Electricity Act 2020: Analysis and Perspectives

08 Jun 2020 02:21 AM IST

The industrial consumer who consumes in bulk should be cross subsidized rather than the present practice of they cross subsidizing the urban consumers

Beware! Both our lives and livelihoods are at stake now

06 Jun 2020 03:15 AM IST

Now that lockdown is opening up, there are a few rules before venturing out for it’s not just sanitisation that is a concern, so is security. For don’t forget we are passing through both a medical crisis as well as an economic one. It’s both lives and livelihoods that were

Convergence of Muslim and Leftist thoughts may lead to loss of identities

06 Jun 2020 03:15 AM IST

The government will have to take a call on whether it will allow the two ideologies to tango for the time being, or address this situation right now.

The Duty of Full and Frank Disclosure: Serious consequences of failure for Punjab National Bank, before the English Court

06 Jun 2020 03:08 AM IST

It is a basic principle of justice that a respondent to an application to court should have the opportunity to be heard by the court before the court makes any order. What may be less well understood is that there are equally situations where it is appropriate that the respondent

Right to information: The unspoken casualty of Covid-19 lockdown

06 Jun 2020 03:08 AM IST

With the lone exception of the Central Information Commission, its counterparts in the States did not display the same proclivity. As on 1 May 2020, 29 State Information Commissions were non-functional.

Kashmiri Pandits have an existential stake in the Valley

06 Jun 2020 02:58 AM IST

Kashmir is an integral part of India, is not a statement but an impassioned avowal.

TIME TO PLAY THE QUAD GAME TO CONTAIN CHINA

05 Jun 2020 03:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “jet-setting diplomacy” in his first term didn’t get the praise as desired. But five years later, the overseas reach out by PM Modi had brought more in diplomacy dividends than by the entire budget spent on the publicity of “Incredible India” by the country’s Tourism Ministry

Sterile mind games must give way to pragmatism

05 Jun 2020 03:17 AM IST

Row with Nepal and border standoff with China expose Modi govt’s diplomatic shortcomings.

Protecting India’s biodiversity should be on our agenda

05 Jun 2020 03:16 AM IST

The theme for the World Environment Day this year is biodiversity. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, India is a megadiverse country. Our landscapes ranging from mountains to wetlands support 45,000 species of plants and 91,000 species of animals. Although we cover 2.4% of the world’s

Bharat: An Indic Civilisation State

05 Jun 2020 03:15 AM IST

Radhakumud Mookerji said the boundaries of Aryan territory were defined by its civilisational spread, reach and presence. Civilisation needs a fixed geography as a prerequisite for its birth, sustenance and for it to flourish.

Binary buckets: Echo chambers are important organisational rooms

05 Jun 2020 03:00 AM IST

This knowledge gap is seen as a constant factor in society, and the effort has been to narrow it. The less educated, the less would one be interested in serious social, political or economic issues. But new, inexpensive, digital ways—such as mobile phones—of acquiring information made a difference to the