By Gyan Pathak The suspension of the Director of International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) K S James is yet another example that no data, how authentic they are, would be allowed to tarnish the image of PM Narendra Modi and the government he has been leading since...
By Tirthankar Mitra A fissure threatening to widen into a crack in ant-BJP INDIA coalition can be traced to the Left read CPI(M)even as it remains in the combine and its alliance with West Bengal unit of Congress is still in place. The CPI(M) has an alternative strategy...
By Helmer Stoel On one question, both friend and foe can agree: the collapse of the Dutch government this July 7 marked the end of an era. Mark Rutte, the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands’ history, tendered his cabinet’s resignation, announcing he was unable to continue as...
By Harihar Swarup India, the new name of the opposition alliance, has got widespread coverage in the news already. But, the inside story of how the leaders of 26 opposition parties who gathered in Bengaluru for a two-day meeting on July 17 and 18 arrived at the name...
By Jehosh Paul The Supreme Court is soon scheduled to hear a case on the issue of imputation of caste system in Islam and Christianity in order to determine whether reservation benefits can be extended to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. It becomes crucial to examine...
By Arun Srivastava No one can guarantee that the Narendra Modi government will not reappear before the Supreme Court just ahead of September 15, the latest expiry date, requesting for yet another extension to the top cop of the country, the Enforcement Directorate chief S K Mishra, on...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Lok Sabha has seen a no-trust motion being filed against the Narendra Modi-led government by the Congress and BRS to apply pressure on the ruling BJP over the Manipur issue, and it was accepted by the Lower house. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla...
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: “Ninety six hours – two visits by Home Minister Amit Shah” It is obvious Amit Shah does not want that 2018 is repeated in 2023 Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. That is why he is paying special attention to the state. He reached...
By Prabhat Patnaik ON April 3 this year, the minister of state for planning, Rao Inderjeet Singh, said in the Rajya Sabha that the government had no data after 2011-12 for estimating poverty, and therefore had no idea how many people had been lifted out of poverty since then....
By Prabir Purkayastha THE new blockbuster film on Oppenheimer has brought back the memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It has raised complex questions on the nature of the society that permitted such bombs to be developed and used and the stockpiling of nuclear arsenals that...