Mixing domestic, foreign policy!

Trudeau Visit By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) Many political observers, media persons and diplomats in both India and Canada dubbed Justin Trudeau's week-long visit...

Ecosystems approach vital

New Forest Policy By Dhurjati Mukherjee Forests have assumed critical value in recent times across the globe due to ever-increasing pollution and climate change. The earth's...

Gharib ki joru sab ki bhabhi!

Modi Vs All By Poonam I Kaushish History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. Circa 1971, 1977 and 1989 Opposition Parties bandied together to form...

Ap tops, Gujarat slides

States Business Acumen By Insaf Three cheers for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The two bifurcated States have shown tremendous resilience since 2014 and given Modi's Gujarat...

Policy, pride & prejudice

Foreign Aid For Kerala By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Latest political controversy containing multiple issues within one major issue relates to refusal of financial...

Govt’s ostrich like approach

Water Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee Water scarcity is fast becoming, or if not already emerged, as urban India's number one problem with government data having revealed...

It’s people’s money, not mine, yaar!

Farm Loan Waivers By Poonam I Kaushish It was a perfect electoral cake rolled out by the Congress to the strains of 'Vote For Me.' Iced with...

Build global pact, bust mafia

Shun War Cry By Shivaji Sarkar The dastardly attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama has caused remorse and frenzy for revenge. There is shrill cry of...

Uncovers unholy nexus

NOTA Ballots By Insaf The stock market is exactly not an indicator of realities. The sensex is rising even as new issues seem to hit the...

Sharp focus on ‘air pollution’

World Environment Day By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee This year’s theme of the World Environment Day today is ‘Air Pollution’, which indeed is a subject of concern...

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...

Effective police state?

New I-T Rules By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...

Aim optics, but blurred

MEPs Valley Visit By Sagarneel Sinha It has been almost close to three months that normalcy has disappeared from the Kashmir Valley — since the...

What purpose will it fulfil?

New Citizenship Law By Dhurjati Mukherjee Aggressiveness and arrogance in decision-making whether in the political, economic or social spheres may backfire if the confidence of other...

Whose right is to punish?

Death Row Convicts By Dr.S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) The Supreme Court has admitted the government’s plea to issue “victim and society centric” guidelines to prevent...

World heads for panic recession

Beyond The Pandemic By Shivaji Sarkar Pandemic to panic stalls the world. Markets everywhere slump. Corona or not it has hit Asian corporate and State governments...

Is it right strategy?

Reform Agenda By Dhurjati Mukherjee The stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has triggered a discussion whether it outlines the government’s broader agenda on...

A mini revolution

New Education Policy By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ISSCR, New Delhi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the new National Education Policy (NEP) will mark...

Relevance must be enhanced

Panchayati Raj & Covid-19 By Moin Qazi The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on the economy: broken supply chains, record unemployment, failing small businesses....

Workable plan imperative 

Environmental Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the pandemic this year, environmental concerns remain and are high on the agenda. Recent reports point that pollution and natural...