Inapt, unimaginative policy

Monetisation Pipeline By Shivaji Sarkar Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23 has enriched the financial vocabulary with a new word ‘monetisation’ – National Monetisation Pipeline...

Ecological balance vital

Understanding Biodiversity By Dhurjati Mukherjee The rapid decline in biodiversity, faster than any time in history, with 1 million species facing extinction, many within decades, has...

Will it revive Economy?

Innovation & R&D Focus By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is widespread discussion and debate on how to revive the country’s economy, what with preparations afoot to present...

Are we prepared?

Corona Alarm Bells By Poonam I Kaushish It was a matter of time before the deadly corona virus COVID19 attacked India. And when it did our...

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...

Riots cost India $646 bn

Communal Violence By Shivaji Sarkar Communal violence has a cost. Manipur may be far off from the National Capital, Delhi, or Nuh in Haryana may be...

A critical assessment

16th Lok Sabha By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The last session of the 16th Lok Sabha came to an end on February 13...

Is Modi vincible?

BJP Takes Big Hit By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 2014: India voted for change and a new power paradigm on the wings of hope and trust....

Court of defection justice

Vidhan Soudha By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi The architect of Vidhan Soudha, the iconic building that houses Karnataka legislature in Bengaluru, K. Hanumanthaiah...

Dent in ‘jai kisan’?

Capital Anarchy By Poonam I Kaushish Nothing ever good comes out of violence. This lexicon comes to mind as the Capital witnessed unprecedented anarchy leaving it...

‘Developed’ is problematic!

Trump's Big Punch By Shivaji Sarkar India is being continuously hit by the US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of Generalised system of preferences (GSP) on 5,111...

A wake-up call

Pahalgam & Aftermath By Dr. D.K. Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) A good deal of debate has been taking place since the launch of...

The new normal

Life With Covid 19 By Poonam I Kaushish He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount, so goes an old proverb. Prime Minister Modi perhaps...

Dance of democracy

US, India Elections By Rajiv Gupta Winston Churchill is reported to have said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that...

National govt the remedy

Economic Letdown By Shivaji Sarkar It is an ominous year now. Panic decisions and maniac actions of keeping people off work has done wonders of squeezing...

Opposition is coming alive

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 October 1980) Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...

Poll body, pressures & independence

REWIND By Inder Jit (Released on 13 February 1990) India has once again proved its claim to being the world’s biggest democracy. Nearly 300 million people exercised...

“How dare you talk to dcm this way”

Politicians & Police By Poonam I Kaushish “Suno, mai Deputy Chief Minister bol raha hoon aur aapko aadesh deta hoon ki voh rukwao” “What is the...

Revive hardware sector

Chip Shortage By Shivaji Sarkar The world is anodd place. The way to global recovery sometimes is disrupted by an invisible virus and as it tries...

Sshh…. About poll slush!

Election Funding By Poonam I Kaushish Money makes the clogged, polluted and corrupt political mare go around, and how! In the on-going Great Indian Dance of...