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The rationale for central government control lies in nuclear power’s high cost. This is why administered pricing is not the way to go. State discoms, in precarious financial condition, should not be burdened with mandated

The lukewarm foreign investor interest in India may also have to do with its not being part of the artificial intelligence euphoria, which has fuelled equity markets in the US as well as China, Taiwan

Neither of them is a Bal Thackeray who would have taken the opportunity to galvanise the state. However, Raj and Uddhav can take a cue from M K Stalin or Mamata Banerjee on how to

While conceding several demands of non-resident Indians regarding investment in India, Finance Minister V P Singh said in New Delhi that the issue of a 5 per cent ceiling on investment in Indian companies would

When social sector spending is viewed as a share of total state budgets, a different picture emerges. Despite rising expenditure, the proportion of budgets devoted to social sectors has declined over time in several states

Even what may be called ‘bad writing’ or ‘poor English’ has its place: At least it is a person’s voice. In the Indian context, it may be the voice of a marginalised person, or of

One century after the Helgoland breakthrough, quantum principles have entered popular culture through the mythical Schrödinger cat. So profound was this work that every reigning doctrine — from communism and Buddhism to Vedanta — took

It is not about moving away from job-creation concerns. It is about recognising that in an AI-augmented, increasingly automated global economy, cheap labour can't be India's competitive advantage

Local authorities must provide the protective gear needed for such work. People from across castes should participate in waste management; they will do so if the profits that accrue from the economy of waste management

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron need to figure out how to talk to people within, before they start talking of leading “Europe” and the “Anglosphere”. And Putin and Xi, will — like so many jaded

The upcoming missions, too, are all meant to be special in one way or another, for the rocket or the satellites. The ISRO is targeting at least six more launches before March next year. If

One of the first lessons you get on entering AIIMS Delhi from any of its gates is why it still receives overwhelming patient inflows. It is certainly not because it has the best infrastructure —

The Bill prioritises transparency by mandating online and offline public self-disclosure of all academic, operational, and financial matters. It ensures students have free access to a fair, transparent, and robust grievance redressal mechanism.

The issue is not a lack of means of funding but the monopolisation of funding and a quid pro quo with the ruling party. One solution can be corporates donating to a trust managed by

In the days leading up to Christmas, goons linked to Sangh Parivar outfits have attacked congregations and churches, hurled allegations of “conversion” in a climate of impunity. Social media is their megaphone, their performative bigotry

This loan programme is well-suited to the task. It is ring-fenced for state capex and cannot be diverted to other uses. It crowds in states’ own capital spending and complements the central government’s capex

Was the ruling party uncomfortable with the fact that nearly 50 per cent of electoral bonds had gone to non-BJP parties? Did it consider the non-disclosure of donors responsible for this relatively fair distribution? Did

The new Assam Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, asserted that the minorities in the state, including those who would be disfranchised under the Assam Accord, had nothing to fear in the new setup.

Kristin Cabot, whose intimate moment with her boss was caught on the jumbotron, was already separated from her husband. But even that detail is beside the point. Even if she had been ‘cheating’, what moral

In 2017, the last corporation election in Mumbai, the BJP and Shiv Sena contested separately, with the latter scraping through a victory in a nail-biting finish

The Unnao case has a long association with questions of power, impunity, and accountability. The suspension of a life sentence on the basis of a narrow statutory interpretation is bound to be closely scrutinised

Asking them to vocally defend India on contentious geopolitical issues, especially when their own acceptance in host countries remains fragile, is asking them to risk their hard-won social and professional capital

Whether this case ends in genuine accountability will determine not only the fate of one family, but the credibility of India’s constitutional promise of unbiased justice

There is a need for intervention to ensure healthy electoral competition and to diversify the sources of political funding. Otherwise, it is always the citizens at large who end up paying for the costs of

Shukla, who died on December 23 at the age of 88, occupied a singular place in Hindi — and Indian — literature, a writer whose work stood slightly apart from its moment, quietly undoing expectations