Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| India's Competitiveness: Where do we sta | It is quite commonplace to hear that India will be an economic superpower in a few decades. However, the current reality is far from it. One cannot deny the abysmal standard of living of our citizens. Indias real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (at 2010 prices) for 2016 stands at just $1,861.5 while the other BRICS nations -- China ($6,893.8), Brazil ($10,826.3), South Africa ($7,503.3) and Russia ($11,099.2) -- are higher up on the scale. | 27-Feb-2018 |
| Tripura deserves a ‘BREAK’ | Tripura’s Election machinery all set for Poll on Feb 18, Sunday. Election campaigning ended on Feb 16 4pm, general public particularly elderly people heaved a sigh of relief as political parties seized Agartala’s every inch for campaigning and hurling loud noises to impress(?) voters. | 17-Feb-2018 |
| Tripura Election 2018: The “Much t | The political temperatures are rising day by day in the state with the nearing of the crucial election day. Then came an opinion poll conducted by a media platform in tie-ups with a local and a national news channel. This opinion poll created a storm in the state politics because it predicted BJP's victory ending the 25 years of CPM led Left's rule in the state. This poll brought smiles to the faces of saffron leaders and anti-Left supporters who are longing for the end of the Marxist rule. On the other hand, for the communists who are currently facing the heat of the saffron forces and are leaving no stone unturned to save their “red†citadel,this opinion poll acted as a thorn on the political road. The opinion poll became the “talk of the townâ€, though there are some questions regarding it. | 17-Feb-2018 |
| A High-stakes poll for 'Red Fort' Tripur | Tripura, in the north-eastern corner of India, appears set to witness an electoral battle between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)], which has been re-elected for 25 years to head the State government, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which holds power in New Delhi and sees itself in an expansionist mode in the States. Subir Bhaumik, Senior Fellow, with Centre for Study in International Relations and Development (CSIRD), Kolkata, analysing Tripura’s political configurations, points out that not much of the BJP's saffron wave has washed into the State where ethnicity and ideology, not religion, have been the political driving forces. | 15-Feb-2018 |
| Political blunders may cost BJP 2018 Tri | Tripura’s struggling population are fed up with CPI-M Govt’s 25 years incompetence and deprivation of various sectors from Health, Education, Unemployment to such extent that people are ready for any alternate Party irrespective of ideologies. Mass grudge across lakhs of households are such high that even a faceless opposition could easily wrestle Tripura’s power from CPI-M. | 10-Feb-2018 |
| With his Parliament speech, Modi undermi | There are three aspects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in parliament -- which was probably his most combative in recent times -- that deserve attention. | 10-Feb-2018 |