'Even if we have laws in place, which we must, we need a societal change.''Rather than telling our daughters that, "Listen, leave your house at so and so time, come back by so and so time," we must......
Northwest and east India are in for another spell of extreme heat, with temperatures predicted to rise by two to three degrees over the next five days, the India meteorological department said on......
Is the unusually and unbearably scorching Sun and the general laxity, bordering on laziness, among voters, responsible, asks N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Voters line up outside a polling station at......
'What should surprise BJP supporters is Modi's call for 'stability' at the manifesto launch, a theme that he and his team members had not touched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.'......
Constituencies that are going to the polls in the first phase, slated for April 19, have just 19 days for campaigning. Contrast that with those going to polls in the 7th phase, notes N Sathiya......
'In Prime Minister Cameron’s words, the 'UK is India’s partner of choice' and Prime Minister Modi has described India’s engagement with the UK as an 'unbeatable combination' in......
A homoeopathic state of mind pervades our thinking in governance and infrastructure-building.Do it in small, harmless doses, but nothing bitter, sharp, or bloody, says Shekhar Gupta. Homoeopathy,......
Official websites of some states haven’t been updated for years Does Bihar have only 10 cities with populations of more than 100,000? Is Uttar Pradesh so urbanised that 42.59 per cent of its......
The problem in India, is not unemployment because people need to work to feed themselves, but widespread under-employment. Image: Workers pull a cart laden with metal sheets at an industrial area......
The time is ripe for debate on city governments in India While local governments in China get 25% of total public revenue, it is only 3% in India, indicating the parlous state of finances in......