Express Opinion

The RBI may have to take steps to gradually drain the excess liquidity in the banking sector, provide a floor for short-term rates, which have fallen below the reverse repo rate, and finally narrow the

Today was the tenth day of a 13-day state-wide satyagraha the AASU and AAGSP have organised to protest against the central government’s alleged indifference to solving the 15-month-old foreigners’ problem.

Prolongation of these so-called criminal cases is unconscionable, as is forcing vulnerable people into remaining in hotspots of increased infection and fatal risk.

While caste differences in India are also displaced onto a religious minority, in Pakistan this displacement locates the minority within and caste outside Islam. Caste really does allow us to see history anew.

If there is anything this Covid year has proved, it’s we have to find our own methods of salvation to guard against reality.

Both the Tikri and Singhu borders of Delhi where farmers are amassed protesting against the new agriculture laws fall under Sanjay Singh Special CP, Western Zone. This means the officer finds himself in a hot

In a democracy, good or bad, the cause being external factors or internal developments, the government must bear responsibility. Good or bad, governments must be changed. A sense of permanence is the cause of the

Tavleen Singh writes: The farmers have shown Narendra Modi that this kind of contempt for the people is not something that even the most powerful political leaders can get away with. The PM has been

Politically, Goa appears to be heading towards single party domination, following more or less the pattern of the ruling party poaching on the Opposition and fragmenting it. But to say that Goa will become a

Surjit S Bhalla writes: Some authors are explicit, others indulge in nudge-nudge, wink-wink — these four years were also the first four years of the changing political order in India — the beginning of Narendra

The appreciation for art’s contribution in providing society with a semblance of normalcy during these isolated times must be cultivated into respect and value for an artist’s labour. Else, as a country, we will be

PB Mehta writes: What the Court is trying to do, in an interesting way, is to argue that for its purposes, the opposition between merit and reservation needs to be deconstructed — not because there

Khaled Ahmed writes: The US under Donald Trump, India under Narendra Modi, the UK under Boris Johnson, Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and most East European states who maltreat “refugees” and shun foreigners —

Christmas Day broke the tedium of the US hostages in Iran, brought a rampage of violence in Beirut and pointed up the year’s changes in Poland, the only country where Communism co-exists with mass devotion

Through the 28 years since her murder, a few good individuals kept their faith in due process and moved the wheels of justice.

That’s the challenge for the Government as it draws the line on reform; mocking those who have anxieties doesn’t help.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi spent a lifetime in conversation with Urdu poets and poetry, and reclaiming its modernist spirit.

He urges us to explore the possibilities in life, a message that can be succour for the world in its moment of crisis.

Government’s efforts in managing the essential medical supplies have been exemplary, without which dealing with the pandemic would not have been possible

To allow central universities, the IITs and other public institutions to truly blossom, we need to reform their Governance. There is no time to waste.

With a new law to monitor Islamic separatism, France betrays an idea of citizenship and republican values that is deeply insular.

There’s very little that was redeeming or cheerful about the last 10 months. But times like this are precisely when we need a list that helps us be grateful, when all has failed.

Most developmental innovations such as the anganwadi, mid-day meals, water management, consumer and producer cooperatives, have come from the states.

Continuous and close scrutiny by legislatures is central to improving governance in the country. Increasing the number of working days for state legislatures is a first step in increasing their effectiveness.

Part of northern India was in the grip of a cold wave as heavy snowfall in the hills and intermittent rain in plains continued for the second day.