Shield from govt meddling
Public Sector Banks
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Public sector banks are underperforming and are mostly in the red due to increase in non-performing assets. Even the largest...
Leaders fail parliament
By Inder Jit
(Released on 20 December 1983)
Parliament and its proceedings have seldom caused greater anguish all round than during the current session, now drawing...
Tariffs won’t hit too hard
India's Pharma Sector
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Way back in 2020, McKinsey Global Institute estimated that by 2020 India needs to create at least 90 million new...
Stem craches, save economy
Change Budget Prism
By Shivaji Sarkar
The stock market has wiped out Rs 8-10 lakh crores in a week since the Union Budget was presented...
Can turn to unusual aspects
Budget Hits Opposition
By Shivaji Sarkar
Indian political economy is at test. The Interim Budget has caused discomfort in the Opposition. It has taken away the...
States burdened, lowimpact
Politics of Populism
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the state elections coming to an end this year, the spate of schemes and promises announced in the run-up...
The people’s right to information
By Inder Jit
(Released on 7 August 1984)
Ignorance continues to abound in regard to Parliament, its constitution, practices, procedures and privileges. Thirty-four years as a...
Alarm for masses & job seekers
Economic Mess
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Economic slowdown in India and uniform acceptance that future is not quite bright is under sharp focus. It gets reinforced by...
Stringent action vital
Air Pollution Hazards
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met...
Reform centres for inmates?
‘Open Jails’
By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee
The Supreme Court has favoured setting up of ‘open jails’, where inmates will not be confined within prison walls and...
A new significance
Ram Janmabhoomi
By Dr S. Saraswathi
Construction of a modern temple for Lord Ram at Ayodhya, for which bhoomi pujan was conducted on 5 August...
One nation, one poll, anyone?
India's Perpetual Election Circus
By Poonam I Kaushish
Barely have the victory bugles in the recent five Assembly polls ended that Parties are gearing up for...
2022:New hopes & promises
Covid Spoils Party Again
By Poonam I Kaushish
How does one begin an epitaph of the year gone by? Uncork the champagne and roll out the...
Imf foresees great depression
India Grows, World Slumps
By Shivaji Sarkar
The US tariff war resetting the world order of 80 years slows down global growth to 2.8 per cent...
Culture & geopolitics interface
PM Modi in Nepal
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. Intl Relations, JIMMC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha in Nepal,...
Stuctural reforms vital
Revival of Economy
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the economy growing 6.2% in the December quarter, recovering just a little from a seven-quarter low, economists are divided...
More trouble ahead
Indo-Pak New Low
By Poonam I Kaushish
The story of India-Pakistan relations is a tale of the proverbial one step forward two steps backwards. All depends...
50 years after
Vijay Diwas 2021
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JIMMC)
Vijay Diwas marks the passage of 50 years since the historic day in 1971. This day,...
Rape of secular nation!
Kathua & Unnao Cases
By Insaf
Shame! That is what Kathua and Unnao rape cases should make people of this country feel. Not just J&K and...
Change nep, strategies
Market Fails Jobs: ILO
By Shivaji Sarkar
As the country gears up for one of its most interesting elections, the economy requires significant improvement to address...