Regain trust to get FDI
Restore MRTP-Type Safety
By Shivaji Sarkar
As the Gautam Adani episode unfolds, it underscores the urgency of balancing corporate ambitions with public accountability. Failure to act,...
Will key issues be tackled?
Poll & Young Generation
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The ensuing General elections have generated much hype as is normally the case before every election. This time...
Abhorrent turns normal!
Political Violence
By Sagarneel Sinha
On December 19, the election day of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) the city of Kolkata saw incidents of violence with the...
Time to evoke esma
Diminshing Parliament
By Poonam I Kaushish
Yawn! We have been through this before. Of how India’s temple of democracy Parliament is increasingly being called a mockery,...
Repositioning India
Chinese Incursion
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
After the recent Chinese incursion into Indian territories, Indians and India-observers abroad expected New Delhi to radically...
Post-poll statue vandalism
Political Symbolism
Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
After the decisive defeat of the CPM in recent Assembly election in Tripura, statues of Lenin became the target...
India loses Rs 53 Tr, 12% gdp
Covid-19 Kills 20 Mn
By Shivaji Sarkar
The deadly scourge Covid-19 is officially over killing about seven million people across the world and at least five...
Fm spur scarce, cash dole vital
Global Crisis Till 2030
By Shivaji Sarkar
The devastation caused by pandemic ensued lockdown may take ten long years to recover and the world economy may...
Rewriting Direct Tax
Boost growth, savings?
By Shivaji Sarkar
The new direct tax (DT) law must be revolutionary and a model for world economy. The government’s decision to set...
Neta-police: Hum saath saath hain
Hair Trigger Nation
By Poonam I Kaushish
Last week was telling. Underscoring three testaments. One: Our polity suffers from Orwellian syndrome ‘I-am-more-equal-than-you.’ Union Cabinet Minister Rane...
Need to be more vigilant
Controlling Heat Intensity
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The heat wave has started and, as per predictions of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) this year would witness more...
New way out of Ram-Babri imbroglio
By Inder Jit
(Released on 2 October 1990)
India's secularism today faces its biggest ever challenge. Yet the problem is not receiving the cool, overdue attention...
A wake-up call
Pahalgam & Aftermath
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions)
A good deal of debate has been taking place since the launch of...
Time for booster
Politics of Vaccine
By Poonam I Kaushish
Covid-19 announced itself to the world as 2020 dawned blitzing globally, unnerving health systems, nose diving economies and the...
‘New India’ engulfs opposition
Modi-Shah Gathbandhan
By Insaf
The BJP juggernaut is simply unstoppable. It’s ‘Phir ek baar Modi sarkar’ and ‘Ab ki baar 300 paar’ campaign slogans slaughtered Congress’...
Rate thaw aids home buyers
Corp Pays More: RBI
By Shivaji Sarkar
The repo rate thaw by the Reserve Bank of India has surprised many in the industry, though they had...
Recoil on politics, economy
Farm Bills' Repeal
By Shivaji Sarkar
Finally, the three farm bills are to be withdrawn as the nation goes to polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and...
Time for repositioning
India in the World
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Relations, JIMMC)
On the war on Ukraine, New Delhi’s ambivalent and indifferent position, euphemistically called neutral or...
US wants India cut tariff
Modi-Trump on New Turf
By Shivaji Sarkar
The world is galvanised, shaken, in a trance with Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency. There is hope,...
Double Talk on Communalism
By Inder Jit
(Released on 9 May 1989)
Brave and splendid words were spoken again in Parliament last week to denounce communalism. The nation was alerted...