Beware school nationalisation by Sunil Jain
Government policy towards school education is schizophrenic. While on the one hand, it is working on rules to set up,…
Read MoreRemote Indian state set for development
A new drive has started to bring development to the remote north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. In a letter…
Read MoreDon’t table biotech bill in parliament, CPI to PM
Saying that the biotech bill is all ‘wrong and retrogressive’, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja has written…
Read MoreClimate change and poisonous chemicals focus of new UN study
A major new United Nations study will examine the influence of climate change and some of the world’s most hazardous…
Read MoreHis Canon Spiked by Ajoy Bose
Kancha Ilaiah’s Post-Hindu India should be essential reading for all who get panicky about Mayawati’s brand of Dalit politics. Unlike…
Read MoreA History Of Violation by Kalyani Menon-Sen
In the course of a speech at a public event on the eve of Women’s Day, Chief Justice of India…
Read MoreThe Card Reads You by Lola Nayar
What’s Working… Cashless facility for hospital care, medicine for BPL families Ensures one-point diagnosis, treatment with empanelled hospitals Fixed charges…
Read MoreEyes Wide Shut by Ajit Sahi
FOR THE human race to survive, Mahatma Gandhi would always insist, its women must eventually take charge of the affairs…
Read MoreInflation rises to 9.89% in February
Wholesale price-based inflation rose to 9.89 per cent in February from 8.56 per cent in the previous month due to…
Read MoreReunited Yet Divided by Supriya Sharma
AS HE FINISHED an animated anecdote-filled account of how they wrested a tworoom apartment in return for bulldozed homes on…
Read More11th plan aims to create 58 mn new jobs
The government on Monday said 58 million new job opportunities are likely to be created during the 11th Five year…
Read MoreA woman ‘sarpanch’ finds her place in the sun by Pallavi Singh
What pleases Sunita Devi most about her position in Garhi Hakeeqat is not the Women’s Reservation Bill promising mandatory reservation…
Read MoreInflation moving fast towards the double-digit mark
With food prices showing no signs of abating and the impact of the fuel price hike in the latest budget…
Read MoreRevenue share from sand for dam areas
Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has rolled out a road map for utilising revenue from sand mined from dams. He…
Read MoreCholera epidemic kills 9, affects thousands in Solapur by Siddhesh Inamdar
An epidemic of cholera mainly in the slums in the eastern part of Solapur city has affected 4,048 people, leaving…
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