Politics
Hathras: Protestors burn Yogi Adityanath’s effig...
October 6, 2020
In continuing protests against Hathras rape case, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath effigy was burnt in New Delhi on Monday and protestors vowed to continue till he resigns.
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Time for ‘spinning wheel’ diplomacy between Ch...
October 2, 2020
India is surely not aiming to become a regional, let alone global superpower. After the end of the Cold War of 20th century and ‘unipolar’ hegemony of US since then, the world has witnessed China’s emergence as a global economic power. It is an open secret that most of th...
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Coverage, continuity, intensity & quality, ke...
October 2, 2020
India is home to the largest number of children suffering from malnutrition and stunted growth. This has been the case for decades. What has not been happening right? I am an optimist. Things are going in a right direction. Malnutrition is improving but my concern is that they ar...
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On its 75th anniversary, UN missing from COVID19 a...
September 29, 2020
Two years ago United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres flew into New Delhi to bestow the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had won it alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. In 2015, India and France had launched the Internationa...
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Farmers across India on streets in Bharat Bandh ag...
September 25, 2020
A whole host of farmers’ organisations, political parties and civil rights activists joined in protests on Friday as part of the Bharat Bandh general strike called in protest against the three controversial farm reform bills passed in Parliament earlier this week. In Punjab, ra...
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Agricultural reform bills ignore lessons from othe...
September 24, 2020
Farmers’ rights activists say the agriculture reform bills passed by the Parliament in a chaotic manner open the floodgates for large corporate players to take a dominant position in the purchase and storage of food products and hence severely hurting the farmers of the country...
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Human rights groups uneasy over proposed police fo...
September 16, 2020
Human rights groups say they are considering challenging in courts of law the creation of Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force (UPSSF) being set up by the Uttar Pradesh government as soon as its contours are defined and the rules governing the special force, which seems to have s...
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Confusion, anger, panic in Delhi slums over Suprem...
September 8, 2020
Supreme Court’s order for demolition of slums on railway land in Delhi has created panic and confusion in the slums as residents say they will not vacate unless given alternative accommodation.
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Delhi slum dwellers to go to Supreme Court seeking...
September 4, 2020
Delhi’s slum dwellers surprised by Supreme Court’s order for eviction of 48,000 of them living near railway tracks. The latest order also ignores India’s obligations to UNSDGs as well as Right to Housing.
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Shinzo Abe: Pillar of Indo-Japanese ties
September 3, 2020
One of the most powerful prime ministers of Japan since the end of the World War II, Shinzo Abe was instrumental in bringing momentum to ties with India.
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