Cess on sugar is a bad idea. Ending state control over cane prices, allowing growers to sell to mills of their choice can help farmers
Schools have been part of the inevitable Islamisation of Pakistan’s polity
Data protection requires a strong regulatory framework with a hierarchy of regulators to protect basic rights
The government aims to fully immunise 90 per cent of children by year-end
Janata divided: The confrontation within the Janata Party over the dismissal of Satya Prakash Malaviya is assuming serious dimensions and a split is threatened in the party.
As capitalism and its exploitation evolves, Karl Marx’s philosophy and intellectual tools continue to have abiding significance
The world’s most coveted literature award gets embroiled in a sex scandal
WHO report should raise questions on India’s big-city centred pollution mitigation efforts
Karl Marx's philosophy has often been narrowly defined as ideas being determined by economic conditions. In the bicentennial of his birth, it is important to recognise his focus on the two-way nature of that relationship
The artists doth protest too much. The real debate is elsewhere, they surely know that.
Neither administration nor players are held to account for hockey team’s failures.
Replying to the debate on the appropriations bill in the Rajya Sabha, HM Patel gave this clarification in response to a pointed inquiry from a Congress MP, Gurdev Gupta.
Yet another fact about the US President it turns out to be fiction. Is he then for real?
Considering the challenges AMU faces as an academic institution, a portrait of Jinnah hardly gets in the way.
Attack on school bus in Shopian should lead to a reflection on the limits of violent protests. State too needs to be responsive
The Cabinet also approved the Employment Security and Miscellaneous Provision Bill, which seeks to protect the rank and remuneration of all these employees who are not covered by the Industrial Relations Bill.
Iran’s film environment shows that art can transcend politics and expand its scope.
ASI’s record in protecting monuments is nothing to write home about. Corporates can, and should, contribute to conservation.
Modi-Xi summit gives India the chance to expand its diplomatic options in the neighbourhood and beyond.
New reservation norms in faculty appointments threaten to diminish opportunities for Dalits, tribals and OBCs.
Acerbic and combative till the end, Ashok Mitra refused to be a creature of the party and remained true to his calling
Panchayat election in West Bengal has been reduced to a violent spectacle by parties that seek total domination of political space
The J&K cabinet reshuffle fails to rise above the communal faultline and offer a new plan of governance
Ashok Mitra’s achievements in both academia and public life made him exceptional
Recent debate on the Atrocities Act should factor in the milieu that marginalises Dalits at every step.


