Politics
Cop24: Developed nations likely to fall short of 2...
December 8, 2018
A report issued by UN Environment said there is a considerable gap between countries’ current preparedness for climate change and the actual measures needed to get communities ready for a future of increasing climate risks.
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The conundrum of Hanuman’s caste
December 7, 2018
Lord Hanuman, the revered disciple of Lord Ram is worshipped across Asia and world for his loyalty and dedication to the lord. The mighty Hanuman is now being dissected under saffron storm to find out his caste.
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Saffron outfits turn up the heat on Ram temple
December 1, 2018
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections next year, Saffron outfits have turned the heat demanding the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. Will it polarise the millions of voters on communal lines even as India faces farm distress and joblessness?
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Statue of Unity built on ironies and paradoxes
October 31, 2018
Playing on Sardar Patel’s epithet, ‘Iron Man of India’, the then Gujarat CM skilfully tried to weave in the sentiments of the farming communities and their pride with the statue that is named as the Statue of Unity. However, the farmers fume at the USD 430 million cost of t...
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Will Rajasthan help Congress reboot?
October 12, 2018
Of the five poll-bound states going to elections in November and December this year, Rajasthan in western India seems to be most promising for the Congress, which has been decimated from power in most states.
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Semi-finals ahead of general elections 2019
October 8, 2018
India will witness five crucial assembly elections in November and December this year, before the mother of all electoral battles — the general elections 2019.
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Supreme Court gives its verdict on Aadhaar Card
September 27, 2018
The Supreme Court of India declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but declared some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions, as unnecessary.
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Everybody loves cows in India!
September 6, 2018
Revered in India for millennia, ruling the roads and traffic, killed on railway tracks with alarming regularity, the four- legged-animal cow has emerged as the latest fad in competitive politics aimed at forthcoming Assembly polls in several states, which are being touted as the ...
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Census operation 2021 to collect OBC data
September 1, 2018
India decides to count Other Backward Classes (OBC) for the first time in the Census to be held in 2021. Data will alter caste calculation and political programmes in Indian politics. Consequently, it will lead to a policy framework to suit the OBCs’ demand.
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Turn welfare scheme beneficiaries into voters
August 29, 2018
With an eye on the general elections next year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to convert millions of beneficiaries of anti-poverty schemes into voters.
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