Above: A protest march against the proposed changes in the RTI Act, in New Delhi/Photo: Anil Shakya
The amendments to RTI law restrict citizens from taking power into their hands and curb the indep...
Over the last five years, the RBI has transferred its profits to the Modi government. Nothing was added to its contingency reserves. But the RBI Act states that reserve capital cannot be used up
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Above: Water-logging on railway tracks is a regular feature in Mumbai during the monsoon/Photo: UNI
One hopes that the task force set up by the Maharashtra government to study the climate change wi...
Above: Queues of youngsters gathered at a mega job fair in Guwahati/Photo: UNI
It is a myth that the government can stimulate the economy and create jobs. When unseen costs are factored in, for eve...
Above: The proposed move will affect many medical students like those of the Raghunath Murmu Medical College & Hospital, Odisha/Photo: orissadiary.com
Odisha has proposed a penalty of about Rs ...
Above: A teacher marks attendance
in a government school/Photo: Anil Shakya
The new draft national education policy encourages unbridled privatisation, with the State withdrawing from its constitu...
Above: The tenancy law must factor in residential, commercial or any other type of property/Photo: Anil Shakya
The Model Tenancy Act is aimed at promoting the growth of rental housing and thus addr...
Above: Furniture and other property torched during a mob attack on a hospital in Siwan/Photo: UNI
In a positive development, a draft bill has proposed that violence against Doctors be made a crimin...
Three PILs have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the centre’s move to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A and reducing the state to two Union Territories. Since there are other states in India wh...
Above: FM Nirmala Sitharaman justified the new CSR norms in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the Rajya Sabha
A draconian and bizarre move to criminalise corporate social responsibility thre...