While the government terms the changes to the RTI Act as “routine streamlining” and rationalisation of procedures, the unseemly haste and secrecy should not undermine citizens’ right to information an...
The US President’s offer to mediate or arbitrate in the Kashmir issue has sent alarm bells ringing among the former Pakistan diplomats, who feel this is not just off-the-cuff Trump style statement
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Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
While gender-specific laws against perpetrators of sexual assaults must continue, those in favour of victims should become gender-neutral
By Venkatasubra...
Above: Doctors in several parts of India resorted to strikes and held protests in support of their counterparts in Kolkata/Photo: UNI
The strike by medical professionals is yet another reminder of ...
Above: Separatist groups taking out a protest march in Srinagar demanding justice for the Kathua rape and murder victim/Above: UNI
By punishing six of the seven accused in the horrendous Kathua gan...
Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence
All mentally ill persons who are convicted, the Court ruled, ought to be treated with dignity according to the Mental Health Care Act
By Prof Upendra Bax...
Above: PM Modi with his council of ministers after the swearing-in ceremony on May 30/Photo: UNI
The concept of democratic federalism, introduced by our Founding Fathers, is under threat. It has ...
Above: Iran FM Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) with Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj/Photo: UNI
America’s directive to India not to lift Iranian oil leaves the new government with tough choices. It...
By Dr Rajvir Pratap Sharma
The soul of India lives in its villages, said Mahatma Gandhiji more than half a century ago. Gandhiji might as well have said that the vote of India is in the villages. W...
Above: Darul Aqsha (right) at a local polling station in Jakarta, Indonesia
By Asif Ullah Khan
At a time when the clamour for going back to the old ballot system is increasing in India due t...