Category: Commentary

10,000 NGO registrations cancelled, foreign aid set to drop

By Abhishek Waghmare Foreign funding for Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) doubled in 2014-15 over the previous year, but with 10,000…

8 years ago

Indian prime time needs a ceasefire

By Sanjeev Srivastava Two of the biggest stars of Indian News TV -- Barkha Dutt and Arnab Goswami -- are…

8 years ago

India short of 500,000 police; why it matters — and does not

By IndiaSpend Team India was short of more than half a million police officers on January 1, 2015, the last…

8 years ago

More girls studying, but 84% drop out after graduation

By Prachi Salve While more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful…

8 years ago

Hollande urges unity to win battle against terrorism

Paris, July 27 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday reiterated calls for the nation's unity to win a long…

8 years ago

A toll-free number helps villagers live with animals

By Deepa Padmanaban Bandipur National Park (Karnataka): For someone whose cow -- valued at Rs 20,000 ($300) -- was killed…

8 years ago

Centre will not harm Odisha’s interests: Uma Bharti

New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday said the state of Odisha is very…

8 years ago

Innovation a driver of growth, prosperity

By Amit Kapoor Carrying out innovations is the only function which is fundamental in history: J.A. Schumpeter Innovation is a…

8 years ago

Mothers, babies in peril: 343 hospitals in 6 states struggle with hygiene, toilets

By Prachi Salve Nearly eight in 10 Indian babies are now delivered in hospitals but 343 healthcare institutions across six…

8 years ago

Crime and Punishment: A radical new approach?

By Vikas Datta Title: Criminal - The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things; Author: Tom Gash; Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin;…

8 years ago

Lost in translation: The peculiar case of a popular French author

By Vikas Datta English speakers have long had an advantage for there are few classics from other literary traditions which…

8 years ago

I tried to run away from the reality in Kashmir, but failed

By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) It has been exactly a week since I landed back to peace…

8 years ago

In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted

By Nikhil M. Babu As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of…

8 years ago

‘Gau rakshaks’ have brought shame to India

By Amulya Ganguli The decades-old reputation of the Jana Sangh and its successor, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as a…

8 years ago

Turkish Catch 22: Erdogan intolerable for NATO; Turkey indispensable

By Saeed Naqvi What is the link between Brexit and the failed coup in Turkey? They ring alarm bells for…

8 years ago

Kashmir unrest major setback for peace, says NYT, slams AFSPA

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The major cause of the uprising in Kashmir is the resentment among Kashmiri youth who…

8 years ago

Kashmir unrest major setback for peace, says NYT, slams AFSPA

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The major cause of the uprising in Kashmir is the resentment among Kashmiri youth who…

8 years ago

1931 data muddies backward caste-higher-education quotas

By Charu Bahri Over the decade ending 2010, the enrolment rate of other backward classes (OBCs) -- a loose definition…

8 years ago

L’affaire Siddhu: BJP has only itself to blame

By Sanjeev Srivastava The monsoon session of parliament was being projected as a triumphant one for the BJP with those…

8 years ago

How quotas help disadvantaged-caste students get higher education

By Charu Bahri As many as 26 per cent male and 35 per cent female students from India’s most disadvantaged…

8 years ago



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