Afresh initiative
NITI Aayog & SDGs
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics JIMMC)
The NITI Aayog launched on 23 November, thefirst SDG Urban Index that ranks our...
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...
DMK throws a challenge
Tamils & CAA
By Insaf
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has given a fresh twist to Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. In an affidavit in Supreme...
Need to lay down new rules
Political Diary
By Poonam I Kaushish
Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high Constitutional...
No short cut, plan long term
Employment Drive
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
In the backdrop of looming unemployment in the country, recent available data reveals that in 2019 and 2020, vacancies in Central...
India’s best friend ever!
Donald Trump
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The Donald Trump Administration has just warned Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the horrendous violence in...
Bleeding Pak with 1000 cuts
Pahalgam Terror Tango
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa April 16, 2025: Twenty four year-old Himanshi is exhilarated and dreams of a married life with 26 year...
Women priests in temples
Gender Equality
By DrS.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
In the midst of our fight against Covid-19 and the fear of third wave in a few weeks...
No jobs, social chaos likely
Rising Ultra Rich
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India added one billionaire every 10 days in 2020 amid the pandemic. This was made possible by rising stock valuation,...
Covid-19 changes nothing
Bihar Elections
Round The States
By Insaf
Elections will be elections, COVID-19 or not. Crowded campaign rallies for Bihar’s first phase of polling on Wednesday...
One test not for India
Shady Coaches, Huge Costs
By Shivaji Sarkar
The country needs to go back to the drawing board on centralising entrance tests as the big ones –...
Imminent risk of fascism?
Hindu Rashtra
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The majoritarian rule in India has possibly tended to be autocratic. Absolute power in the hands of a political party, as...
Time for bharat bhakti?
Gyanvapi Mosque
By Poonam I Kaushish
It was music to Shiv Bhakts as Har Har Mahadev had his way, say and came out trumps. In a...
Global implications
Hasina Out, Yunus In
By Dr. Tomasz Gerlach
(Centre for International Relations Poland)
Bangladesh is not a country that makes headlines. Information from this part of the...
Tmc mp defiant, party silent
'Cash For Query' Scam
By Insaf
Will West Bengal’s TMC’s firebrand MP Mahua Moitra weather the political storm in the ‘cash for query’ scandal involving her?...
FM’s data, reality varies
Glitter is Not Gold
By Shivaji Sarkar
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has projected a promising economy that could take the country to a path of...
Neglect of poor inevitable!
Budgetary Allocations
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Budgetary allocations are broadly made on the basis of expected revenue mobilisation for the year. Obviously, the criteria in making...
Oath delay, poaching threat
Jharkhand Drama
By Insaf
High drama engulfs Jharkhand. The Champai Sorenled coalition government must win the trust vote on Monday, which looks certain, but not after...
Yes I can and will
Modi's ‘new normal’
By Poonam I Kaushish
The old order has yielded to the ‘new normal’. A power paradigm of baggage-free governance, growth and development. With...
Law panel report outdated!
Sedition Law
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Law Commission of India’s 297threport ‘Usage of the Law of Sedition’, would come as a great disappointment to civil and...