SPECIAL ARTICLE

      By Nantoo Banerjee   For now, it appears to be a right decision on India’s part to opt out of the China-led 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement to protect the country’s immediate industrial…

  By Prabhat Patnaik   The November 26 strike was significant not only because it protests against the Modi government’s brazen and unprecedented attacks on workers and peasants in the country, not only because these attacks carry…

By Dr Samhita Barooah The Covid 19 pandemic has opened up many truths around us. One such truth about our city is the growth of vendors and hawkers who visit our homes, bye-lanes or localities even during Covid times. The only voices one…

Patricia Mukhim Anyone who is arguing on whether coal in Meghalaya is being dug and transported on a daily basis is wasting time. Of course coal is being mined and transported every single day. If anyone has doubts, let them visit East…

    By Dr D.K. Giri   On November 19, four terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad were gunned down by Indian security forces in an encounter at Nagrota. This was an unusual occurrence as the terrorists had sneaked into India through…

  By N Hynniewta The Government has allowed the opening of permanent stalls in Iewduh from the month of June 2020, through the District Administration in co-ordination with the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council and the Syiem of…

    By Sagarneel Sinha   During the 2011 assembly elections of Assam, Congress party thundered back to power with a strong majority by winning 78 seats. This was the third consecutive victory of the grand old party in the…

  By Sushil Kutty   There’s something royal sounding about Raosaheb Danve. For those who don’t know, he is Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in the Narendra Modi Government and an MP from Maharashtra. He’s one of the many BJP Union…

  By Arun Srivastava   Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has constituted a number of committees and put the so called rebels in these committees. Through this move an impression is being created that the dissident leaders, like Kapil Sibal,…

    By Dhurjati Mukherjee   India’s manufacturing expertise is not very efficient and cost competitive, even compared with the emerging economies. As such, there have been efforts by the government to modernise manufacturing…