Planned desert in offing

Jewar Airport By Shivaji Sarkar It couldn’t be more ironical. As India played host to the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN...

A global necessity

Vaccine IPRWaiver By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) It is reported that the chief of World Trade Organisation (WTO) is persuading member-nations to reach an agreement...

Brics dilemma for Trump

India, Energy & $ By Shivaji Sarkar The “King Dollar” is feeling threatened—not by a rival superpower, but by a non-currency from BRICS. In response, President...

Need to reinvent

Governor Who? By Poonam I Kaushish The more things change the more they remain the same. An adage which resonates in the corridors of power when...

Alarm, not penalty

Garbage Tax By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Greater Chennai Corporation announced Garbage Tax a few days back to the surprise of all residents and gave...

More vulgar the better!

Slander Is Now Virtue By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar Lok Sabha electioneering season our netagan are reveling in neech under-the-belt vitriolic language, putrid entertainment...

Pakistan’s hand in Punjab

Defence Modernisation By Inder Jit (Released on 6 May 1986) India has effectively met yet another challenge to its unity and integrity by the grossly misled protagonists...

Fresh Hopes on Assam

By Inder Jit (Released on 10 May 1981) New Delhi and Gauhati will need to keep their fingers crossed – and so also thinking people elsewhere...

One test not for India

Shady Coaches, Huge Costs By Shivaji Sarkar The country needs to go back to the drawing board on centralising entrance tests as the big ones –...

Apathy sinking himalayan towns

Tehri, Mussoorie Too Crumbling By Shivaji Sarkar Heaven is literally falling to greed. It is just not Joshimath, but even Tehri Garhwal, Karnaprayag, and Mussoorie too...

Roadmap for India’s future

  Vajpayee's Economic Vision By Shivaji Sarkar Seven years had passed since liberalisation of the Indian economy. Some years were troublesome. Scams such as that of the...

Bengal stands upto BJP

TMC Victory By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the intense West Bengal elections, the ruling-Trinamool Congress emerged victorious garnering around 213 seats, which belied predictions by most analysts, who...

Besieged Farmers

Diversify, income raise critical By Dhurjati Mukherjee Farmers continue to agitate across the country for enhanced facilities for a better livelihood. There is definitely a cause...

Is India missing the bus?

AUKUS Security Alliance By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof International Relations, JIMMC) The partnership signed between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom acronymed AUKUS has raised...

Opposition is coming alive

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 October 1980) Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...

Two states renew hope, peace

AFSPA Withdrawn By Insaf Holding peace is rewarding. The Centre has rightly acknowledged it in two north eastern States. Early this week, Union Home Ministry revoked...

Exposes il & fs type disaster

Road Tolls Mega Scam By Shivaji Sarkar It's a never-ending exposure. No, it is not a defence deal, but far more serious. The Infrastructure Leasing &...

Deep political undercurrent

Ram Temple Edifice By Dhurjati Mukherjee The temple town of Ayodhya is all decked up. The Prime Minister performing the bhoomi pujan ceremony for construction of...

‘Opposition jodo yatra’ begins?

Gujarat Verdict On Rahul By Insaf A Surat court, in Gujarat has thrown the Congress into a tizzy. Opposition leader and its former President Rahul Gandhi...

Tool to aid or hurt?

AI & Media   By Sabina Inderjit Imagine having a super-smart assistant that can gather information, write drafts, generate videos, clone voices, et al. Incredible possibilities that...