Category: Opinion

Fact check of Prime Minister’s 70th Independence Day speech

New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS/IndiaSpend) A fact check on claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day…

8 years ago

8 promises Modi made on I-Day 2015: Some met, some works-in-progress

By Devanik Saha Speeding up financial inclusion, toilets in every school, reducing LPG subsidy and electrification of villages were some…

8 years ago

Modi: Facing up to the threat within

By Amulya Ganguli The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has given its guarded approval to Narendra Modi's criticism of the cow…

8 years ago

321 medical stores for poor in 8 years, government promises 3,000 in 8 months

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS/IndiaSpend) The government promised parliament it would open 3,000 medical stores for the poor in the…

8 years ago

4 years after Nirbhaya, Delhi rapes triple, police reforms fail

Manisha Chachra Four years after the December 16, 2012, gang-rape of a physiotherapy student that India knows as Nirbhaya, the…

8 years ago

Why previous all-party Kashmir meetings have failed

Dear politicians, I hope you will read this before you huddle on Friday to discuss the deadly situation in the…

8 years ago

India’s farm-produce losses at Rs 92,000 cr, thrice the agriculture budget

By Charlie Moloney Harvest and post-harvest loss of India's major agricultural produce is estimated at Rs 92,651 crore ($13 billion),…

8 years ago

Achieving solar targets while complying with WTO norms

By Manmeet Singh and Saptak Ghosh The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India's Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for…

8 years ago

Achieving solar targets while complying with WTO norms

By Manmeet Singh and Saptak Ghosh The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India's Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for…

8 years ago

Achieving solar targets while complying with WTO norms

By Manmeet Singh and Saptak Ghosh The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India's Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for…

8 years ago

Governance is about people, not Arvind Kejriwal

By M.R. Narayan Swamy It is a remarkable commentary on the state of the nation that the Delhi High Court's…

8 years ago

Indian population growth less dependent on religion, more on development

By Shreya Shah Fertility rates in India are more closely related to education levels and the socio-economic development within a…

8 years ago

Substantial issues on India’s future economic development

By Amit Kapoor The fable of the hare being defeated by the tortoise sounds familiar and is near universal. It…

8 years ago

10,932 companies default on PF payouts

By Nikhil M. Babu It should have taken 30 days for Sanjaya Kumar (27) from Odisha to withdraw his father's…

8 years ago

How violence contributes to diseases among sex workers

By Sumit Chaturvedi A fifth of female sex workers live with violence, attacked four times a month, on average, according…

8 years ago

The Cursed Father – Harry Potter and his last outing?

By Vikas Datta It has been over a week since the "last" Harry Potter story came, with the "Boy Who…

8 years ago

Twentyfour Indian monuments ‘missing’, half from UP

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS/IndiaSpend) As many as 24 monuments under the charge of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)--…

8 years ago

Reviving millets could solve India’s malnutrition problem, benefit farmers

By Charu Bahri In the 1960s, the average annual per capita consumption of sorghum and millets was 32.9 kg, roughly…

8 years ago

Prohibition Bihar: Cheers for toddy

By Amulya Ganguli It is sad to see a promising politician stumble and be in danger of falling flat on…

8 years ago

41 military air crashes in 4 years, 65 lives lost

By Chaitanya Mallapur Forty-one military aircraft -- including trainers and helicopters -- have crashed between April 1, 2012 and July…

8 years ago



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