Tech transfer to cut import bill
Indigenisation of Products
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In recent months, the Centre has given a greater thrust to indigenisation of products to boost up manufacturing. Though rather...
SC peeved over wb panel
Pegasus Scandal
By Insaf
West Bengal stretches it too far or is it an oversight? Going by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s style of functioning in all...
Policy, pride & prejudice
Foreign Aid For Kerala
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Latest political controversy containing multiple issues within one major issue relates to refusal of financial...
Ec kachahari: Jo jeeta wohi sikander!
'Laapata Gentlemen'
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! Tomorrow as ballot boxes are counted we shall know who will sit on India’s Raj gaddi in this hard-fought...
Where is the new path?
Modi Has No Opponent
By Shivaji Sarkar
An election is not just about formation of government. Instead it is about aspirations, policies, performance and embarking on...
K’taka polls to douse or ignite?
India Sitting On A Tinderbox
By Shivaji Sarkar
As Karnataka goes to the polls, a number of economic issues are coming to the fore, price rise,...
Another pandora’s box
National Language
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In the series of efforts launched by the BJP government to promote unity and integrity of...
Reopening debate
Death Penalty
By Dr. S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Justice Kurien Joseph, on the eve of his retirement, delivered a judgement commuting the death sentence...
Total failure of regulators
IL&FS Crisis
By Shivaji Sarkar
The IL&FS is a national crisis. It may or may not be a Lehman moment in Indian economy-- as is being...
SC sticks to nrc deadline
Anxious Assam
By Insaf
‘Citizens’ in Assam are in a tizzy. The deadline of July 31 for finalisation of the National Register of Citizens remains...
Nitish banking on bjp
Bihar Elections
By Sagarneel Sinha
For the past 15 years, barring one-odd year, JD(U) President Nitish Kumar has been Bihar’s Chief Minister mostly with the support...
Uniquely Indian perspective
India's G20 Presidency
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
The G20 year under India’s leadership has begun. People from across various sectors – government and...
Riots cost India $646 bn
Communal Violence
By Shivaji Sarkar
Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...
End the uncertainty
Defection Definition
By Dr. S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Raj Bhavans, the official residence of Governors, became the venues for protests by members of the...
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...
Soaring dangerous divide
Communal Politics
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recentlyconcluded Assembly elections have once again confirmed the play of appeasement politics and the polarisation of Hindu-Muslim votes in the...
Integrating communities vital
Understanding Nationalism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Political scientists and historians are today engaged in debating what true nationalism is with politicians talking in terms of a new...
SC helpless viz centre?
Farmers Protest
By Insaf
The Centre has left the Supreme Court exasperated over the farmers protests! On Thursday last, the top court gave a rap to...
‘Veto’ on outsider
Regionalism To Fore
By Poonam I Kaushish
Pre 1947 India resounded to “throw out the British”. Sprinkled with nationalism, all pledged to make India united and...
Mountain out of molehill
Wakf Act
By Poonam I Kaushish
Phew! As Delhi simmers in rising heat wave, it is better than political stewing on the contentious Mussalman Wakf (Repeal)...