Ease financial milieu
Rising Food Prices
By Shivaji Sarkar
Rising food prices are adding to the woes of postcorona lockdown recovery. States such as West Bengal, Assam or Uttar...
Toh? Ki pharak painda hai!
Flooded & Submerged
By Poonam I Kaushish
Ok, fellow countrymen let lose the volley of expletives, curse all you want. Deadly Covid 19 is growing...
India’s Moral Terrorist
Ideas more dangerous than guns
By Poonam I Kaushish
“Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in...
Tragedy unmasks cruel govt
Bihar's Children
By Insaf
Bihar government must hang its head in shame. The shocking tragedy of deaths of over 100 children from poor families in Muzaffarpur...
End of sanctions’ era?
Trump-Putin Meet
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Helsinki meet between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised hopes for a better trade environment....
Money does talk!
$7 Billion Election
By Shivaji Sarkar
Elections are becoming trickier, opaque and a game of money power. Rigging polls is no more a hush-hush matter. In...
Job cuts slow growth
Global Inflation Sticky
By Shivaji Sarkar
The typical Indian scenario is hit by inflation, global job cuts, bank crisis, agitated farmers and passing the Union Budget...
Rinkmanship in kashmir
By Inder Jit
(Released on 29 July 1980)
Storm clouds gathering over Kashmir over the past few months seem to have largely blown over. Sheikh Abdullah...
Not at whims of govts
SC/ST New Quotas
By Insaf
Three cheers to the Supreme Court. Political parties and state governments across the country will need to think twice before playing...
Mustn’t rush for infra
Crisis-Hit India
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Ukraine war is upending India’s dream budget and now gets further bruised with high rise in crude prices and retail...
Trial in mp, Rajasthan?
Duplicate Voters
By Insaf
Democracy may be in peril in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Rather, the Opposition Congress is unambiguous about it, as there are signs...
Banks, economy in turmoil
Electoral Bonds Shear Rs 29 Tr
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy may or may not have matured, it has specialised in its murky Bombay stock...
Education vital for success
Raising Marriage Age
By Dr Oishee Mukherjee
The recent decision of the Modi government to raise the marriage age for women from 18 to 21 has...
An election gimmick?
India Reclaims PoK
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
In response to former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s reference to Pakistan having...
Uk goods may swamp
FTA: 'India To Be Import Led'
By Shivaji Sarkar
The recently-concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom marks a critical shift in...
Yogi acts, Uddhav dithers
Silencing Loudspeakers
By Insaf
There is to be no blaring noise in Uttar Pradesh. Following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s orders to remove loudspeakers from religious sites...
Time to wake up on defence
Modi's tsunami-2
By PK Vasudeva
Certainly, the election results are a Tsunami-2 for Modi, bettering his 2014 performance. Riding on a massive saffron surge sweeping through...
Cry on the wall
Arrest Me Too
By Poonam I Kaushish
It is the season of the political jihadis whereby the licence to allegedly question the Government becomes a ticket...
RBI warns belt tigtening
Voter Fears Realistic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The definition of “vikas” (development) apparently changes as Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls, hard-pressed voters harp on myriad problems,...
Transparency critical
Election Funding
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Supreme Court recently directed all political parties to reveal donations they had received in electoral bonds and the identities of...