Above: Farmers burn the stubble after harvesting/Photo Courtesy: Greenpeace
Since it does not cause smog, the problems caused by smouldering stubble smoke during April-May might seem less acute, bu...
Above: Patents can have a dramatic impact on access to medicines when they are used to prevent competition/Photo courtesy: fhcindia.com
Patentees and licencees flout rules by deliberately evading c...
Above: Cultural constructs surrounding the behaviour of colleagues belonging to opposite sexes need to be reset and reimagined/Photo Courtesy: highereducationplus.com
In a world where men and women...
While the Madras High Court has reserved its order on the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs, it has dismissed a similar petition from the DMK, leading to confusion and uncertainty
~By R Ramasubra...
Above: Social activist Anna Hazare with comrades Kiran Bedi and Kumar Vishwas in Delhi in 2011/Photo: Anil Shakya
The government has appointed senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi as an “eminent jurist” o...
Above: Congress activists protesting against the Vyapam scam in New Delhi/Photo: UNI
Three years after the Supreme Court entrusted the CBI with the task of getting to the bottom of Vyapam scam, the...
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
Increasing incidents of rape and molestation of children in supposedly safe havens (shelter homes) reveal the revolting exploitation of kids
~By Vipin Pu...
Above: Allahabad High Court lawyers protesting against the demand of their counterparts from western UP for a separate bench/Photo: dnaindia.com
Despite promises by the political establishment, the...
Above: Mukhtar Ansari of the Bahujan Samaj Party who is in jail was barred from voting in recent Rajya Sabha elections
In a first case in the state, two jailed MLAs, who are yet to be convicted, we...
Above: The board on the Andhra-Telangana border signals entry into Telangana/Photo: highwayonlyway.com
Despite the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 being enacted four years ago, there has be...