Opinion - Page 659

For some time now, higher(est) judiciary in India has been groping for a toehold to tide over unsavoury controversies it has found itself involved in....

Nothing perhaps sums up India so well as jugaad. A Hindi word that means a makeshift solution or a creative improvisation, jugaad is the science, art...

The erstwhile Soviet Union got its R&D focus wrong in the 1960s and ‘70s. The cold war, nuclear arms race and satellite spying between Moscow and...

The surrender of high-profile BJP leader Sudhir Sharma is a major breakthrough in the investigations of Special Task Force (STF) of Madhya Pradesh...

Smart is as smart does. The NDA government’s proposal to build 100 ‘smart’ cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a...

Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices. The most critical ones are to lead a long and healthy life, to be educated and to enjoy...

A nondescript colony in northwest Delhi is quietly experimenting with privatised water supply while the jury is still out on privatisation of...

The Reserve Bank of India sees need for continued monetary vigilance on consumer price inflation, though moderating, and thus leaves policy rates...

Last Sunday read an innocuous news item in one of the newspapers, which said that 15 new officers have joined as assistant commissioners of Delhi...

Muzaffarpur in Bihar is as infamous for encephalitis as it is famous for its shahi litchis. Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has been a leading cause...

If you take away 2010 New Delhi, the benchmark for India at the Commonwealth Games has been 2002 Manchester when they crossed the 50-medal mark for...

Should I have a right over my own life? Not in a metaphorical or imagined sense. Not even in the modern and democratic nature of fundamental rights...