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If BJP ruled states can open up agricultural markets with sensitivity and care, they would have not only demonstrated the wisdom of dismantling marketing monopolies but have also earned the gratitude of millions of poor

Over 100 million toilets have been constructed, but many are not used for various reasons.

India does not spend enough on its young people. It is their opportunities that have been constricted the most by the pandemic.

Elections to local bodies, key to governance in the state, will be closely read for larger signals

Brezhnev, who had a 50-minute meeting with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a few hours earlier made no reference to Afghanistan but said that the Soviet Union was always ready to discuss “in a spirit of

We are the only society that not only differentiates spaces as pure and impure but also its people. There is an exclusive section of our population — specific castes — to clean human filth. The

By using court order on Roshni Act for political ends, then asking for review, government invites charge of bad faith.

Centre must make transparent efforts to push exports consistently and not follow the stop-go policy emanating from price controls for the Indian consumer market.

In the campaign, the AIMIM spoke for the hyperlocal and the Hyderabadi Muslim, the TRS for the sons of the soil and the Telangana region, and the BJP for the ultra-nationalist Hindu.

For a healthy agrarian sector, the state must strengthen and protect the position of the cultivator. As long as land acquisition continues at its current pace, there is little chance of that happening.

Health has been and is at the front and centre now and will be so for a year or more. This is the time to highlight the need for increasing investment on health services, to

Roald Dahl’s family has apologised for his anti-Semitism. The bigotry of artists hurts more when it taints childhood

While philanthropy is commendable, we must not overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which makes philanthropy so necessary.

Companies will also need to adopt strategic measures to emerge stronger from this global crisis

No doubt, with these laws, agricultural operations may become more efficient, but they threaten to lead to the marginalisation of the farmers. In other words, agriculture may flourish, but agriculturists could perish.

The most powerful depiction of toxic masculinity and violence is in Pellissery’s latest work, Jallikattu. The film is about conflict between man and beast; man and man; and man and woman.

The RBI working group challenges us to shift Indian banking to being open, big and inclusive from its current closed, small and exclusive form. No change is finalised, but let’s have an open debate without

Singapore has approved an artificial meat product — the soya chaap has come full circle

Despite contrasting approaches, China and US share goals on environment. In underlining climate change as an important area of engagement with Biden, Delhi has signalled its readiness to deal with a new phase in the

By dangling threat of inquiry, education ministry slides back into micro-management. PMO must step in, again

At 50, there is JNU and many others which have been established to be “great” in its image. It is still unique in its genre. If for no other reason, it has an Act of

When granting emergency approval to anti-Covid vaccines, India’s drug regulator must ensure transparency

Two palanquins carrying photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B R Ambedkar and Jyotiba Phule were at the forefront of the procession.

Certain communities such as the Denotified Tribes (DNTs), which have a history of persecution by the criminal justice system, are targeted under specific laws and legal provisions.

What the UP ordinance shows is that we have entered an era of belligerent Hindutva, which thrives by weaponising laws against love and choice. Adding the term jihad to love is not accidental.