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Aarogya Setu
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Union Home Ministry has made Aarogya Setu (Bridge to Health) app, a contact tracing app,...
Game of power?
Language Wars
By Poonam I Kaushish
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, said Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. A quote which underscores...
Wb row gets murkier
Of 'Honour' & Politics
By Insaf
Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is becoming a political hot potato. It’s not just the ‘honour’ of...
Need efficient doctor
Economy Diseased
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is a dilemma and nagging policy uncertainty. Is the economy growing, in a thaw or on a downslide? Does...
An India moment!
Quad Meet In US
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
The Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Washington on 1 July opens up...
What about rural India?
Budget Eyes Middle Class
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Notwithstanding that the Union budget is viewed as middle-class oriented, this commentator would have been happier if the thrust...
Right skills critical
Tough Job Market
By Moin Qazi
In an age of skyrocketing unemployment, made worse by the pandemic, it is integral to incorporate marketable and real-world skills...
Weak, global slump likely
2023 Economic Prospects
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Reports about the economic prospects for 2023, both on India and the world, appear quite stark. Former Reserve Bank of...
Divert Rs 25k cr to signals
Stop Razing Rail Stations
Economic Highlights
By Shivaji Sarkar
Railway accidents not only cause significant loss of lives and severe financial setbacks, but also undermine public confidence...
G20 opens up many doors
MBDs, DPI, Biofuels
By Shivaji Sarkar
The G20 year-long india presidency bash achieves a lot amid global ukraine-russia conflict overshadowing the bid for peace. India’s bilaterals...
Worshipping false gods
Communal Violence, Yawn
By Poonam I Kaushish
It never ceases to surprise how our polity is swiftly sinking into the marshy cesspool of bloodied religious intolerance....
Civil disobedience in fore?
Youth's Anti-CAA Upsurge
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Serious debates are ongoing over the rights of the young generation, specially students to engage in protests against the CAA...
The Identity Trap
By Rajiv Gupta
Most people who have gone through a job interview will be familiar with the question, “Tell me about yourself” where the interviewee...
Huge job cuts, slump in India
Musk Leads Global IT Mayhem
By Shivaji Sarkar
The dismissal of Meta-Twitter workers, now mass resignationsand closure of its offices for a week signify deeper economic...
Let’s talk of today, not past
Beyond The Kashmir Files
By Sagarneel Sinha
The recent controversial statement made by the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on Vivek Agnihotri’s directorial film, The Kashmir Files,...
Higher education rudderless
HRD's Severe Crunch
By Shivaji Sarkar
"My dear, here we must run fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to...
New Delhi hitting the wrong targets
India's Security
By Dr. D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
Note the news that authorities in north-eastern China destroyed about 30,000 world maps showing Arunachal Pradesh...
Perspectives from india
Political Tsunami in Nepal
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
Nepal is prone to earthquakes. And there has been a tsunami on...
Expanding Africa outreach
Modi In Nigeria
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a stopover in Nigeria enroute to Brazil to...
Pvt invest less, deficit up
India Finds New High
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy is passing through an interesting phase. Its growth touched 7.8 per cent for the first quarter,...