Draft national energy policy falls short of striking a sustainable balance, or clarifying lines of accountability

Government move to scrap no-detention policy shows inability to analyse what went wrong. It could undermine Right to Education

Challenge before the new vice president is to maintain and safeguard the space for debate and dissent in Rajya Sabha 

After the BJP/NDA went out of power, the JD(U) stuck to its friendship with the BJP, and won the 2005 and 2010 elections. That coalition delivered the most clean and successful regime in Bihar since 1947.

"One day, the government’s rescue operation began. But even before that, a voluntary organisation had already shifted people to the highway. This year, the floods have been devastating."

In the post-truth world, more and more people are believing what is not necessarily true. They believe that ideology is dead. The only ‘thing’ you have to believe in is ‘What’s in it for me?’ asks P Chidambaram

The greatest ever Jamaican — a rare one in a mighty hurry from the laid-back land of reggae and rum — didn’t set hearts aflutter through contests with rivals. Fans would sprint across global arenas to watch one man run.

Sushma Swaraj’s RS intervention rightly sought to lower temperatures, urge reflection. She made a powerful case for dialogue, arguing that China had “contributed to our growing economic strength”. China, she went on, “is one of the leading countries among [India’s] major contributors and economic partners”.

As onion prices go up again, government must respond to consumers’ concerns, but not at the expense of producers. Going by past record, the Centre’s most likely response to rising prices would be to impose restrictions on exports and holding of stocks by traders/processors

Advani, who was replying to the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the working of his ministry, mentioned the need for a Press Commission in the context of delinking the Press from big business houses. Advani said he stood by his word to make the All India Radio and TV autonomous organisations.

Perhaps the biggest challenge for the new vice president will be to assume a non-partisan role while managing the functioning of the House. The new VP will need to have the confidence of MPs on both sides of the aisle. He will have to play the arbiter between political parties and set the benchmark for non-partisan conduct.

Today, various top universities are redefining engineering education, for instance, ‘Engineering+X’ at University of Southern California, or Development Engineering at UC Berkeley, and other innovative UG programmes at several universities.

Pakistan is being pressured by the US and getting squeezed on its eastern and western borders

A genetic intervention promises to eliminate hand-me-down diseases. It will need regulation

Snowballing row between US and Russia frames failures of leadership, diplomacy

Targeting of a political opponent on the eve of a crucial poll invites questions of the misuse of Central agencies

Current forms of ambivalence on caste have a long history

Shanta Sarabjit Singh sought the enduring in a fast-changing nation

The language controversy erupted again in the Rajya Sabha. On Wednesday, the row started during question time when a minister tried to answer in Hindi a question in English.

The journal must be saved and resurrected. Is the Sameeksha Trust up to it?

Nawaz Sharif lost a prolonged chess game that began early in his tenure and to which his own errors contributed greatly

Arvind Panagariya’s departure sparks questions about Niti Aayog and lateral entry into government

When J K Rowling forgot Tolkien’s warning: The ring has intentions of its own

RBI has made its move. Heavy lifting will now have to be done by NDA government, its resolve to stay the course will be tested