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Cooperation, not coercion

India, Feb. 29 -- The Centre is considering halting further release of Samagra Shiksha funds to six non-NDA states and Union Territories for not toeing its line on the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Risin... Read More


A new frontier for India's space programme

India, Feb. 28 -- Four decades after Rakesh Sharma reached space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11, Gaganyaan, India's maiden crewed space mission, is a step closer to lift-off. Ironically, a hu... Read More


The loneliness of being BSP

India, Feb. 26 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) seems poised to lose most of its MPs ahead of the general elections. On Sunday, its Ambedkar Nagar MP left for the BJP. Three others are reportedly set ... Read More


South Carolina hints at Biden-Trump rematch

India, Feb. 26 -- The South Carolina primary that ended on Saturday with a defeat for Nikki Haley could well be the end of her attempt to secure the Republican nomination in the US presidential electi... Read More


Tweaks fail to fix flaws in surrogacy regulations

India, Feb. 26 -- The government has tweaked the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules to allow married couples to use donor gametes (the reproductive cells, the sperm and the ova) if one of them is unable to ... Read More


Addressing a data drought

India, Feb. 26 -- For at least a decade, economists had no official statistics on consumption spending in the Indian economy. This data vacuum was prolonged - consumption expenditure surveys (CES) hav... Read More


Following Amul, renewing the idea of cooperatives

India, Feb. 22 -- The singular success of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) - which owns the iconic Amul brand - spurred the Prime Minister to urge it to target becoming the la... Read More


Bangalored by its politicians

India, Feb. 22 -- A Karnataka minister has said on the floor of the Assembly that the state government is planning to frame rules to make it mandatory for all multinational companies (MNCs) to display... Read More


Restoring trust in democracy

India, Feb. 21 -- The Supreme Court has done well to overturn the results in the Chandigarh mayoral polls and declare the AAP candidate the winner. It also ordered criminal proceedings against the pre... Read More


Silkyara report calls for close reading

India, Feb. 21 -- The National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation's summary rejection of an expert panel report on the Silkyara tunnel collapse is telling. Dismissing the findings without... Read More