the maelstrom over the innocuous Muslim hijab (headscarf) banned...
New Delhi mobilising world!
Pahalgam Massacre
By Dr DK Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group
of Institutions)
The cold blooded murder of innocent tourists in Pahalgam has shocked not only India but...
Is the shift imminent?
Electric Vehicles
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Electric vehicles are causing a buzz. Not only aren’t these being promoted to tackle the looming environmental crisis, but the consumer’s...