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Yet, even at this historic high, a sociological discomfort remains. Of the SMAT-winning XI, only Robin Minz is an Adivasi player

The fertiliser subsidy is the second-largest item in the Union budget, next only to the food subsidy — its allocation is more than the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare allocation of Rs 1.37 lakh

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi castigates Macaulay, a cacophony of voices immediately arises to defend the latter

This is a systemic failure that threatens to impact India’s ambitious bid for the 2036 Olympics.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 22, 1985.

Perhaps the most striking change is political. Countries that once viewed India through the prism of Pakistan — such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE — now see New Delhi as a long-term strategic partner

Our shared objective is clear: AI must be safe, innovative, open and inclusive

The government can consider breaking up IndiGo into two completely independent airlines as was done in the US under the Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts

MGNREGA provides wage employment to nearly 6 crore rural households for an average of 50 days a year. That the government chose not to refer the VB-G RAM G Bill to a parliamentary committee is

At a time when protestors in Delhi were demanding clean air, parliamentarians failed in sending a message for much-needed accountability in environmental governance.

Bangladesh’s increasingly close relationship with both Pakistan and China threatens India’s security in the northeast. Combined with an increase in religious extremism, a new and high-stakes form of anti-Indian politics is growing in Dhaka

The ultimate goal of VBSA is to support the development of institutions that meet international standards, while remaining rooted in Indian values and priorities. This aim is central to India’s aspiration to become a global

Young women entering science today are asking whether  brilliance can be recognised without demanding silence in return. Because the quiet truth is this: the cost of excusing bad behaviour has been paid by those who

India has made progress after the first atomic energy law.  Currently, the government-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) operates 24 nuclear reactors, with a total capacity of 8,180 megawatts of electricity.

The ban on Christmas came from a Delhi VHP official. The VHP is one of the uglier offspring of the RSS. Asked if this was not a restriction on the right that our constitution gives

What started with Jawaharlal Nehru has now reached Mahatma Gandhi. The BJP’s grave wrongs will not be forgiven by the people of India

Muslim women, both as individuals and as democratic citizens belonging to a minority, stand at the crossroads of gender and religion. While in the case of the former, they are susceptible to bodily violations, the

A criticism that the film demeans Indian Muslims is difficult to understand because not a single member of this specific community figures in the movie.

Indian and Korean artists have worked with each other, and many Indians have been part of K-pop groups. However, most of these experiments have either failed or have not received a breakthrough response

BACKED BY the massive support from the Assamese-speaking people, the Asom Gana Parishad was poised to gain power in Assam and was six seats short of an absolute majority in the 126-member House.

HC’s intervention is a modest but necessary corrective — an assertion that the law must recognise adults as rights-bearing citizens, with the freedom to make their own way, not wards to be steered towards socially-approved

Water purifiers compensate for unsafe water. Air purifiers now compensate for unbreathable cities. We celebrate individual workarounds while quietly absolving institutions. Over time, survival is mistaken for innovation

All three countries — Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman — are significant for the geopolitics of the neighbourhood to the west. The PM’s visits brought to the fore different critical policy strands — security in the

A photo of a US-based, Indian-origin start-up co-founder working on her laptop in full bridal regalia at her own wedding, apparently just 10 minutes after the ceremony, has gone viral. Her brother and co-founder shared

A criticism is that the reform prioritises asset creation at the cost of employment. The Bill enshrines a statutory livelihood guarantee, while linking employment to the creation of productive and durable public assets