BRICS For A New Order By Shivaji Sarkar India’s 2026 BRICS Chairship comes at a time of profound global change. The international order is facing economic fragmentation, rapid technological disruption and growing…
Modi-Xi-Putin By Poonam I Kaushish Phew! India heaved a sigh of relief as an expanded BRICS concluded Sunday, but all eyes were on the piece de resistance: India-China-Russia triangle, exposing contradictions in our…
BRICS For A New Order By Shivaji Sarkar India’s 2026 BRICS Chairship comes at a time of profound global change. The international order is facing economic fragmentation, rapid technological disruption and growing…
Bengal Civic Polls By Insaf The BJP has sprung a nasty surprise on TMC rebels. It has chosen to go it alone in the forthcoming municipal polls in West Bengal, ruling out any alliance with the rebels, now part of the…
Politics of Summitry By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, Inst of Management Bhubaneshwar) Summitry is the highest form of diplomacy, and it’s most political. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts the 18th BRICS Summit…
7.8% GDP Growth By Poonam I Kaushish India has a new magic number: 7.8%. The economy grew by 7.8% in first quarter of 2026-27 giving Government reason to celebrate. Yet before drums roll louder and champagne is popped,…
Himalayas Losing Balance Shivaji Sarkar Unfathomable! In a matter of seconds, an immense mass of ice, rock and frozen earth brokeloose high in the Himalayas, unleashing a violent cascade from the Tibetan heights into…
Raghav Chadha & Punjab SIR By Insaf The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Punjab should make BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha feel the pinch of “the shoe being on the other foot”. His name is missing from the State’s…
India in SCO By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, Inst of Management Bhubaneshwar) The 26th Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation concluded in Bishkek on 1st September, marking 25 years of…
By Inder Jit (Released on 25 April 1978) Appraisals and reappraisals, many agonising, appear to have become the order of the day for various political parties and politicians in quest of power. Top Janata leaders have…
Glacial Floods By Dhurjati Mukherjee The nature and scale of disasters are becoming increasingly hazardous, affecting millions of people across the world. This is starkly evident in the very recent glacial flood…
US' Economic Isolation of Iran By Prof DK Giri (Prof of Practice, Inst of Management Bhubaneshwar) The United States has formally launched “Operation Economic Outcast” — Washington’s most ambitious attempt yet to…
Vande Mataram By Poonam I Kaushish What’s in a song? It’s melodious, lyrical and popular. Not if it’s Vande Mataram, which has become less a national song and more a political weapon between BJP-Opposition…
By Inder Jit (Released on 15 October 1983) Developments in Pakistan continue to be followed with close interest and concern both in New Delhi’s South Block, which houses the External Affairs Ministry, and in the…
Declining Employment By Dhurjati Mukherjee Recent Reserve Bank of India surveys reveal stagnation in income growth with the net response on current income falling to 0.9 from 3.0 while overall spending sentiment…
By Inder Jit (Released on 28 December 1976) Preoccupation with the affairs in West Bengal, Orissa and Gujarat and the mini shuffle at the Centre has prevented the Congress High Command from considering in depth the…
AAP Leader Jain Arrested By Insaf The arrest of prominent AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday last has raisedmany an eyebrow, particularly given the timing. Punjab, with AAP ruling goes to the…
Sergio Visits Kashmir By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. of Practice, Inst of Management Bhubaneshwar) US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor was in Kashmir last week, along with a bevy of American officials.This was not a tourism…
By Inder Jit (Released on 26 October 1976) A good, close look is currently being given to crucial clauses of the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill in the light of some thought-provoking and incisive comments…
Critical Agri Challenge By Dhurjati Mukherjee The agricultural sector is expected to be affected in most districts due to deficient rainfall at the right time and other factors. As per government data, about 45 percent…
