Editorial

Jayshree Sengupta Half of the members of G20 are highly industrialised advanced countries - the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and the EU - and the other half are emerging market economies like India,…
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Navneet Anand Looking at the fierce and at times desperate barbs against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, from what now appears remnants of the Opposition, one is reminded of English writer…
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Rajan Gandhi Our State has enviable resources with a potential to transform our economy and boost socio-economic development not only of Jammu and Kashmir State but of the whole northern region. Among the major natural resources, water will…
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Pravin Sawhney The India-China standoff persists. If the PLA can win a war without losing soldiers, why will it fight a series of attrition battles in the Chumbi Valley funnel and become easy meat for the Indian Army? The role of the '62…
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The growing drug menace and the flourishing business in Jammu region should work as an eye opener for the law enforcement agencies. The neighbouring Punjab remains awash with drugs and there is no check in the sale of Chitta, as it is…
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The 44 Congress legislators from Gujarat who have taken refuge at a resort owned by a Karnataka Congress Minister may be an attempt for the party to salvage whatever leftover strength it has for not only exposing BJP's 'corruption-free…
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Priya Satia As India and Pakistan begin celebrating the 70th anniversary of their Independence as nation-states, it is worthwhile recalling the internationalist ideas that also exercised great influence in that moment. In 1947, as the…
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Devinder Sharma Identity groups, as its name suggests, are made up of members of certain social groups based on a certain identity like ethnicity, caste, gender, position, language, region etc. In almost every democracy, freedom to form…
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Sudhirendar Sharma Mini-mountains of accumulated untreated urban waste are common sights in most big and medium cities and towns in the country. Waste dumps greet visitors to any city, reflecting the rapidly rising prosperity in each bit of…
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The World Bank decision to allow India construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has reiterated India's right to tap the potentials…
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