Will labour codes help?
India's Exports Slide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
India’s exports have witnessed a slide in most sectors, as per latest reports, in view of the current geopolitical situation...
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...
900 profs., billions bribery
NAAC Scandal
By Shivaji Sarkar
Stock markets and finance are infamous for manipulation, but few expected India’s education sector to be just as tainted. The National...
Govt must empathise, not ignore
Of Protests & Movements
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The wrestlers’ protest April in the national capital with no sympathy being shown by the ruling dispensation is an...
On mending ties!
Modi in Nepal
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Nepal for two days last week, the third time since...
Uttarakhand shows way
Cluster Ventures
By Shivaji Sarkar
A country that is having crunch of jobs is going a different way for creation of livelihood in the poorest areas...
India exports Brahmos, Pinaka
France Gets Modi Booster
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s global arms sales may get a boost with deals with France, which has given rare honours to India...
Change in outlook vital
Ingrained Inefficiency
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prospects of foreign companies changing locations from China to other countries such as India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand etc are said to...
Aid to Ukraine, fuels war
G20: Indo-US Trade Swells
By Shivaji Sarkar
The G20 was a mega show. The success was in terms of Indian diplomacy carving out a delicate consensus...
India’s guarded response
Coup in Myanmar
By Dr. DK. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
For the third time since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar politics became a victim of a...
To continue despite curbs
Trade with China
By Shivaji Sarkar
The tension on the India-China border reaching inflection point, trade relations except for semantics, may not be impacted, as the...
What has morality got to do with it?
Black: Colour Of Polls
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa 2014: Mayawati accuses ex-Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das of offering her Rs 100 crore for a nomination....
Ideology be damned
MP Crisis
By Insaf
To be or not to be, that is the question. Not just in Madhya Pradesh but across parties, States and of course...
Cut years, educate more
Costlier NEP
By Shivaji Sarkar
The much awaited New Education Policy (NEP) has turned out to be old wine in not a well-crafted supposedly new...
Greatest blunder
Caste Census
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegation of ten leaders from ruling and Opposition partiesto...
Wanted: Opposition that works
By Inder Jit
(Released on 23 June 1981)
The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...
Bjp’s “political agenda”
J&K Delimitation Exercise
By Insaf
Political parties in Kashmir valley are peeved with the Delimitation Commission, accusing it of pushing the BJP ‘political agenda’. The NC...
Eci must put house in order
TN, Bengal Bashing
By Insaf
The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...
TN case raises questions
Governor's Conduct
By Insaf
Is Tamil Nadu Governor undermining the faith and trust attached to the constitutional post, is a question doing the rounds in the...
Somaliland in new middle east balance of power
By Janusz Bylinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
Since December last, Somaliland has been at the centre of a cyclone that has gripped the Middle...