Resetting world order
EAM's UNGA Speech
By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism)
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the 78th session of the United...
Can India meet challenge?
Climate Goals
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled to begin on 30 November in the UAE, meeting climate goals would be in the forefront. Moreover,...
Opp Hinduism vs bjp Hindutva
Ram Lala's Consecration
By Poonam I Kaushish
Circa September 1984: Vishwa Hindu Parishad begins campaign against Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid threatening to break open locks. Two years...
Sc balm for common man
Hospital Treatment Rates
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
That health is a neglected sector in India has been echoed by experts over the years, but the government has...
A new way to combat corruption
By Inder Jit
(Released on 10 October 1989)
Corruption continues to grow — and the corrupt continue to flourish and prosper. Each succeeding day spotlights some...
EAC Vision
Blurred, dampens diwali
By Shivaji Sarkar
Notwithstanding Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) making moves to revive the economy, there are other departments that possibly are...
GES 2017
India ready for big leap?
Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof. International Politics, JMI
The 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit held recently in Hyderabad was India’s largest start-up incubator. The...
Growing economic bond
India & Israel
By Shivaji Sarkar
India and Israel, two nations with hostile neighbourhood, came together for boosting economic ties during the recent visit of Israeli...
Bjp juggernaut braked
Heartland Gives Heartache
By Poonam I Kaushish
Beware the Ides of March. This adage has come to sting the BJP post its electoral defeat in UP...
Test for federalism
15th Finance Commission
By Dr S. Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
The Terms of Reference (ToR) to the 15th Finance Commission have provided another issue to...
Counter-working China?
PM's ASEAN Tour
By Dr D.K Giri
(Prof. of International Politics, JMI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a visit to three important Members States of ASEAN last...
Competing with China?
India's Africa Outreach
By Dr D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
In an international conference, warming up to an African delegate, I said India has committed $6...
Its all about politics!
Bandh Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
Politicians love a good bandh. Specially when general elections are months away to highlight Modi Raj's innumerable failures. Except the...
Govt money nobody’s money
Tale Of Statues
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. At one end we have tall talk...
Battle of belief & rights
Kerala On Edge
By Insaf
They did it, throwing Kerala into a tizzy. With two women in menstruating age making an entry into the Lord Ayyappa...
Understanding the neighbour
Indo-Pak Conflict
By Dr DK Giri
The Indian sub-continent is grossly gripped with conflicts between India and Pakistan, intensified by war-cry emitting from both nations. Under...
Disasters add to woes
Rising Inequality
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Globally disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year. As...
Budget: No soft candy
Multi-Billionaire Debtors
By Shivaji Sarkar
Prime Minister Modi’s first budget, after a massive election victory, is neither an easy process for the Government nor does it...
Kashmir, a paradise again?
New Chapter Begins
By Insaf
What lies ahead and for how long will the voices in the Valley be suppressed, are questions among many others, which...