New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The right to peaceful protest is not an administrative concession but a constitutional freedom fundamental to democratic accountability. The restrictions announced in Delhi ahead ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- The freedom to protest peacefully is not a concession granted by the State but a constitutional entitlement flowing from the democratic character of the Republic. Articles 19(1)(a... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Inflation is often discussed in India as though it were principally a story about food prices. A poor harvest pushes up vegetables, an erratic monsoon raises cereal prices and sup... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Allahabad High Court's assertion that parents cannot use a habeas corpus petition to compel an adult daughter to live with them should have been an unremarkable statement of l... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- An electoral roll may look like an administrative register, a collection of names periodically corrected as citizens move, die or become eligible to vote. In a democracy, however,... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The reported move by the GST Council to reconsider the arrest and prosecution powers available to tax officials deserves serious attention. Among the proposals under discussion is... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The Reserve Bank of India's direction to banks to examine the root causes of recurring customer complaints points to a weakness that has become increasingly difficult to overlook.... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- India's growing external debt warrants careful examination, but its rising absolute value should not automatically trigger alarm. The Reserve Bank of India's latest figures, pla... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- India's reservoirs are sending a warning that should not be dismissed as another seasonal fluctuation. Storage across the country's major monitored reservoirs has fallen to arou... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Delhi's decision to put several anti-pollution restrictions in place before its air turns hazardous marks a welcome departure from the ritual that has defined the Capital's wint... Read More