Understanding the neighbour

Indo-Pak Conflict By Dr DK Giri The Indian sub-continent is grossly gripped with conflicts between India and Pakistan, intensified by war-cry emitting from both nations. Under...

Improbable, no solution

Early Covid Vaccine By Dr. Oishee & Dhurjati Mukherjee India has overtaken Russia to take the third position in the world with corona infections rising at...

Test for split factions

Maharashtra Crucial Polls By Insaf The bugle for Maharashtra Assembly elections having been sounded, seat-sharing arrangement has been troublesome for both the warring sides. Interestingly, the...

Woh mar gaya, toh?

My Careless India By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2 June, Aligarh UP: A two-and-a-half year old girl’s maggots infested mutilated body is found in a garbage...

Ganga plains in Eco crisis

Himalayas Face Snow Famine By Shivaji Satkar An alarm bell is tolling. A “snow famine”, or more accurately, recurrent and intensifying snow droughts, is occurring in the...

Ecology neglect hits economy

Sheer Cosmetic Data By Shivaji Sarkar India is afflicted with some serious issues. The Kerala floods, overflowing of 32 of 35 dams and flooding of all...

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,...

Man. Our netas are touchy!

Defamation = Disqualification By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the season of the defamation whereby any innuendo equals disqualification and becomes a ticket to jail. Perhaps little...

Progress with less tax burden

Year of New Politics By Shivaji Sarkar The New Year, 2018, is a week old. It raises aspirations and there is hope all around. The first...

Upgradation vital for revival

R&D Technology By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s manufacturing expertise is not very efficient and cost competitive, even compared with the emerging economies. As such, there have been...

Bodo Accord By Insaf Is it an end to the violent Bodo movement in Assam? Envisioned yes, but there hangs a nagging uncertainty. While there is...

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...

The ‘Covid-19 effect’

Centre-State Coordination By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Modi’s meetings with Chief Ministers of States and UTs on June 16 and 17...

Where is the political will?

Kashmir: Elusive Peace By Poonam I Kaushish The travails of picturesque Kashmir continue. Political India is in the midst of loud cantankerous cackle on Kashmir. All...

Cash must for small business

Govt in Rs 155 Tr Debt By Shivaji Sarkar The government must come out of the perils of cycle of debts to ensure growth amid high...

Cyclone: What’s The Big Deal?

It is only life stupid! By Poonam I Kaushish Ok, fellow countrymen let lose the volley of expletives, curse all you want. Of how rotten the...

Question of governance

Tribunal Reforms By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) During the practical lockdown of Parliament debates during the monsoon session due to uncontrollable disturbances by...

Showing a new ‘disha’

Justice Executed By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its betis. If Nirbhaya, Kathua, Unnao, Muzzafarnagar etc weren’t gut wrenching, the latest tale of...

Brazen attack on parliament

By Inder Jit (Released on 20 May 1986) Parliament is once again under attack. The promulgation by the President of an Ordinance empowering it to withhold...

Can India protect farmers?

Global Food Plenty, Prices Fall By Shivaji Sarkar India’s food economy in 2026 looks comfortable. Granaries are overflowing, vegetable prices are slipping, sugar is in surplus,...