Govt must be responsive

India Vs Others Open Forum By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding a recent report indicating India shall emerge as the 4th largest economy by 2030 and the 3rd largest...

Uniform civil code anyone?

Modi's New Gamble By Poonam I Kaushish In this monsoon season it’s raining defections in Maharashtra where the BJP-Shiv Sena ‘double engine’ Government has now been...

Leaks Foreign Exchange?

Liberalised Remittance Scheme Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are not the only people who have parked their wealth abroad. They have, however, done...

Better late than never

Plastic Ban By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) In 26 States/Union Territories in India, some form of plastic ban is imposed, but its implementation...

Centre, states wake up late

Lockdown & Migrant Workers By Insaf Too little and maybe too late! An assessment of the Centre’s lockdown and Rs 1,70,000-crore relief package for the urban...

Seranading control

Business Of Power By Poonam I Kaushish It’s been a week of mea culpa, home truth and tutorials. Of ghisi-piti real politik where public morality and...

Law unto themselves

Rakshak Ya Katil? By Poonam I Kaushish Last week tore to tatters the slogan: With you, for you, always. The sordid tale has it genesis in...

Promoting tre-sector partnership

India's G-20 Presidency By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) In the current series of articles on India’s G-20 presidency, in the run up to the...

One India, One Poll

Halt perpetual election circus By Poonam I Kaushish Winds of change are in the air. Is India readying for a reform in our election cycle? Dumping...

A variety entertainment

Post-Poll Coalitions By Dr S Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The unity between disparate groups of political parties united by common opposition to the BJP was...

A medical prescription

Social Distancing By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Countrywide social distancing by observing one-day “Janata Curfew” on Sunday last was indeed a success in...

New govt’s priorities

Beyond Borders By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) After two months of mind and body-wrenching electioneering in the biggest democracy in the world, the results...

Modiji, heal India

Seven Year Itch By Poonam I Kaushish Call it the seven year itch but the cruel Covid summer 2021 has brought Prime Minister Modi to the...

Centre-states action vital

Food & Fuel Inflation By Dhurjati Mukherjee The rising prices of food, fertilizer and fuels have reached centre stage with growth expectations becoming lower and monetary...

Techniques need change

Dryland Farming By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding that COP26 was largely seen as disappointing, the UN in one of its statement said ‘significant progress’ was made in...

Cong its own worst enemy!

Rajasthan Verdict By Insaf The Congress High Command’s worry in Rajasthan is far from over. Ushering normalcy or some semblance of order will be a tall...

Politics at its worst

Bengaluru Riots By Insaf Riots and the aftermath give political parties a handle to settle scores, rather than heal the wounds. The country’s digital capital, Bengaluru,...

Push growth in trade

US Agenda For India By Dr D. K Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki outlined the US agenda on India in...

A friendly exercise

Labour Codes By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Ten Central Trade Unions have announced a nationwide general strike on 26 November as a protest...

Big crisis, doctor missing

Economy In Poll Season By Shivaji Sarkar The ensuing Assembly elections in five States would be contested on critical issues -- jobs, wages, inflation, development...