Opinion

The reason Mahatma Gandhi travelled third class

03 Oct 2022 00:18 AM IST

On this Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October, also known as the International Day of Non-Violence following a 2007 resolution passed by the UN General Assembly, let’s pause to remember the Mahatma in a less serious, almost light-hearted fashion.Anyone familiar with Gandhi’s life and writings would know that he possessed a

The emblem debate and new India

03 Oct 2022 00:15 AM IST

With this verdict, the Supreme Court, with a single stroke of the pen, also laid to rest frivolous allegations by many in the Opposition who had alleged that the Modi government had changed the character and nature of the said Lions.

Unlike U.S., Indian Supreme Court upholds Women’s Rights for Abortion

01 Oct 2022 02:15 AM IST

In a landmark judgment on Thursday, the Supreme Court provided enormous relief to all women, upholding their right to medically terminate their pregnancy, if they so willed. This is in sharp contrast to what happened in the United States, a few months ago where the Supreme Court of that country

For RBI, not much space left to be restrictive

01 Oct 2022 02:13 AM IST

Global externalities weigh on MPC decisionThe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) expectedly raised the policy rate by another 50bps for the third consecutive time, with the repo rate now at 5.90%. The decision had a 5-1 split, with one of the members Prof. Ashima Goyal voting in favour of a 35bps

A fine balance between external headwinds and domestic inflation

01 Oct 2022 02:11 AM IST

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on expected lines increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90% with a cumulative rate hike of 190 basis points during this rate hiking cycle starting with an off-cycle 40 basis points hike in May. From the

Growing women’s power in IAF on display

01 Oct 2022 01:10 AM IST

Amid the growing number of women pilots and ground crew in the Indian Air Force, the female forces are operating fighter aircraft and choppers extensively in the eastern sector over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.Indian Air Force officials in eastern command said the female pilots and ground crew officers are deployed

Women are used as pawns in political and ideological battles

01 Oct 2022 01:07 AM IST

The morality and good social conduct of a man fall under the accountability of a woman.

India’s ‘mission’ for a permanent UNSC seat gets a fillip at UNGA

30 Sep 2022 00:06 AM IST

During one of his interactions with the media in the US, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar emphatically and unequivocally said that the need to reform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) cannot be denied forever. Jaishankar also said that India deserved a place as a permanent member of this global

Challenges before the new CDS and the road ahead

30 Sep 2022 00:00 AM IST

The CDS will have to ensure that the Army, Navy and Air Force retain their own characteristics and autonomy despite the three services working together to streamline the combined and modern warfare systems between the services.

Panchayat polls: Uddhav-led Sena routed for dumping Hindutva, pandering to Islamists

30 Sep 2022 00:00 AM IST

Last week, results of elections for sarpanch of 547 gram panchayats spread across 17 out of total 35 districts in Maharashtra were announced. 274 candidates supported by the BJP and 41 candidates backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena won the elections. The BJP-Eknath Sena candidates won

PFI ideology must be countered

29 Sep 2022 00:06 AM IST

From the dossier made public on the Popular Front of India, it emerges that it is a hydra-headed radical organisation with deep terror links, which has been flourishing across the country for over a decade. As has been reported, PFI’s activities came under scrutiny in 2011, five years after its

Gender inequality: Need for micro-planning in policy implementation

29 Sep 2022 00:04 AM IST

The conceptual domain of equitable growth is a distant reality after the cost-of-living crisis sweeping across the echelons of middle class entrepreneurs and small-scale investors. Most of us are unaware of how the lowest strata of our society are denied equal opportunities to the best quality healthcare and education, wherein