In April 2010, when food items were becoming prohibitively costly, we reported how people – from upper middle-c
The communal politics has simplistically equated the cow with Hinduism, and others, especially Muslims, are not expected to care for it. But there are many non-Hindus, who are probably more concerned about the cow.
“Arthashastra jab Dharmashastra ke upar charh baithta hai, tab gauraksha andolan ke neta jooton ki dukaan khol lete hain (When economics prevails over religion, politicians connected with the Save Cow movement open shoe shops).”
As Bihar waits to vote in last two phases to elect its representatives to the legislative assembly, the leaders are letting out their fears and frustrations. In the bargain, the people are being subjected to low level of electioneering.
The Uncommon Reader, a little gem of a novella by British author Alan Bennett, imagines Queen Elizabeth II falling in love with literature, to the extent that she starts ignoring her duties to complete one novel after another. She discovers, along
The new aviation policy seeks to take flying to the masses. The government today (Friday) released its draft civil aviation policy for inputs from stakeholders, which offers travellers an incentive to fly to small towns at affordabl
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to net neutrality seems to be falling short on many counts, and volunteers of SaveTheInternet Coalition have raised questions over the Internet.org or Free Basics platform and Zuckerbe
With the recent census figures recording the Muslim population count at over 17 crores, the three-day Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh executive beginning today (Friday) in Ranchi is expected to adopt a resolution calling for a check in the "imbal
After writers, artists, filmmakers and scientists, over 50 historians today came out strongly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not making any reassuring statement following concerns over "highly vitiated atmosphere" prevailing in
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has dropped five cabinet ministers and three ministers of state from his government. Yesterday, the young chief minister had hinted at expansion of the state`s council of ministers after t
Stung by CMS-India Corruption Study-2015 report on the extent of graft in the national capital, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked his ministers to submit a detailed action plan within a week to address the problem of corruption.
A vigilance and special court in Kerala has come to haunt Oommen Chandy government by ordering further investigation into bribery charges against finance minister KM Mani. The court has been hearing the case for the past over three
How do you evaluate a year of mandatory CSR? Should you look at the levels of compliance because laws needed to be complied with? Alternatively, should you look at its impact because any business action should be evaluated in terms of its impact?
India’s 2% CSR mandate has had a rather bumpy start, if recent media reports are to be believed. Two-thirds of the companies falling under the mandate failed to meet the target expenditure in 2014-15. However, this is least of the concerns.
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that the meeting of the leaders of two nations in Delhi shows that the "dreams of one-third of humanity have come together under one roof." Inaugurating the India-Africa For
Former union minister for rural development and national vice president of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has immense faith in the ‘grand alliance’ and its victory in the Bihar assembly polls.
Manoj Sinha, minister of state for railways, is often praised by fellow MPs for his conduct in parliament. Elected from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency, Sinha is sure that this election in Bihar
The class was getting nowhere. Yes, we played games, enacted plays in the class and did anything that could help make the English language friendly and familiar to children. And yet I knew that at the end of the academic year, a third of the stude
The 2030 development agenda titled ‘Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ has ambitious youth employment targets: by 2030 achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all men and women, incl
Prime minister Narendra Modi will spell out his vision for the future of his country`s economic relations with Africa today (Thursday), as he addresses the major India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi. The premier will speak to delegates, includin
