India & EU
Growing partnership?
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The India-European Union 14th Summit meeting in New Delhi on 6th October focused on closer cooperation on...
Industry must help cut govt debt
Troublesome 2023-24
By Shivaji Sarkar
The year 2023 ushers in the most eventful year with one-third of the country seeking to form new governments in States...
US, UK moves can hit India
Harshad To Adani, Scams On
By Shivaji Sarkar
The year 1992, Finance Minister Manmohan Singh liberalised economy, stocks zoomed, small salaried class crowded the equity market...
Modi-Abe Bonhomie
‘Japindia’ vs ‘Chindia’
By Dr D. K. Giri
(Prof, International Politics, JMI)
The India-Japan bilateral summit between Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe was viewed...
Not just cong wanting
Intra-Party Democracy
By Sagarneel Sinha
The recent All India Congress Committee elections for the post President, where Mallikarjun Kharge defeated Shashi Tharoor, has yet again brought...
No end in sight
Govt Control of Temples
By Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A private member bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha seeking freedom from Government control...
Kal neta aaj rajyapal kal neta
Governors Revolving Door
By Shivaji Sarkar
Public office has a lot to do with perception. Wherein, your actions do the talking. Alas last week in a...
Watch out, it spares no one
Caste Is King
By Poonam I Kaushish
Caste is king! Not who, but what you are. Its manifestations are complex — sometimes visceral, at other times...
A remedy for the new malady
By Inder Jit
(Released on 28 August 1984)
Outrageous developments in Andhra Pradesh and earlier in Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim have posed yet another threat...
Test for federalism
15th Finance Commission
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Terms of Reference (ToR) to the 15th Finance Commission have provided another issue to...
How do you evaluate commissioners?
SC Halla Bol On ECs
By Poonam I Kaushish
In this silly poll season amidst accusations slugfest between Parties in Modiland Gujarat, a five-judge Constitution Bench...
“Not the centre’s chaprasi”
By Inder Jit
(Released on 17 April 1984)
The Governors and their role are in the news again. Late last month, Mrs. Gandhi made most people...
Follow the rule of law
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Apex Tani Foundation (APTAFO) NGO is really concern about the recent torching of homes at Mabira Village in Namsai.
Torching down of village is...
Nepal’s broken model
Exporting People, Importing Turmoil
By Shivaji Sarkar
Nepal has become the latest flashpoint of instability in the Indian subcontinent, echoing Bangladesh’s violent turn last year. The...
Sleeping with the enemy
Maharashtra Stunner
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the silly political season when dictums ‘my enemy’s enemy is my friend’ and a chameleon can change its colour...
Hungry, jobless India
Super Inflation
By Shivaji Sarkar
Multiple taxes, unemployment, high 10.49 per cent wholesale price index (WPI) rise and severe income losses are thawing the nation amid...
‘Not Necessarily By Accident’?
The nation celebrated the rescue of 41 workers from the Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Once the euphoria of successful...
For better or worse?
Speaker's Crown Of Thorns
By Poonam I Kaushish
Fatigued and bored of the volatile cacophony of accusations flying thick and fast over American billionaire George Soros’s...
Triggers a political circus
Birbhum Killings
By Insaf
A tragedy is turned upside down into a political tamasha. Eight houses were set on fire in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on...
What’s the big deal?
Constitutional Morality
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa July 2023: “Idealism is good in politics, but if you are kicked out, who cares!” asserted Maharashtra Dy Chief...