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Ameliorate, don't stoke, migration fears

India, Aug. 13 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why... Read More


A letter vs spirit dilemma

India, Aug. 13 -- The Lok Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Wednesday. The legislation essentially overturns a 2024 Supreme Court judgment that ... Read More


Telling apart graft and grit in decision-making

India, Aug. 12 -- In a country where a senior bureaucrat's estimate of notional loss helped take down a government, determining what constitutes loss and how investigators assign responsibility in suc... Read More


The statistical dog that does not bark

India, Aug. 12 -- The government released labour market data for the quarter ending April-June 2026 on Monday. This is the first pan-India quarterly edition of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS),... Read More


FCRA Bill needs a detailed debate

India, Aug. 12 -- As with every polarising debate on contemporary issues in India, context is important to understand the churn around proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act ... Read More


The statistical dog that does not bark

India, Aug. 11 -- The government released labour market data for the quarter ending April-June 2026 on Monday. This is the first pan-India quarterly edition of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS),... Read More


In Gaza, a Sisyphean situation for the world

India, Aug. 11 -- Even if Hamas were disarmed, will Israel withdraw from Gaza? It seems like such a foregone conclusion that the very question appears to be moot. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has, as... Read More


Monumental neglect in Delhi

India, Aug. 11 -- "To the earth-worn, suffering man, Rome is the city of visible history, where the past of the whole world seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophie... Read More


Monumental neglect in Delhi

India, Aug. 10 -- "To the earth-worn, suffering man, Rome is the city of visible history, where the past of the whole world seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophie... Read More


OTT regulation: Much easier said than done

India, Aug. 10 -- As the government mulls creating a statutory framework to regulate "offensive" OTT content, there are three points that need consideration. The first is parity. Movies screened in th... Read More