Chronicles Of A Disaster Foretold

'The larger story of systematic destruction, which can and has been quantified, goes mysteriously missing from any political and/or public discourse about the ongoing devastation in the Ghats,'......

States must exclude creamy layer from SC/ST quota: Justice Gavai

States must evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer even among the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes and deny them the benefit of reservation, Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai said......

States have power to sub-classify SC/ST groups for quota: Top court

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes, which form a socially heterogeneous......

New methods needed to uplist SC/STs, says judge in quota verdict

The reservation policy requires a fresh relook and new methods are needed for the uplift of people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Schedule Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), Supreme......

Why RBI Flagged Small Loans As Risky

In FY24, loans given out by such firms had topped a whopping Rs 146,517 crore, up by 49 per cent year-on-year and spread over 10.19 million accounts (up 35 per cent). Illustration: Dominic......

Area for critical minerals mining expanded

The Centre has increased the area granted to individual players by more than four fold in order to boost mining of critical minerals. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters Issuing an order on Tuesday,......

From bricks to stocks: Indian family houses take leap with new-found wealth

Led by a new generation of entrepreneurs, India’s family offices are shifting from traditional investments in physical and tangible assets like real estate to investing in technology,......

Spectrum auctions: Airtel likely to edge past Jio

Bharti Airtel may end up cumulatively bidding for more spectrum than market leader Reliance Jio in the upcoming auctions. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters This is owing to its need for......

Despair to glory: Sarabjot's iconic Olympic turnaround

'All I could think after that final was what my father did for me his entire life, the support of my grandfather in the US and all the lonely journeys that I took on the bus to Ambala during the......

'Team India represents India in more than one way'

IMAGE: India will play three matches in New York -- versus Ireland, Pakistan and the United States. Photograph: BCCI The T20 World Cup in the US is a 'landmark event' and there is huge excitement......

Shahbaz, Abhishek Weave A Spell

IMAGE: SunRisers Hyderabad Captain Pat Cummins with his match-winning spin twins Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed after SRH's win in IPL Qualifier 2 for a place in the final. Photograph: BCCI......

IPL PIX: Clinical Delhi Capitals down LSG by 19 runs

IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supr Giants in New Delhi, on Tuesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Ishant Sharma celebrates with teammates after......

IPL PIX: KKR crush DC as bowlers, Salt shine

IMAGES from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals in Kolkata on Monday SCORECARD IMAGE: Varun Chakaravarthy celebrates the wicket of Tristan Stubbs. Photograph:......