Manoj Misra“Sir, when did you retire?” I was tempted to say 15 years ago but held myself back and nodded away the query.It was the local Range Forest Officer (RFO) who had queried me, presumably bewildered on how a...
Harsh V PantEconomic Growth TrajectoryIn December 2022, the World Bank revised upwards its GDP growth forecast for India to 6.9% for 2022-23, underlining the fact that the Indian economy was showing higher resilience to global shocks. In its India...
Arun KumarThe government affidavit filed on November 16 justified demonetization by claiming that it was a part of a bigger policy push to digitize and formalize the economy – in its view a beneficial step. Critics have pointed out...
TK ArunIs it fair to assume the possibility of investigating officers distorting or concocting evidence? The track record of police investigations does not permit the assumption that no manipulation of the evidence would be carried out by the police....
Harsh V PantIn this age of major power contestation and withering away of the multilateral order, geopolitical equations are being rejigged. To say that the year 2022 has been a tumultuous one would be an understatement. Even as the...
TK ArunThe fiscal deficit created now translates into a higher debt burden that future generations have to service. Is that fair? It is more than fair. In the misty mornings of peak winter, a flock of sharp-beaked, joyless birds...
Embracing for the ChallengesHarsh V Pant and Aditya Gowdara ShivamurthyAs 2022 comes to an end, the world is embracing a ‘new normal’ where new fault lines are being reconfigured in the Indo-Pacific. The Indian Ocean and South Asian regions...
Harsh V PantXi Jinping’s China had different ideas about its role in the world and India’s place in it should have been clear long ago, as the Chinese Communist Party went for aggressive postures in various parts of the...
A Momentum needed for IndiaDhiraj NayyarUntil last year, Air India was a chronically underperforming public-owned airline. It hadn’t made a profit in almost two decades and was saddled with $8 billion in debt. Its planes continued to fly only...
Arun KumarThe news of Chinese transgression in Tawang on December 9 is disturbing. The opposition has repeatedly demanded a discussion in the parliament but the government has not agreed. The strength of democracy is that debate and dialogue provide society with a...
