Opinion

The reported assurance by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Tipra Motha leaders on direct funding for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and faster implementation of land rights has triggered a wider political…

By Pushp Ranjan China's jewellery market is showing signs of weakness, with several major retail chains closing outlets, even as the country intensifies its search for new sources of gold and other strategic minerals. China is expanding…

The sharpest question after the DUSU results is not whether Rahul Gandhi can draw students to an event, but whether his politics can translate into votes, organisation and sustained campus support. At a time when Gandhi was…

By Poonam Sharma Stories often emerge from the labyrinth of India’s welfare structure of not only human ingenuity but also deep flaws in governance. Karim’s recent story, a man who has to pay alimony to multiple ex-wives, while his current…

Poonam Sharma The world of economics is in for a seismic shift as countries like India contend with the US sanctions on Russia, the might of the US dollar and the changes underway within the BRICS bloc. The central question of this…

GG News Bureau Kolkata, 21st Sept: Nandigram has once again become the centre of West Bengal’s political contest, but this time the drama is unfolding even before the ballot is cast. Within hours on Friday, the constituency witnessed a…

Every birthday is a moment to look back. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turns 76 on September 17, 2026, the journey stretches from a small town in Gujarat to the centre of India's political and diplomatic landscape. But Modi's…

POONAM SHARMA What if artificial intelligence becomes more powerful than our ability to understand and control it? The question has become more urgent since AI safety researchers resigned from some of the world’s top artificial…

The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi has presented an opportunity to look beyond the traditional vocabulary of geopolitics and ask a more fundamental question: what kind of global order can respond to the challenges of an increasingly…

By Poonam Sharma The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi has provided an important opportunity for India to go beyond the traditional language of emerging economies and ask a question that is much larger before the world: Who gets to make the…