Friday, March 29, 2024
Constricted childhood a crucial front in war on Covid
  As India scrambles through the second and tougher wave of Covid19 there are anxieties not only related to the crumbling healthcare system but also prolonged home confinement especially for children into their second consecutive year...
Examination assessment of students
  In one of the most awaited decisions, and probably one of the most sensible ones, taken this week, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cancelled Class 12 examinations while shelving 10th board till...
Covid Second wave in India
  With the second wave of corona virus peaking in the country people are coming in its vice-like grip in millions. While many are getting infected with the deadly virus, mortality rate too is on the...
  Not very far away from the National Capital, a green war of sorts is being fought between those who want to protect the rich biodiversity of the Aravallis hills and those who think exploiting the...
farmers protest
  The complete shutdown witnessed on March 26 in the wake of nation-wide bandh called by farmers’ union reflects the deep agony agriculturists in the country are going through. The bandh call was given to mark...
Final blow to democracy, LG rule in delhi, AAP
  Delhi is no longer the same. With Parliament passing The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 the fulcrum of the Delhi government is shifted to the office of lieutenant governor (L-G), a Central...
Quota issue, Supreme court warns
  The Supreme Court has hit the nail on the head over the curiously generous reservation policy adopted by some states on March 19 when it sought to know for how many generations the reservations would...
Rural Healthcare
  Mahipal Singh is finding all doors of treatment closing on him. With no resources to access treatment for his lung related ailment he is heading to slow but painful demise. The reason for his predicament...
Kashmir, Article 370 removal
  Over four-and-a-half years ago on a visit to Srinagar when Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was running the government in coalition with the BJP, I said to a student audience at Kashmir University's media studies department...
Election Commission, supreme court
  In a ruling that is bound to go a long way in maintaining the spirit of democracy in the country, the Supreme Court directed the Central and the state governments not to appoint persons holding...