Opinion

India’s bid for permanent membership in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) got a big momentum on Monday after UN general assembly (UNGA) agreed to have a common negotiating text for Security Council reforms. But how close India is remains a speculative question and experts of global affairs say that still ...

India which is in a midst of becoming a world power and already a regional superpower in South Asia will have to fasten up its gears to secure the energy deals with Gulf countries especially with Iran. Since 2009, India has been trying to bolster Indo-Iranian Energy Cooperation but still ...

[tps_header]Roaring Tiger Bleeding Dragon[/tps_header] The recent devaluation of Yuan and crash of Chinese economy has led to the speculation that finally the dragon has started colliding under its own weight. Experts suggest that it might be a start of declination of Chinese economy. The proponents of tragic end foresee India ...

Migration is not a new phenomenon. Since the time of mystical gods, people migrated from one place to another place for food, shelter and better life. If it wouldn’t have been the case our civilization might had still centred in Africa. From time to time in history, people went to ...

The so-called “Green Revolution” that ushered in an era of self-sufficiency of food grains in India since the 1970s, has started succumbing to the pressures of technology fatigue, degradation of soil and water resources and adverse effects on health of farmers due to increased exposure to harmful agricultural chemicals. At ...

Author: Nachiket Nishant Last year, the Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi launched a clean India drive on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday – 2 October. The main objective of this campaign is to ensure sanitation facilities for all. This movement will focus on solving sanitation problem and waste management ...

Chandrababu Naidu government approaches the issue of land acquisition in a different way, providing a better deal under the new scheme of  “Land-Pooling”. Center government may draw some ques from this and address concerns raised by the farmers and other organisations.  The Indian Iris Research Team looks into it.. Background On June 2, 2014, a ...

“Is there a political motive? Am I living in a financially backward state? Probably my CM/local leader  doesn’t have a voice”. We have heard these since the list came out.  Lets evaluate it ourselves now!! The Union government has unveiled a list of 98 cities with Uttar Pradesh taking the ...

“Persons differently circumstanced need not be treated in the same manner” . How are all the upper classes treated in the same manner for employment then? Article 14 of the Constitution reads: “The state shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the ...

How reservation in India has evolved? Reservation is the process of setting aside a certain number of seats in government institutions for the backward/unrepresented communities. The constitutional definition of ‘backward’ has not yet been clear, and hence people from different communities from time to time want to materialize this ambiguity in their favour. ...