Effects on Indo-us trade

Tariff Wars By Dhurjati Mukherjee The US has announced 26 percent across-the-board reciprocal tariffs on India but these are substantially lower than most countries. It was...

Personal loans, defaults rise!

RBI Subprime Alert By Shivaji Sarkar What would sway Indian politics —the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy or caste census? Normally it should be the...

Keep politics at arm’s length

Rift in Judiciary By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Unstoppable politics has already entered the portals of the judiciary with the CPM General Secretary, indicating...

Ambitious targets, big challenge

G-20 & Environment Justice By Dhurjati Mukherjee Just a day before the G-20 summit, the UN climate body stated that limiting the warning to 1.50 C...

Bank funding hit: RBI

State Polls Bare Infra Risks By Shivaji Sarkar Amid the critical Haryana elections, the Reserve Bank of India’s concerns over infrastructure funding and new guidelines have...

States clamour grows

Caste-Based Census Round The States By Insaf The ensuing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have stirred a hornet’s nest. Regional parties are digging in their heels to pushfor...

India’s strategic dichotomy?

Quad & BRICS By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Relations, JIMMC) The Quad summit last week deepened the alliance of four members as it rattled China, the...

Besieged in Bihar, U’khand?

Democratic Rights By Insaf Two States have put a big question mark on the citizens’ democratic rights. In Bihar and Uttarakhand these appear to have come...

Dependence on pvt sector!

Economic Survey By Dhurjati Mukherjee Most Economic Surveys and the recent one too presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lot of optimism, but questions remain...

Has govt will to remove poverty?

Widening Inequality By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is a widely known fact that inequality has been widening in most Third World countries, including India. This runs contrary...

Where is bjp taking country?

Corruption & Ineffective Governance By Dhurjati Mukherjee Corruption in public life is a big problem in India and in spite of tall talk by leaders there...

Young & vile poison

"What's The Deal Today" By Poonam I Kaushish As India is busy taking shots at recovery against Covid 19 latest variant Omicron, lost in euphoria of...

Making a mountain of a molehill

Jinnah Controversy By Poonam I Kaushish Question: Name the latest con word that can divide a nation on communal lines? Answer: Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founder and...

India braces ocean defence

US Extends Garcia To Lanka! By Shivaji Sarkar Amid global turmoil of the Ukraine and Israel wars, a new strategic front opens up in Sri Lanka...

Eam gets it wrong!

India's China Policy By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof, International Relations, JIMMC) In the meeting of Consultative Committee on External Affairs held last Saturday, an animated exchange occurred...

Caste politics takes toll

Maha Dalit Protests By Insaf Alarm bells start to sound louder in the aftermath of the Dalit protests in Maharashtra. The violence that was unleashed in...

Vendetta vs protocol

Centre-Bengal Row By Insaf ‘Political vendetta’ or ‘breach of protocol’, is the latest tug-of-war between Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This...

Tu kaun main khamkha

Law & Order Clash By Poonam I Kaushish It all started over who had rights to a particular parking spot which escalated into a free-for-all epidemic...

Eci must put house in order

TN, Bengal Bashing By Insaf The authority and independence of Nirvachan Sadan has gone down like nine pins. This round of Assembly elections indeed has taken...

Nda budget for allies

500 Firms To Be Job Givers By Shivaji Sarkar It is a coalition budget with a promise of job creation through the corporate. A tall task...