Escalation of tension

India & Pakistan By Piotr Opaliñski (Former Polish Dy Ambassador to India & Ambassador to Pakistan; CIR) The April terrorist attack in Pahalgam has reignited a new...

The road ahead

India's Kashmir By Poonam I Kaushish The stars of BJP seem to be on an ascend. After winning Assembly elections in the Hindu heartland Rajasthan, Madhya...

Fancy imports hit liquidity

Rate Cut Roils 2.52 Bn Old, Poor By Shivaji Sarkar As the “Trumpire” strikes with aggressive tariff moves to assert American dominance, India must resist the...

India loses Rs 53 Tr, 12% gdp

Covid-19 Kills 20 Mn By Shivaji Sarkar The deadly scourge Covid-19 is officially over killing about seven million people across the world and at least five...

Whose afraid of it?

Bulldozer Justiice By Poonam I Kaushish As temperatures rise, heat is searing through political India over it unprecedented Bulldozer Politics. Whereby this gigantic machine has assumed...

Post-poll statue vandalism

Political Symbolism Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After the decisive defeat of the CPM in recent Assembly election in Tripura, statues of Lenin became the target...

Plan, no more dithering

Rescue Package By Dhurjati Mukherjee The continuation of the lockdown for another two weeks with minor relaxation may well be understandable given that the government is...

Aser report not encouraging

Primary Education By Dhurjati Mukherjee Primary education in the country is neglected as the States do not have the resources to invest in schools and upgrade...

Cutting emissions vital

Agricultural Productivity By Dhurjati Mukherjee Increasing agricultural productivity is undoubtedly a national goal, more so as India is thinking of emerging as a major producer in...

Cash must for small business

Govt in Rs 155 Tr Debt By Shivaji Sarkar The government must come out of the perils of cycle of debts to ensure growth amid high...

Economic costs be damned!

My Subsidy, Your Revadi By Poonam I Kaushish It is raining freebies wherein sound economic sense has been surrendered to political gamesmanship. Reckless subsidies are being...

Behead hatred

Season of Poison By Poonam I Kaushish The power of rhetorical public abuse by our leaders’ underscores political discourse is only rabble rousing, devoid of substance,...

Social transformation critical

Religion-Based Crimes By Dhurjati Mukherjee Religion-based crimes are disturbingly on the rise in the country. Whether this is result of Government policies and/or the party in...

Need for an overhaul

Governor's Scam By Poonam I Kaushish Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high Constitutional...

Polls stimulate process!

Welfare Of Masses By Dhurjati Mukherjee It's now election time in Jharkhand and Maharashtra to woo the electorate. The contest is going to be close and...

Eyeballs on bjp, Cong batting

Election Test Match By Insaf The Election Commission has blown the whistle for the semi-final match between INDIA bloc which may have a bearing on the...

Needs holistic vision

New Infra Pack By Shivaji Sarkar The government has finally woken up. It has announced Rs 102 lakh crore programme for strengthening Indian infrastructure. This aims...

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...

Growth With Equity

Far-fetched ideal in India By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) “India’s dynamics are striking. It is the country with the highest gap between the...

What did it change, achieve?

Surgicl Strikes By Poonam I Kaushish It's been a sluggish dull political season brightened by two news, one from black money haven Switzerland that Indians bank...