Rail Accidents
Dictats, speed mania culprits
By Shivaji Sarkar
Two rail accidents occur, about 30 people die, Railway Board chief resigns, Air India chief replaces him, Railway Minister...
Diplomacy goes into overdrive
'K' Word In UNGA
By Dr D.K.Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In the mega event ‘Howdy Modi’ at Houston, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi vowed in chorus...
New Delhi reclibrates strategy
Sri Lanka Elections
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The island state Sri Lanka elected its 7th President last Saturday. The clear and decisive winner...
CAA extended politics
Union-State Relations
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A special session convened by the Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a Resolution terming the Citizenship Amendment...
Industry-Agriculture clash
Fight for Space
By Dr S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Tamil Nadu Government has cancelled the notification issued on constituting a Petroleum, Chemical and Petro-Chemical...
Rise in modern day slavery
UN Foreboding
By Shivaji Sarkar
The United Nations has raised the red flag of growing modern slavery, suppression of information and hitting sustainable development goals...
Change in outlook vital
Ingrained Inefficiency
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prospects of foreign companies changing locations from China to other countries such as India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand etc are said to...
New normal & beyond
Digital Finance
By Moin Qazi
Digital finance finds itself at an inflection point as the world continues to tackle the socio-economic fallout of COVID-19 crisis. The...
Need to safeguard rights
Threat to Institutions
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Recently former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah regretted the fact that every institution designed to hold...
Halt India’s poll merry-go-round
Modi's New Poser
By Poonam I Kaushish
Bribery in public services continues to plague India with corruption watchdog Transparency International underscoring India has the highest bribery...
“Give & take” missing
Water Disputes
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
For those obstinately wanting to stop using the term “Central government” even casually and replace it...
Age of andolan jeevi
Propaganda Politics
By Dr. S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an attack on “international conspirators” who were out to discredit India by...
I-T reduction critical
Rising Personal Debts
By Shivaji Sarkar
There is more to Covid-19 morbidity than meets the eye. It has led to a dreadful rise of Rs 66...
Soaring dangerous divide
Communal Politics
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The recentlyconcluded Assembly elections have once again confirmed the play of appeasement politics and the polarisation of Hindu-Muslim votes in the...
Psu strengthening vital
Food, Fuel Inflation
By Shivaji Sarkar
The Indian economy may have started recovering with the unlock but galloping inflation, increasing healthcare expenses and rising unemployment are...
Theme significance
Independence 75thYear
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
India is starting its 75th year of independencewith a mixture of great expectations and disheartening disappointments...
On paper, intent missing
COP Pledges
By Shivaji Sarkar
The climate summit COP26 is galore of promises as desertification the world over increases. The meet is less on concrete...
Vision of ‘new India’?
Hate Speech & Hinduism
By Insaf
Where is India headed? The hate speeches at Haridwar’s Dharam Sansad, religious conclave, and right-wing activists stalling Xmas celebrations...
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...
Decentralisation critical
Of States & Governance
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The Centre is increasingly being accused of going against the federal structure of the country by Opposition States. The...