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...
Education 2025: Boards off! Will India use this momentum to transform education system?
Shishir Miglani
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...
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...
Ominous portent from farmer stir, onus on Govt to set the ball rolling for negotiated settlement
B K Jha
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 in Delhi: AAP relegated to background, BJP to rule by proxy
Gyaneshwar Dayal
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...
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...
The long overlooked medical negligence: Address rural-urban disparity, streamline healthcare system with equity
Aayansh S
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...
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...
No more poll duty for govt officials; independence of EC can’t be compromised, rules SC
AltLipi Network
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...