Shocker & whiff of hope

Haryana, J&K Verdict By Insaf The verdict in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir polls comes both as a shocker and a whiff of fresh air. While...

An India moment!

Quad Meet In US By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Washington on 1 July opens up...

Strategic gains for India!

Jordan & Vietnam Visitors Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI Two Heads of State from the Middle East and South Asia came calling last week, providing...

Where lies the truth?

NPAs Conundrum By Shivaji Sarkar The nation is in a quandary. It wants to know who is telling the reality of bank non-performing assets (NPA) —...

National base vital

Minimum Wage By Dhurjati Mukherjee A recent study commissioned by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) has backed universal basic income to reduce the income gaps as...

Ayush’s billion $ market

Heal In India By Shivaji Sarkar India is leading a global healthcare radical transformation. It is reimaging critical unhindered access to everyone through an array of...

Ideology be damned

MP Crisis By Insaf To be or not to be, that is the question. Not just in Madhya Pradesh but across parties, States and of course...

Centre, states pass the buck?

Mob Violence & Lynching By Insaf Who will bell the cat? The Centre or the States as mob violence and lynching continue to cause nagging unease...

Election Omission

Delay opens govt largesse By Poonam I Kaushish Rajnetik virodhi ya jaani dushman? Tragically, the lines between a political opponent and a sworn enemy have got...

Reform sharing of resources

Environment & Sustainability By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is consistent discussion in the media as also conferences in many parts of the country regarding environmental concerns and...

Enough of Double Talk and Deception

Legitimizing Corruption By Inder Jit (Released on 30 September 1996) Politics in New Delhi has increasingly become a conscious and continuous exercise in rank hypocrisy, double talk...

Critical, Govts’ must ponder

Food Waste Index By Dhurjati Mukherjee Food wastage, at least in countries of South Asia, where a significant proportion of the population suffers from poverty as...

Quality & conservation critical

Emerging Water Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee The demand for water in India is growing at a rather fast pace at around 2.8% compounded annual growth rate...

Will hope help in turnaround?

Budget & Rural Sector By Dhurjati Mukherjee As indicated in the Economic Survey, which had focussed on the farm sector, employment and education, the present Union...

Not just Bihar’s concern

Bodies In Ganges By Insaf No dignity in death, an expression that too shall illustrate India’s second wave of the pandemic. This week, the depressing pictures...

The assault on federalism

By B.K. Nehru (Former Governor and Diplomat) (Released on 6 February, 1990) The Constitution of the Republic of India is federal; it is the union of the...

Running out of time

India's Water Woes By Poonam I Kaushish India’s first major climate catastrophe is at our doorstep: Water. Groundwater levels in 21 major cities, including Delhi, Bangalore...

Will it quench India’s thirst?

Court Charts New Water Course By Poonam I Kaushish In dull political Delhi there is a deluge via a Supreme Court order on the Cauvery water...

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...

New Delhi must react

China Weaponises Brahmaputra By Dr. D.K. Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) China has apparently threatened to curtail the flow of Brahmaputra water to India....