September 03, 2022 7:43 am
The noted educationist and activist, who died at the age of 89 this week, was the petitioner in a court case, Mary Roy vs the State of Kerala, that became a landmark in Indian legal history
September 03, 2022 7:44 am
There will be more pain as Sri Lanka implements domestic economic measures agreed upon with the Fund.
August 25, 2022 8:38 am
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro — like Donald Trump, who he seems to have styled himself after – has been described as a “strongman”.
August 20, 2022 8:55 am
The airing of a strikingly regressive mindset seemed to come together with an undue haste that ignored the Supreme Court's direction reiterated in several judgements – cautioning lower court judges against making unwarranted observations on the merits of a case while hearing bail pleas.
August 20, 2022 9:00 am
The carnivore may not be hunted today, but its ecosystem could certainly come under threat -- from climate change, careless tourists. Besides, there is no precedent for re-wilding a genetically-engineered animal.
July 13, 2022 9:32 am
Somit Dasgupta writes: If there was any hope that discussions would provide an acceptable draft, which could be taken forward during COP27, it was misplaced. The developed and developing countries were speaking from the ends of the spectrum with no meeting ground
February 18, 2021 8:53 am
The MEA’s observation about the Indian “democratic ethos and polity” is indeed high-minded but its global pedagogic role and reach has to extend beyond majoritarian representation to the “miniscule” which dissents from the “multitude”
February 18, 2021 8:24 am
Harry Windsor, Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has them in spotlight again
February 18, 2021 8:23 am
As a controversial Lt Governor is recalled, and the government appears precarious, a new front opens in Puducherry
February 18, 2021 8:21 am
Priya Ramani’s acquittal in criminal defamation case is an empowering judgment, a landmark for women’s rights