Govt’s bona fides on test

By Inder Jit (Released on15 June 1982) The selection of the new Chief Election Commissioner is regrettably not receiving the attention it deserves from the public...

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...

Yours vs mine?

Caste Cauldron By Poonam I Kaushish The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in Karnataka...

Will exports be on rise?

India's Trade Outlook By Dhurjati Mukherjee The present geopolitical situation has generated a lot of discussion and has, no doubt, been a cause for serious concern...

Thinking the impossible

India-Ukraine-USA By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) Donald Trump in his second term is moving and shaking things in international politics. On the...

Worst hit, require top priority

Women & Rural Folk By Dhurjati Mukherjee The grave economic situation will hit women and the rural folk the most. According to a recent report, released...

Maratha quota fallout

Identification of SEBC By DrS.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Even the pandemic second wave tsunami cannot extinguish the heat produced by a week-old decision oftheSupreme Court...

Remote to 2019 elections

Foreign Policy By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) We are mid-way in the elections to 17th Lok Sabha, yet there is hardly any sound on...

Nda adds to upa Legacy

Kinks In Manmohanomics By Shivaji Sarkar An economist strangely goes political to criticise a government that follows his Manmohanomics of liberalisaion, globalisation, privatisation with the same...

The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Comes Calling – Reassuring India

By Dr. D.K. Giri Prof. International Politics, JMI Mahinda Rajapaksa, The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who is perhaps the de facto President of Sri Lanka,...

One more vow of govt jobs!

MP's Children By Insaf Madhya Pradesh’s Children! That’s the new mantra of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Tuesday last, akin to the ‘sons of the...

Drawing New Delhi in

Greek PM in India By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recent visit to New Delhi was significant...

Hacking Blows at the System

By Inder Jit (Released on 17 January 1984) Words. Words. And still more words. Hardly a day has passed during the past fortnight and more when...

No perpetual poll snydrome

One Nation, One Poll By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! If the heat-wave was not bad enough, elections really poop one out. Specially, in our country which...

Determinantof foreign policy

India Biggest Population By Dr. D.K. Giri (Secretary General, ADS) India has just become the largest population in the world. It is said to be the biggest...

Making strategic moves

Modi In Cyprus & Canada By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Cyprus and Canada assumes considerable...

Will parties abide?

Limit Speaker's Power By Poonam I Kaushish Believe it or not, the Office of the Speaker has been put on the mat! As Parliament begins its...

New year challenging

Economic Trends By Dhurjati Mukherjee The vast majority of Indians basic livelihood issues of roti, kapada and makan would score any day over trumped up...

Time to take action

Toothless EC, Netas Merry By Poonam I Kaushish In this theekha-masaledar just concluded electioneering season our netagan are reveling in neechi and tuch under-the-belt vitriolic language,...

A valuable data source

National Population Register By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The routine decennial population census conducted in India since 1871 (except during World War II in 1941)...