Data-centric decision-making is a must but we have to understand that caste data is inherently tricky to capture. There may be some dominant castes in every category.
"As far as Haryana is concerned, the Lok Sabha results signal that the fight is between the Congress and the BJP. The other parties that could have cut the vote have been rejected," Hooda said
This issue came up even during Vajpayee ji’s time, as well. South India went for family planning quite early and that is where south India has to a certain degree, a disadvantage if you go based on population and this is something we’re going to definitely discuss as an NDA ally.
As one of India’s foremost bankers and the founder of the Kotak Mahindra Bank, he played a key role in developing India’s banking and financial sector.
CRISPR is simply the current prevailing form of gene therapy. It was not the first, and it’s not going to be the last either. People may discover other ways of doing gene therapy that are actually an advance over CRISPR.
Other important initiatives are the Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and the Free Drugs Service Initiative under the National Health Mission (NHM).
He is doing his work, the decision is up to the people... We think our work is not complete. Kanshi Ram and Babasaheb’s mission is incomplete... It’s not done until the Constitution is followed truly and societal discrimination stops.
Ushered into politics by his father Ram Vilas Paswan, one of the tallest Dalit leaders from Bihar, Chirag Paswan has carved out his own space in Indian politics in a short span of time, especially after a split in Lok Janshakti Party which left him in dire straits.
Following the protests over the alleged NEET-UG exam paper leak, the government handed over the probe to the CBI and removed the NTA's Director General Subodh Kumar Singh.
Ian Bremmer is a keen India watcher, who has commented on the nation in various contexts, particularly in relation to its economic development and global influence.
Italian ambassador Vincenzo de Luca came to India in December 2019, just before the pandemic, and worked on the transformation in India-Italy ties over the last four-and-a-half years.
Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra is not just Director-General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department (IMD), but is a significant voice in climate change policies as vice-president of the World Meteorological Organisation.
After being an assistant coach for Belgium, arguably the best team of the last decade, he’s taken over an Indian team that returned to the Olympic podium after over four decades.
Hardly had D Subbarao taken charge as the Governor of the RBI on September 5, 2008, that the Lehman Brothers collapsed in the US, triggering a global financial crisis which quickly spilled over to the real economy.
Former WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on countering misinformation on vaccines, decentralising public health systems at the micro level, improving food labelling and tackling environmental pollution.
Sajad Lone, president of the People’s Conference, on fighting the Lok Sabha election after 15 years, contesting against Omar Abdullah, his arrest post the abrogation of Article 370, being called a ‘BJP proxy’ and the disquiet on ground in Kashmir.
Vice President of National Conference, Omar Abdullah is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla.
Prof John Mearsheimer is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and is considered one of the most respected voices on international relations theory.
Piyush Goyal is a top-rung BJP leader and is currently Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha besides heading three ministries — Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles.
Alex Ellis, the outgoing British High Commissioner to India, had an eventful tenure between 2021 and 2024. Over the last three years, he witnessed the brutal Delta wave of the COVID pandemic, the India-China border standoff, the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary is an OBC leader belonging to the powerful Koeri community and has ground support as well as organisational abilities.
Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw has been working for the modernisation of Indian Railways and the introduction of Vande Bharat Express trains across India.
The winter session of Parliament witnessed unprecedented events with 146 MPs from both the houses suspended for their protest seeking the government’s response for the security breach in the Lok Sabha on December 13.
The MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Vikas Kumar has been working with the organisation since its inception and has worked under India’s ‘Metro Man’, E Sreedharan.
Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba have just come out with a book titled Breaking the Mould : Reimagining India's Economic Future (Penguin). Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth.