Maaping the implications

India Abstains in Burgenstock By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism) In the Ukraine peace conference, held on 14-15 June in Burgenstock, Switzerland,...

Knee jerk reaction

RBI's Rupee Plan By Shivaji Sarkar The Reserve Bank of India engages in knee jerk reactions to arrest the decline of the rupee against the dollar....

Worsened by cyber loot

By Shivaji Sarkar The projection for India’s growth is not a surprise. It is on a continuous roll and the loss of Rs 11.3...

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...

Indian cities to be hit

Global Emissions By Dhurjati Mukherjee Just on the eve of the World Environment Day, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has come out with its latest ‘State...

Judging risks & benefits

India's AI Vision By Dhurjati Mukherjee Much hype has been created about Artificial Intelligence (AI) before and after the recent summit as world leaders and leading...

Ban yatra in poll states

EC Directive to Centre By Insaf Three cheers to the Election Commission. It has acted promptly and decisively on the complaint about “gross misuse of government...

What’s the big deal?

Constitutional Morality By Poonam I Kaushish Circa July 2023: “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief...

A lesson in coalition

Karnataka Pattern By Dr.S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) "Is this the way to run a coalition government, where every day you have to request your...

Worse by climate change

Food Insecurity By Dhurjati Mukherjee Food security has emerged a subject of much discussion due to an impending global crisis, more so due to the Russia-Ukraine...

India and its image abroad

By Inder Jit India’s image in the West shines brighter than ever before. Goodwill for the country is clearly on the upswing. This is the...

Call for reforms

UN Veto on Gaza By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The United States vetoed the UN resolution calling for immediate humanitarian ceasefire...

Injustice by govt?

Rise in Undertrials By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is a well-known saying that “justice delayed is justice denied”. But due to the enormous pendency of cases in...

Economy needs free run

Cash & Banks By Shivaji Sarkar Fetish of any kind is bad. Of late, the society has started a cleaning operation to the extent that it...

Make or break year

Republic At 61 By Poonam I Kaushish How does one feel on Republic day week? Rather how is one supposed to feel? Patriotic? Puffed up in...

Reaching for the moon

Indo-US High Tech Ties By Shivaji Sarkar The US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks the ice. Its success cannot just be fathomed in terms...

Land Allotment

Elite plot, poor suffer By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Supreme Court has rightly decided to frame guidelines for allotting public land and put a halt to whims...

India’s albatross

The Nowhere People By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 1975: Hundreds of thousands fled South Vietnam after Saigon’s fall for fear of political persecution, the largest mass...

Halt minority vilification

Hate Speeches By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recent developments in the country have generated a lot of controversy abroad and dented India’s secular credentials. A prominent section within...

Eye not gdp but ews

Ailing Economy By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the midst of the economy being hit severely and government suffering a financial crunch, Prime Minister Modi’s announcement of giving...