Manufacturing hub envisioned
No More Critical Exports
By Shivaji Sarkar
The call for atmanirbhar Bharat has been given a new touch for “enhancing capacity, creativity and skills”. In his...
Pandemic shall bridge gap?
Rural-Urban Divide
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The pandemic has put the rural-urban divide into sharper focus, sending out a clear message to the Government, both the Centre...
RBI warns belt tigtening
Voter Fears Realistic
By Shivaji Sarkar
The definition of “vikas” (development) apparently changes as Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls, hard-pressed voters harp on myriad problems,...
New Delhi’s s(e)oul-mate!
Republic of Korea
By Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof. International Politics, JMI
The IXth India-Korea Joint Commission meeting (JCM) last week in New Delhi attended by the Foreign...
Strategy to counter warming
Synthesis Report
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
It is encouraging to hear the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) come out with periodic reports warning of the consequences...
Whose corrupt in whose eyes?
‘Power’of Corruption
By Poonam I Kaushish
When does money become dirt? When it begins
to stick. As the Kartigate corruption saga
explodes on the political firmament, it has...
Depoliticise speaker’s office
Of The House, For The House
By Poonam I Kaushish
It’s the season of Aya Ram Gaya Ram and prize catches. Specially in Maharashtra and Bihar...
Economy needs free run
Cash & Banks
By Shivaji Sarkar
Fetish of any kind is bad. Of late, the society has started a cleaning operation to the extent that it...
Societal rehabilitation vital
State of Prisons
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Prisons are a requisite unit of the criminal justice system of the country and require serious attention. Over decades while...
Increase with its primacy
Election Commission Woes
Dr.S.Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
A six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India alleging “deep-rooted...
Varanasi pushes bjp agenda
Gyanvapi Mosque Row
By Insaf
Inflation be dammed, long live mandir-masjid hullabaloo! Uttar Pradesh keeps the flag flying for the BJP and its Hindutva agenda. The...
More silkyaras in the making
Ladakh To Manipur - Billions Los
By Shivaji Sarkar
Ignoring the Himalayan warnings has become a habit. Kedarnath tragedy lessons were never learnt. Had it heard...
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...
Citizens’ Common Cause
By Inder Jit
(Released on 4 September 1979)
In the backdrop of the churnings in the society we are witnessing, it appears that times have barely...
Will parties abide?
Limit Speaker's Power
By Poonam I Kaushish
Believe it or not, the Office of the Speaker has been put on the mat! As Parliament begins its...
‘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’...
Ambitious targets, big challenge
G-20 & Environment Justice
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Just a day before the G-20 summit, the UN climate body stated that limiting the warning to 1.50 C...
Tu kaun main khamkha
Law & Order Clash
By Poonam I Kaushish
It all started over who had rights to a particular parking spot which escalated into a free-for-all epidemic...
Triggers a political circus
Birbhum Killings
By Insaf
A tragedy is turned upside down into a political tamasha. Eight houses were set on fire in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on...
Determinantof foreign policy
India Biggest Population
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Secretary General, ADS)
India has just become the largest population in the world. It is said to be the biggest...