Critical, Govts’ must ponder
Food Waste Index
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Food wastage, at least in countries of South Asia, where a significant proportion of the population suffers from poverty as...
Budget Session may end up in a farce
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 April 1989)
Parliament seems poised to reduce its Budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...
North-East’s gdp share 2%
'India Grows 3.3% 2020-23'
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy is only a small part of India’s economy. A tighter rate regime...
Gift of street politics
Law Enforcement Crisis
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
"Who are you?" - the question posed by a victim of police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters...
Eam gets it wrong!
India's China Policy
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof, International Relations, JIMMC)
In the meeting of Consultative Committee on External Affairs held last Saturday, an animated exchange occurred...
End culture of impunity
Dalit Nirbhaya
By Poonam I Kaushish
India is in conflict with its betis. If recalling the horrors of Nirbhaya, Kathua, Unnao, Muzzafarnagar, Telangana etc weren’t gut...
Law unto themselves
Rakshak Ya Katil?
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. The sordid tale has it genesis in...
Fixing history or driving wedge?
Gyanvapi Masjid Row
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politicians are an unholy lot who take a “holier than thou attitude” on anything and everything — be it...
Tall claims, nagging doubts
J&K Statehood
By Insaf
Is the Centre putting the cart before the horse, is a question being asked in Jammu and Kashmir. This, as despair and...
Social transformation critical
Religion-Based Crimes
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Religion-based crimes are disturbingly on the rise in the country. Whether this is result of Government policies and/or the party in...
No, perpetual poll snydrome
One Nation, One Poll
By Poonam I Kaushish
Are early elections round the corner? And is the Modi Sarkar plumming on having simultaneous polls to the...
A new chapter
India-UK Ties
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
In a UK-India Leaders’ Conference held in the British Parliament on 7th October, leaders...
GNCTD bill: Delhi govt undermined
By Insaf
The AAP government in Delhi is seething with anger and rightly so. Its powers have been curtailed with a lieutenant governor (LG) being...
States must aid centre
The MSP Demand
By Dr. S.S Chhina
(Senior Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi)
Albeit the longest-ever protest from the farming community, especially in Punjab and...
Can we save parliament?
By Inder Jit
(Released on 23 December 1983)
Parliament continues to decline — and so also public standards. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...
Power crisis new jolt
Govt. Offloads Air India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The sale of national carrier Air India, eight-year tax reprieve to Tatas, a severe power crisis that may give...
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...
Ap tops, Gujarat slides
States Business Acumen
By Insaf
Three cheers for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The two bifurcated States have shown tremendous resilience since 2014 and given Modi's Gujarat...
Ill intent or stand buried?
Farm Reforms
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The three farm laws have been repealed, the farmers’ have called it a big victory, but a nagging question lingers—whether it...
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...