By Rajendra Shende The singular credit for conceiving and championing the Nuclear Security Summits unarguably goes to US President Barack Obama. In 2009, he called nuclear terrorism one of the greatest threats to international security…
By Abhishek Waghmare Indias biggest reform to transform the life of a crisis-ridden farmer is 91.6 percent behind schedule this year, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promise in five months what could not be…
By Amitava Mukherjee Never before in the political history of West Bengal has there been such an acute leadership crisis cutting across political spectrums as is now being witnessed in the midst of the assembly…
By Amit Kapoor Agriculture is a critical sector of the Indian economy. This is because, in spite of its relatively low and declining contribution to the GDP, the sector provides direct or indirect employment to…
By Devanik Saha Delays in completing railway projects resulted in cost overruns of Rs.1.07 lakh crore ($16.4 billion) – equivalent to the yearly salary bill of its three million employees – according to an IndiaSpend…
By Vikas Datta What do we make of the Raj’s storytellers? Should we simply view them through anti-colonialism’s uncompromising prism and unceremoniously dismiss them as standard-bearers of discredited imperialism? Or should we be more judicious…
By Shahnaz Husain Cleansing is of great importance for the working woman who leaves home to get to work, battling traffic and exposing herself to the grime and pollutants in the air. Always cleanse the…
By Saeed Naqvi A senior BJP leader, campaigning in Kolkata, may well have put his finger on the people’s pulse. When he attacked Mamata Banerjee and the Left-Congress Front in equal measure, the crowd response…
By Amulya Ganguli Even if Narendra Modi hasn’t lived up to the expectations which he aroused two years ago, he is still the best person for turning India into a modern and economically advanced country….
By Nomesh Bolia As Delhis odd-even road-rationing for vehicles restarted on April 15 for 15 days, the positive response of last time will be difficult to sustain through forced compliance and the absence of incentives…
By Vatsal Srivastava For a government that has been voted by a historic majority on the single promise of “ache din” and “vikas”, today’s agrarian reality can turn into its most potent cause of demise….
By Manupriya There are more environmental conflicts in India than any other country, and more clashes are over water (27 perccent) than any other cause, according to the recently released Global Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas)….
By Devanik Saha The viral video of a 32-year-old man, Siddharth Sharma, being mowed down by a Mercedes car driven by a teenager in Delhi has generated a lot of outrage, but Sharma is one…
By Praveen Davar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, whose 125th birth anniversary falls on April 14, has emerged as one of India’s most revered leader especially during the last two decades. No political party can afford to…
By Amit Kapoor The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on April 5, released its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement and with it, the monetary policy peport for April 2016. While the statement detailed some of…
By Amitava Mukherjee Both the BJP-led alliance and the Congress have left no stone unturned in securing tribal votes which may turn out to be a key factor in deciding the result of the ongoing…
By Prachi Salve The production of cereals is projected to fall 41 percent and pulses 11 percent, as agricultural growth in Maharashtra is set to decline 2.7 percentfor the year 2015-16, after deficient rainfall in…
By Vikas Datta From the Neolithic age to the Internet era, no other animal species has had such a major presence in human culture, spanning religions, proverbs, fairytales, literature (everything from allegory to science fiction…
By Amulya Ganguli It hasn’t taken long for the ill-effects of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) aggressive espousal of the nationalist cause to be felt outside its areas of influence. India is too vast and…
By Saeed Naqvi Polarized politics is what pundits were expecting from the party and its principal leader with an eye on polls in key states. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised people by turning up…