ISRO spends less than nasa!

Frugal India & Giant Leap By Shivaji Sarkar The Chandrayaan-3 has made India proud and a noteworthy insight, rather a testimony,that most government departments can effectively...

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...

Hitting self-destruct button

Disunity In Unity? By Poonam I Kaushish Unity in disunity or disunity in unity? Flummoxed? Certainly, as INDIA bloc seems to have developed cracks. In the...

Towards golden jubilee!

India-France Ties By Dr D.K Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been on a two-day visit to Paris. On his arrival, in...

Karnataka drama over

Kissa Kursi Ka By Insaf Curtains have finally come down in the long-drawn ‘kissa kursi ka’ nauseating drama in Karnataka. BS Yediyuruppa (earlier Yedyurappa) took...

Delhi, Dacca and friendship

By Inder Jit (Released on 7 April 1981) Bangladesh and its capital Dacca are a far cry from Delhi and most other parts, of India, barring...

It’s people’s money, not mine, yaar!

Farm Loan Waivers By Poonam I Kaushish It was a perfect electoral cake rolled out by the Congress to the strains of 'Vote For Me.' Iced with...

Vadra: Breaking Omerta code

Tale of Two Sons In-Law By Poonam I Kaushish This is the tale of two sons in law, Feroze Gandhi and Robert Vadra. The first, a...

Modi govt must rethink

Deficits & Debt By Shivaji Sarkar India is profligate. Its economic policies are away from realism, dependent on only one aspect of development – build, build...

Game of Thrones goes awry

ABKI BAAR BJP, But…. By Poonam I Kaushish It began as a one horse race. A predictable election with a public relations blitzkriegs leading to a...

Can India meet challenge?

Climate Goals By Dhurjati Mukherjee With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled to begin on 30 November in the UAE, meeting climate goals would be in the forefront. Moreover,...

Honey, we are touchy!

India's Moral Terrorist By Poonam I Kaushish One man’s food is another man’s poison. A succinct testimony to the ongoing maelstrom over growing intolerance. From love...

Netas police vs janata’s police

Policewala Goonda Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. When another free-for-all epidemic of mob violence was unleashed across the...

Policy stimuli wished for

Gloomy 2019 By Shivaji Sarkar A year passes with some gloom and the New Year enters with hope and aspirations. 2019 has had both good as...

Sharp focus on ‘air pollution’

World Environment Day By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee This year’s theme of the World Environment Day today is ‘Air Pollution’, which indeed is a subject of concern...

Firming strategic ties

Fiji PM In India By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Liga Mamada Rabuka was in India to...

Modi-Abe Bonhomie

‘Japindia’ vs ‘Chindia’ By Dr D. K. Giri (Prof, International Politics, JMI) The India-Japan bilateral summit between Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe was viewed...

India on world stage?

Intl Solar Alliance By Dr. D. K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) India's leadership of International Solar Alliance and the maiden Summit on solar energy held last...

Self funder, earns profits

Railway Budget By Shivaji Sarkar Railways is beyond speed. It connects India. It takes passengers to the farthest, remotest and inaccessible area and immensely contributes to...

Courts must restrain

Religious Places Row By Insaf Three cheers to Supreme Court! On Thursday last, it asked courts across the country to ‘stay off their hands’ from entertaining...