Who will benefit, bjp or sp?

Mayawati's Decline By Sagarneel Sinha As Assembly elections draw closer, the political heat gradually gathers its steam in Uttar Pradesh, the most crucial State having the...

Gujarat Poll

Mired in caste, religion By Insaf Religion and caste have sadly become the talking point in Mahatama Gandhi’s Gujarat. With the poll campaign reaching a crescendo,...

What can India do?

Sri Lankan Crisis By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The Sri Lankan civil unrest starting from the second week of March, reached the violent nadir...

Real time checks must 

Air Pollution By Dhurjati Mukherjee Air pollution in the country has emerged as a public health catastrophe, costing India over a million lives and 1.6 to...

India presses for rupee trade

New Saudi Petro-$ Regime Begins By Shivaji Sarkar Indians are hopeful of a new petroleum pricing regime with Saudi Arabia refusing to renew the 50-year-old US-Saudi...

Govt must redirect wealth

Dangerous Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee “A new billionaire has been created every 26 hours since the pandemic began. The world’s 10 richest men have doubled their...

‘New India’ engulfs opposition

Modi-Shah Gathbandhan By Insaf The BJP juggernaut is simply unstoppable. It’s ‘Phir ek baar Modi sarkar’ and ‘Ab ki baar 300 paar’ campaign slogans slaughtered Congress’...

Priortising policy principles

India & Ongoing Wars By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Since Independence in 1947, India sought to conduct its foreign policy on...

Not trade unions

Union of States By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) WestBengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee has called upon “Opposition parties” to band together to prevent the BJP from...

Are poor better off?

Politics of Poverty By Dhurjati Mukherjee Lok Sabha elections announced, all political parties are gearing up to woo the electoral vote bank, specially the poor and...

Has it outlived life?

Changing WTO By Shivaji Sarkar World trade is changing fast and in a unilateral direction. The US President Donald Trump is deciding the course. He raises...

Deepening or widening!

BRICS Summit By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The BRICS countries in their 15thSummit at Johannesburg from 22 to 24 August are debating the...

Money makes India go round

Election Funding By Shivaji Sarkar Money decides political course! Indian elections are rarely free of the role that money, gifts, liquor, and much more play. Worse,...

Making peace with noise?

Hanuman Chalisa Vs Azaan By Poonam I Kaushish Ever get up cursing in the wee hours of the morning? Thanks to a loudspeaker blaring, upsetting your...

New Delhi mobilising world!

Pahalgam Massacre By Dr DK Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The cold blooded murder of innocent tourists in Pahalgam has shocked not only India but...

Govt needs to be hands-on

India's Poverty By Dhurjati Mukherjee The lockdown has put sharp focus on India’s poverty as it emerges the sheer number of migrant workers alone is mind-boggling,...

Unplanned urban growth!

Himalayan Catastrophe By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Himalayan states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir have been ravished by floods and landslides this year. It’s...

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)...

Season of festivals

Reopening Drama By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) West Bengal High Court has directed the State Government to treat all Durga Puja pandals as...

‘Not 1962’, but strategy missing

Tawang Face-Off By Insaf “It’s not 1962 anymore.” An assertion by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday last should bolster confidence at least among...