Delhi HC rejects NewsClick founder's plea against arrest

The Delhi high court on Friday refused to interfere with the arrest and subsequent police remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the news portal's human resources department head Amit......

Kamal nath on the Austerity drive

While columnists like M K Bhadrakumar denounce the Congress party and the United Progress Alliance government's current austerity drive, some ministers have a different point of......

'Every village in Tamil Nadu has BJP members'

'DMK is taking a wrong image of BJP to the people.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi felicitated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in Coimbatore, February 25, 2021.......

Cong attacks opposition camp, plans media blitz

After having been beaten black and blue on the issue of corruption and black money, the Congress leadership is now keen to change the discourse in the public domain from corruption and bring it......

Free medicine plan remained on paper only

Many health policy initiatives of the government could not be rolled out for various reasons in 2012 during which the country faced fresh challenges on disease prevention as dengue and Japanese......

The many loopholes of pension scheme for unorganised sector workers

According to official statistics, half of India’s GDP comes from as many as 420 million workers in the unorganised sector including street vendors, rickshaw pullers, construction workers, rag......

Indian pharma's Trump fears

Industry fears tougher US stance on IP after President Donald Trump asserted that foreign countries must pay a fair share for drug development costs. Aneesh Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Donald Trump......

Most rural Indians can afford a toilet but don't want one

A household survey shows that they don’t think using a toilet is good for their health, pointing to the need for sanitation policies that focus on changing attitudes rather than just building......