Time to gear up

Terror's new wings By Poonam I Kaushish It was a tumultuous week. In the first, the ice cracked as Prime Minister Modi met with back-from-the-cold mainstream...

Growth a mirage

Price Jigsaw By Shivaji Sarkar High or as some call it hyperinflation, i.e. rapid, excessive, and out-of-control general price increases, has become a serious issue with...

Safety a critical issue

Jr Doctors' Strike By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The junior doctors’ strike in West Bengal has drawn sharp focus on safety of doctors while discharging their duties....

Rising discontent hits all

Maratha, Truckers Stir India is at the crossroads. The much-touted 'development' is there but the pace naturally is slow. As a result, societal discontent is...

Laws don’t cut down graft

Inflated Bills Main Vote Plank By Shivaji Sarkar Two landmark judgments, one on the electoral bonds scheme and the other JMM - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bribery...

Right spend in question

Wasteful Nation By Shivaji Sarkar Periodic festive post-lockdown sales are not indicators of the economy booming for sustainable development as the slump may loom large. There...

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...

Where is the vaccine?

Policy in a mess By Poonam I Kaushish The proof of the pudding is in eating. In medical analogy proof of India’s vaccine failure is in...

Bihar repays Rs 63 cr a day

Victory Cheers, Debt Tears By Shivaji Sarkar The Bihar election delivered a clear mandate, but the celebrations mask a harder truth: the state is walking into...

Depoliticise speaker’s office

Of the house, for the house By Poonam I Kaushish It’s the season of parades galore and prize catches. Specially in Bihar where the political arena...

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...

India-eu closer to trade pact

By Dr. Krzysztof M. Zalewski (Boym Institute & Centre for International Relations, Poland) Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and...

Using cultural diplomacy

ExternalisingIndia's Image By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof International Relations, JIMMC) On my visit last week to Jakarta, Indonesia, I accompanied the international delegation to sight-seeing in the...

His victory to reap benefits?

Trump In India By Shivaji Sarkar The visit of US President Donald Trump would be remembered for the huge business that India has given him to...

Misplaced, recast ‘reforms’

30 Yrs Of Liberalisation By Shivaji Sarkar Thirty years and India is still waiting for the dream to turn real. Liberalisation of the economy way back...

Flying to new heights?

Tata's Air India By Dhurjati Mukherjee There has been much discussion and debate on the question of disinvestment of public sector organisations with accusations of the...

Industry must help cut govt debt

Troublesome 2023-24 By Shivaji Sarkar The year 2023 ushers in the most eventful year with one-third of the country seeking to form new governments in States...

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...

The ‘Covid-19 effect’

Centre-State Coordination By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Modi’s meetings with Chief Ministers of States and UTs on June 16 and 17...

Cracks in its vibrancy!

Indian Democracy By Dhurjati Mukherjee The highest court of the land, Supreme Court’s, recent observations on sedition law and throttling of dissent puts a big question...