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Shaping a Harmonious 2024: A Call for Global Unity and Empathy
As we embark upon the threshold of another new year, the year 2024, it’s crucial to ponder the image we wish to paint upon the canvas of the future. Do we aspire to witness a […]
Shielding SEBI: On Supreme Court’s ruling and SEBI probe
SC should have pushed it to do more while not reviewing policy actions The Supreme Court of India’s ruling on a batch of petitions, filed in the wake of a U.S.-based short seller’s allegations of […]
Trump’s White House comeback plans hit Colorado hurdle
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that former US President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, is not eligible to return to the White House because of his role in the attack […]
Suspension spree
Govt must reach out to the Opposition The indiscriminate suspension of 141 Opposition MPs — 78 on Monday, 49 on Tuesday and 14 last Thursday — has left parliamentary democracy in shock. The Congress has […]
There is no alternative to green industrial strategy
Inclusive green industrial strategies belong neither to the left nor the right. They are about creating an economy that serves people and conserves the natural world on which we all depend “Equally important, the green […]
Revision sans vision: On the three Bills that replace the body of criminal laws in India
New laws have positive features, but bring no path-breaking change in system Law-making in the absence of a significant number of Opposition members does not reflect well on the legislature. The three Bills that replace […]
More grave than the attack 22 years ago
This time, the delinquents managed to reach the virtual heart of Parliament while the proceedings were going on in the Lok Sabha. “Officially, the new building’s five-tier security is foolproof: Visitors’ entry is through the […]
Challenge for India to align policies with COP28 outcomes
The key existential need is to move away from coal to renewables. To be able to do so, developing nations will need finance that must not add to their debt burden. “The final outcome, thrashed […]
Seal of approval on Art 370 abrogation
Various stakeholders should make efforts to rebuild J&K as a full-fledged state “The verdict is historic as it aims to rectify past blunders, such as appointing Lord Mountbatten Chairman of the Defense Committee at the […]
Security breach: Take exemplary action against MP, House staff
Less than three months after hosting its first House session, the new Parliament complex witnessed a major security breach when two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha hall from the visitors’ gallery and opened smoke […]
It’s back to the drawing board for the Congress
The Congress needs to go beyond the current focus on the negative aspects of the ruling dispensation or its perceived faultlines “The Congress can build on this base, but to take this process forward, it […]
Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed
The Multidimensional Poverty Index exaggerates the National Democratic Alliance’s success in fighting deprivation “If we go by our estimates of MPI, the reduction between 2015 and 2019-21 is considerably lower than the official estimate: 4.7 […]
Congestion Pricing: Balancing Revenue and Traffic Management
Congestion pricing has emerged as a contentious yet promising solution to alleviate traffic gridlock in bustling urban centers. New York City, known for its perpetual traffic snarls, has contemplated this strategy as a means to […]
Gaza ceasefire: Security Council must act on UN chief’s appeal
Two months after Hamas attacked Israel, triggering a fierce retaliation, UN chief Antonio Guterres has invoked the rarely used Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to appeal to the Security Council to facilitate a […]
Time for the Congress party to reach out and work together for a united front to save democracy and the nation
I salute the victory in Telangana while blaming overconfidence and infighting for the losses in the other three states! Telangana stands out as the shining light for the Congress party in the unfortunate defeats elsewhere […]
Lessons from Hitler’s 1923 Munich putsch
Ironically, the victims of the Holocaust are now spurring another genocide and this time it’s the Palestinians in the midst of the second Nakba. In the last 50 years, has the world progressed on matters […]