Playing the balancing act

Modi in Middle-East By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to the countries of Middle-East was to meet, at least, four...

Seize state, raise prices: WB

Corp Hit Peak Profits By Shivaji Sarkar The high inflationary trend that has gripped India is stated to be a global phenomenon of corporate adventure...

One nation, one poll, anyone?

Perpetual Dance Of Democracy By Poonam I Kaushish Its’ party time folks as India readies for its greatest nautanki of democracy: General elections April-May. Amidst the...

Wanted: Opposition that works

By Inder Jit (Released on 23 June 1981) The Opposition has none but itself to blame for coming to grief once again. It seems to have...

Issues not individual crucial

Modi Vs Opposition By Dhurjati Mukherjee A journalist and BJP MP, in a recent article, mentioned that the party has to overcome Opposition unity with “an...

Strategy to counter warming

Synthesis Report By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is encouraging to hear the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) come out with periodic reports warning of the consequences...

Jobs can spur churning

Big Figures, Fragile Upturn By Shivaji Sarkar Indian politics and economy are queering the pitch. Politically feeble attempts are there with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandshekaar...

No road yet to Payum Circle

Dear Editor, Payum circle located in Siang District is one of the oldest and the most backward circles of the state. Due to lack of...

An enhanced partnership

Modi-Johnson Summit By Dr. D.K.Giri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister BorisJohnson had a virtual summit last Tuesday, which led to...

Battle of ‘one-upmanship’

Presiding Officers' Meet By Insaf Deliberations at the All-India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Jaipur, Rajasthan has many an eyebrow raised, to put it mildly. Vice President...

Challenges to conduct one exam

NEET-NET Fiasco By Dhurjati Mukherjee The new government has been engulfed in controversy regarding the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET)examination. That a...

Civil disobedience in fore?

Youth's Anti-CAA Upsurge By Dhurjati Mukherjee Serious debates are ongoing over the rights of the young generation, specially students to engage in protests against the CAA...

This needs to be ablished

High IT A Myth By Shivaji Sarkar Almost 81,000 Indians earned over Rs 1 crore a year, screams Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Is there...

Where does the buck stop?

'Urban Naxals' By Poonam I Kaushish Move over jihadis, it's the season of 'urban Naxals' as the five activists with allegedly Maoist links arrested last week...

Policy stimuli wished for

Gloomy 2019 By Shivaji Sarkar A year passes with some gloom and the New Year enters with hope and aspirations. 2019 has had both good as...

Cut i-t rates, stop psu sale

Budget Wish List By Shivaji Sarkar Yet another year of uncertainty begins with difficult finances, not so certain growth and perhaps some experimentation by the Union...

Why outsiders?

Rajya Sabha Polls By Poonam I Kaushish In political Delhi’s ‘heat wave’ is searing over ‘hot’ 57 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 States which entitles them...

QUO vadis?

Gulf Wars By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The war in Gaza is reaching in an alarming stage. Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel...

Ideas more dangerous than guns

New Grammar of Sedition By Poonam I Kaushish “Off with her head, arguments later”, ordered the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. A term synonymous in modern...

Can we rise above petty politics?

Governance of Capital City By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The recent judgment of the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench clarifying the relative powers of the...