Concerns - Different Truths

February 10, 2018
IPA Service
Health

Not Just Stents, Price of all Drugs Must be Capped, Demands Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare

The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) has submitted in its letters to the Prime Minister, Health Minister and the Minister for Petroleum, Chemicals & Fertilisers as well...

January 31, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Economic Survey: What Will Jaitley Choose Between Prudence and Populism?

The Survey, authored by the scholastic Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, is right in claiming that it strives to “combine rigor with readability,...

January 6, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy, International Relations, Politics, Terrorism

Fissure in the US-Pak Relations and the Changing Dunes of Geopolitics in South Asia

Can we draw linkages between the announcement by Trump and the subsequent announcement by Pakistan’s central bank the State Bank of Pakistan that all arrangements for using Chinese yuan...

December 23, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
International Relations, Politics

Indo-Bangla Relations, Rohingya Crisis and the Rakhine State: What would bring the Two Friends Together Again?

It was Modi’s public statement during his Myanmar visit in September, which had led Dhaka to protest. India had always supported Myanmar in the international fora as Modi had...

December 19, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy

Indian Banking Sector needs Incremental, not Sweeping Changes

It is to the credit of the Raghuram Rajan Committee that it is more focused in its approach. A concern is also expressed about social obligations, delinking the government...

December 12, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy

Is Economic Growth a Mere Statistic or is it Reaching the Common Man in India?

GDP does not provide a complete picture of economic and societal progress. Despite being a broad measure, GDP leaves out several things. The enormous value of the country’s natural...

November 22, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Films, Interview, People

Amma Meri, a Bold Film, Exposes the Bitter Truth of Agrarian India

Here’s an exclusive interview, by Mahima, of the independent writer-director Tarun Jain whose short film, Amma Meri, has got the honour to be screened at the IFFI, Goa. A thought-provoking film...

November 17, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Will the 2017 Local Body polls in UP Gauge Public Opinion Ahead of the 2019 Parliamentary Elections?

While the local body election will be the first major challenge for the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh, for SP and the BSP this will be a way to...

October 8, 2017
Amit Singh
Cover Story, Human Rights, International Relations, Politics

A Critical Analysis of Human Rights with Focus on Foundational Weakness and Dual Nature of Human Rights

Our Editor-at-Large (Europe), Amit, raises questions that are of immediate relevance to international politics, as human rights are increasingly ‘mainstreamed’ into the policy framework of states. He critically reflects on...

August 23, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Opinion

Does the World Really Deserve Democracy?

Mahima asks if we deserve Democracy, in her regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. I pen this piece in times, which I feel are dark times of Democracy, whether...

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