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Fossil fuel subsidies have been historically aimed at easing the burden of the poor and protecting consumers in most countries. Unfortunately, these...

Peace and stability in Bangladesh <g data-gr-id="79">is</g> vital for India, which needs effective connectivity to its North-Eastern...

Last week the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA), the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed, approved the interim report...

Over one million! That’s how many Indians rose to defend the rather abstract concept—of Net neutrality—in 12 days flat. Perhaps, there were not really...

Come June, people across the country crane their sweaty necks looking up at the skies expecting water to magically pour down. Streets across the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Bangladesh on June 6 is quite significant in the context of his ‘neighbours first’ foreign policy. The...

India’s agrarian discontent is fast brewing due to nascent weather-related aberrations. Nevertheless, the Modi government continues its inexplicable,...

On March 10, 2014, the District Food Officer of Barabanki collected some samples of Maggi Noodles and sent them for testing to the Government Regional...

Kashmir’s fabled handcrafted pashmina shawls could soon be a thing of the past. The proliferation of machine-made pashmina products has become a big...

The Reserve Bank of India has cut its repo rate by 25 basis points. The rate cut from 7.5 percent to 7.25 percent, effective immediately, appears to...

The commanding political outfit leading the ruling coalition at the Centre – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is adept at making poll promises. It is...

Last Saturday in the sultry heat of the Indian summer midnight, I spent two horrendous hours on the platform bridge of the Allahabad Junction for my...