States take the brunt

  Season Of Protests By Insaf It's a season of protests. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra and Delhi are among various States which have...

India fails its women

Stree Shakti Anyone? By Poonam I Kaushish Women are the buzz words in this silly electoral season with ballot boxes in Himachal sealed and Gujarat and...

‘Lawless’ UP

Yogi’s edict face changer? By Insaf Changing the face of “lawless” Uttar Pradesh is asking for the moon, but for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath perhaps not....

National job policy wanted

No Employment Growth By Shivaji Sarkar National and international predictions indicate over seven per cent growth. It is commendable in the not so bright world scenario....

Parliament abdicates control again

By Inder Jit (Released on 12 June 1990) Parliament’s recently-concluded budget session has not received the critical attention it deserves. Not many of our people have...

Govt must reveal reality

Economy Data Suppression By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the claim of every ruling party politician that India is progressing, the facts including grass root data of the...

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...

Boost to trade, business

Indo-ASEAN Summit By Shivaji Sarkar It is a leap forward. The Indo-ASEAN Commemorative Summit is projected to pave way for an Asian prominence and double the...

Opposition unity: Fresh moves

By Inder Jit (Released on My 6, 1980) Latest developments in the north-east region continue to cause grave anxiety. The stalemate in Assam was bad enough....

Fostering new state leaders?

BJP's Poll Strategy By Sagarneel Sinha General Election 2024 is still far away, but it hasn’t stopped political parties from devising strategies to prepare well for...

Karnataka drama over

Kissa Kursi Ka By Insaf Curtains have finally come down in the long-drawn ‘kissa kursi ka’ nauseating drama in Karnataka. BS Yediyuruppa (earlier Yedyurappa) took...

Stifling freedom?

Much Ado Over Fashion By Poonam I Kaushish What’s in a fashion show? Nothing, it’s a form of style, but politically, it spells a lot. Who...

Govt must be realistic

Spectre of Reforms By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is much debate over NDA government having initiated major reforms which would change the face of the economy with...

Availibility, ngo role vital

Water Dynamics By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent Supreme Court verdict granting Karnataka a larger share of the Cauvery water and reduced allocation for Tamil Nadu was...

‘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’...

Covid-19 second threat

Vaccination Drive By Dr. S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chief Ministers that rise in COVID cases in some States could “lead...

‘Day zero’ looms large

Water Crisis By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) A Division Bench of the Madras High Court directed all district collectors across Tamil Nadu to constitute committees...

Upgrading higher education?

Professors of Practice By Dr OisheeMukherjee The recent decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for engaging experts and professionals from various fields as professors of...

Situating ‘operation sindoor’

Democracy & Disruption By Prof (Dr) DK Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The last week has been eventful in global geopolitics in terms of...

Avoid tribal backlash

Forest Rights By Dhurjati Mukherjee The Supreme Court decision asking States to implement their own orders, rejecting 11.8 lakh claims over forest land by Scheduled Tribes...