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A festival to salute India’s vibrant democracy

The Republic Day this year is a time when citizens of India must rededicate themselves to fulfilling their duties

IIT-Kharagpur is currently in the news not for its role in shaping India's future but for distorting our past to advance a particular social agenda. File

Distorting history through a calendar

Towards low emissions growth

Easwaran J. Narassimhan For climate and development’s sake, India needs to bring back industrial policy, only differently this time

The present crop of BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu has latched on to the death by suicide of a Class 12 girl, who was studying in a Christian missionary-run institution as a resident inmate in Thanjavur district. File

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In Tamil Nadu, a renewed push for Hindutva

D. Suresh Kumar The BJP in Tamil Nadu is losing no opportunity to posture itself as a guardian of the Hindus

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In Tamil Nadu, a renewed push for Hindutva

Towards low emissions growth

fifty years ago JANUARY 26, 1972 Comment

From the Archives (January 26, 1972): Padma Shri for Wadekar and Chandrasekhar

Distorting history through a calendar

A festival to salute India’s vibrant democracy

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From the shadows to the forefront

The devastating impact of school closure

By closing schools for this long and providing just online education, we have violated children’s rights

India needs a national vision

Only then will there be coherence in multi-sectoral and multi-ministerial policymaking and execution

Dealing with the macroeconomic uncertainties

The Union Budget needs to maintain an accommodative fiscal stance to support the sustainability of economic growth

For an inclusive linguistic identity

There is consternation that the BJP government is promoting Sanskrit, apparently at the cost of Kannada

Budgeting for the education emergency

It is astonishing that public expenditure data on the education sector are not easily available

Solving the Sterlite problem

The trust deficit between Vedanta and the people of Thoothukudi needs to be bridged if the smelter has to restart.

Decoding the 2022 elections and the script for 2024

It would be wise not to make judgments about the outcome of the general election based on the Assembly poll results

Setting sail for a powerful India-German partnership

The Indo-Pacific, with India as its centrepiece, features prominently in Germany’s foreign policy outreach

Kashmir Press Club | A watchdog silenced

The Kashmir Press Club, which has been shut down, provided a sense of security to journalists

Should the government loosen its purse strings?

As inflation is driven by supply-side factors, tax policy can be used to cushion its impact

The gentleman spymaster who had India enthralled

Those serving the R&AW would do well to note the principles that Rameshwar Nath Kao practised with aplomb

The caste calculus in U.P.

If the SP is serious about challenging the BJP’s narrative, it must translate rhetoric into welfare goals

The many problems of online anonymity

Pseudonymous social media handles and platforms that encourage them amplify issues around fake news

Democratise and empower city governments

The general approach towards urban empowerment, including financial capabilities, has remained piecemeal in India

A dangerous precedent

By holding the Budget before the Assembly polls, the BJP government has shown scant regard for Parliament

One more shot at national politics: on K. Chandrasekhar Rao

It will not be an easy task for K. Chandrasekhar Rao to forge a non-BJP, non-Congress front

Preventing genocide

It is imperative that international legal protections against genocide are incorporated in domestic legislation

Escalation of the ‘forgotten war’ in Yemen

The fight over Marib, which is outside Houthi control, will decide the outcome of the conflict

The SilverLine project is anti-development

It poses a threat to Kerala’s ecological security, and could end up as a white elephant

Still speaking to Indians today

The story of seven white ‘renegades’, who identified with India and stayed true to higher, universal ideals

Datapoint

Datapoint January 18, 2022

A mandate for Governors: on NEET exemption Bill

The case of the T.N. Bill to dispense with NEET highlights the issue of the Governor’s key role

A train to unite Kerala: on SilverLine project

The ambitious SilverLine project deserves deeper analysis and to decongest traffic, the State needs an integrated approach

Just what the doctor ordered for the livestock farmer

With most of India’s livestock in rural and remote areas, a game changer now will be the use of mobile veterinary units

A ‘lifeline’, animal farmed

The recent transplant of a pig’s heart into a man highlights the close connection between species

Rooster fights in A.P. | Super-spreaders in the making

Holding the famed rooster fights in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is cause for concern

Datapoint

Datapoint, January 17, 2022

Predatory pricing is prising Indian livelihoods apart

The economic dogma of lower prices, regardless of the means, as a sole and worthy pursuit is being challenged

Taxing cryptocurrency transactions

A streamlined tax regime is pivotal to a clear, constructive and adaptive regulatory environment

A moment to savour for India’s public health system

A year after the launch of the COVID vaccination drive, a look at the challenges that were overcome

The art of profiling criminals

While covering crime stories, reporters cannot pick and choose narratives that suit their point of view

How will the five State elections influence national politics?

Economic challenges and issues of policy and welfare are all part of the election narrative

Liberal economics creates illiberal societies

A new form of ‘Gandhian’ democratic socialism powered by cooperative economic enterprises is required

Reaping India’s demographic dividend

India has a unique opportunity to develop and grow richer before ageing sets in

Establishing India’s Apple

For India to be a research and development-driven economy, universities play an indispensable role

In Karnataka, political heat over a padayatra

The Congress’s Mekedatu padayatra has put the BJP on the back foot

Act now, recast the selection process of the ECs

A multi-institutional, bipartisan committee will ensure a transparent exercise, given the quasi-judicial nature of the ECI

Hate speech in the time of free speech

It is important that specific and durable legislative provisions be enacted to combat hate speech

Rot in the Malayalam film industry

Neither the course of the 2017 assault case nor the fate of the Hema Committee report instil confidence

Making a case for side hustling

It is time for companies to stop preventing their employees from holding multiple jobs

Treating the planet well can aid progress

An integrated perspective is necessary as social and environmental problems cannot be addressed in isolation anymore

A hurried affair

The reallocation process of employees of different categories in Telangana has come under fire

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