He will be remembered for each and every part he played with wisdom and dignity — RSS swayamsevak and ABVP activist, protester who went to jail during the Emergency, deputy CM and finance minister of Bihar, and MP who expertly steered the work of several parliamentary committees

The one-day bandh observed in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and the Union Territory of Chandigarh was near total. Stray incidents of violence were reported.

It is evident that there are many contradictory stories playing out simultaneously where employment growth is concerned. Simplistic narratives will do us all a disservice

Each wave of protesting voices sends out the message that despite its high cost, every tiny dent on entrenched male privilege opens up valuable space in which demands for accountability can be heard and addressed

Central banks in major developed economies across the world are yet to begin cutting rates. However, recent events point towards the possibility of a divergence in policy across these countries

One Home Guard personnel Gurmej Singh was killed and two others, including a Railway Protection Force constable, were injured seriously in a shooting incident by three terrorists in Amritsar.

The internet is a resource, not just for adults, but also for children who rely on it for education, entertainment, socialising and self-realisation, and a fear-based approach would only be counterproductive

The United States recognises the important role of a strong India whose well-established democratic institutions help it serve as an anchor of regional stability.

The current government policy has a consumer bias — it discriminates against the farmer. This needs to change if we want to augment farmers’ incomes

This comes at a time when Islamabad is sending important signals on improving ties with India, and Modi himself stands tall on the world stage. The heat of electoral battle cannot justify disdain towards a neighbour India can’t just wish away

Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko pledged not to use nuclear weapons against countries which have renounced the production and acquisition of such weapons and do not have them on their territory.

The country needs to balance the interests of both. Controls, even where necessary, should be temporary and rules-based, taking the form of tariffs as opposed to outright bans

The country is facing claims of unsustainability against palm oil plantations. This offer of an ape for oil, may not help that

SC’s grant of bail to Delhi CM is welcome. It affirms that due process, level playing field, lie at election’s core

Growth for the fourth year after Covid, contained inflation and poverty reduction suggest that sufficient reforms have been undertaken.

Phu Dorjee created a new record for an Indian by going up from the South summit without oxygen and became the 10th Indian to scale the peak.

Covid vaccines helped save lives. Rare adverse reactions to them should be seen from scientific lens, not alarmist ones.

Plato's ideas have haunted or enlightened corridors of scholarship. Now, AI- powered research could revive interest in him.

A high degree of market concentration, the absence of competition, can lead to higher prices for consumers and lower standards for consumer services, while also impacting innovation. The goal of policy should be to enhance competition.

Sharad Pawar has said that many parties will merge with and gravitate towards Congress. There are several roadblocks, what-ifs to overcome for that to happen

Some decrying Pitroda’s comments have called out the African parallel, not the ‘White’ one. When it comes to prejudice, perhaps Pitroda and some of his critics are painted in the same hue

This issue reveals the deficits of the state, where social and economic mobility often rests on getting a government job

Our politics increasingly seems unmoored from certain human values considered essential for democracy. Thus, another way of imagining a democracy that is engaged with the human being is challenging.

A new government will soon be taking up the challenge of making India viksit by 2047. What key policies can it adopt to propel us towards gender parity in socio-economic outcomes?