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By Dr. Arun Mitra A ‘senior citizen’ means any person being a citizen of India who has attained the age of sixty years or above. Population Census 2011 revealed that there are nearly 104 million elderly persons (aged 60 years or above) in India; the number of...
By B. Sivaraman Nearly five lakh employees were stunned early this year when the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) responded to their demand of 25 percent wage increase with a counter offer of a mere 2 percent. It took a two-day strike on 30 & 31 May 2018 to...
By Sankar Ray There is no denying that Pakistan’s charismatic Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi will leave no nerve unstrained to carve a niche to prove that he is not just another premier while it will be naïve to speculate that he plans to get out of the...
By Subrata Majumder Dichotomy looms on the bounce back in GDP growth in 2018-19 and its impact on job creation. Critics are puzzled that while the upturn was on account of growth in manufacturing, it has not made any proportional impact in terms of job creation. During...
By S. Sethuraman Telangana Chief Minister, Mr K Chandrasekara Rao, a showman to claim unparalleled but untested achievements for his young State, has broken the ice for impending battles for 2019 in the South, where the Modi-led BJP has planned a major foray to earn a pan Indian...
By Sushil Kutty On September, the Supreme Court read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and people with placards saying ‘Love is genderless’ took over the streets. Today, as sure as Tuesday follows Monday and Sunday precedes Monday, ‘what will happen?’ has become the tone...
By Rahil Nora Chopra Vasundhara Raje’s statewide yatra was greeted with black flags and stones when it reached Jodhpur. Upset by the reception from the people of Jodhpur, the chief minister broke the yatra citing the death of Atal Behari Vajpayee. But the next phase of the yatra...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The heart-warming unity shown by both the government and the opposition in getting the Kerala Assembly to pass a unanimous resolution promising unflinching support for rehabilitation on a war footing in the wake of the state’s devastating floods came as a breath of...
By Chauncey K. Robinson History continues to be made across the United States of America as an unprecedented number of women of color, particularly Black women, are running for and winning public office. Ayanna Pressley has added her story to this game-changing moment in time, with her victory...
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: From the manner in which incidents of political nature are being reported from various areas of Madhya Pradesh there is every reason to apprehend that November Vidhan Sabha elections may not be entirely peaceful affair. Things are taking such a serious turn that...