Right prices critical
Farm Travails & WTO
By Shivaji Sarkar
The long night is over. The farmers call off their over year-long stir and return home as the Centre...
Prime Minister & The Opposition
By Inder Jit
(Released on 4 October 1983)
Speculation about the Opposition parties and their third conclave in Srinagar encourages me to share with readers a...
Requires $80 billion funding
Malaria Comeback
By Shivaji Sarkar
Dreaded malaria can make a comeback amid global warming-heavy rains and needs three times more allocations a year. India suffers a...
Will it improve efficiency?
Railway Corporatization
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
There has been much talk of bringing necessary reforms in railways so as to gear up efficiency. As is well known,...
Worst in India’s history
Water Crisis
By Moin Qazi
India has long undervalued one of its most precious resources -- water. The country's chronic mismanagement of water is staring at...
Never-ending exercise?
Assam's NRC
By Insaf
Assam’s NRC conundrum lingers on. Both the Centre and the State government have again knocked on the Supreme Court’s door seeking extension...
India, the peace-broker?
The War in Ukraine
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secy Gen, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reveals that India is talking to...
Leads jobless growth
Tough Governor, PSU Sales
By Shivaji Sarkar
Dr Manmohan Singh had semi-political and political stints long before he rose to become a finance minister, bestowed with...
A leaf from Indian budget
Harris Populist Agenda
By Shivaji Sarkar
The global economic landscape could shift dramatically if the US Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, succeeds in implementing her...
Sports Women
Making India proud
By Proloy Bagchi
Two recent TV advertisements show teenage girls displaying their keenness for playing football and basket ball. While pushing their respective...
Budget session may end up as farce
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 April 1989)
Parliament seems poised to reduce its budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...
China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?
Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing
By Piotr Opalinski
(Former Diplomat, Centre for International
Relations, Poland)
On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...
Bjp must see writing on the wall
Anti-Incumbency Factor
By Sagarneel Sinha
The 2024 Lok Sabha election is inching closer to its end with two phases remaining and initial trends are changing. At...
Cash flow doubles to rs 32 trn
Mithai, Chai-Pani To Digital Accounts
By Shivaji Sarkar
Diwali is glitter. Gold, new clothes, crackers, laughter, and billions spent—from homes to high streets. Houses glow, rangolis...
Mahatma’s ideals forgotten?
India After Gandhi
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Seven decades later after Mahatma Gandhi was killed, 30 January1948, the nation remembered the father of the nation yesterday. Many...
Disasters add to woes
Rising Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...
Not an ideal model
US Presidential Election
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
US President Donald Trump has not conceded his defeat in the presidential election and is...
India’s poor worst hit
UN on Privatisation
By Shivaji Sarkar
India’s policy of privatisation is contrary to the observation of the United Nations and the World Bank. India is bracketed...
More seats, doctors critical
Medical Education
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The Modi government has taken a number of steps to increase medical seats as well as availability of doctors in...
Food Intake Vital
Eat health & say goodbye disease
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
Food is essential for human survival. But the nature, type and quantity of food intake needs...