October 2023

Hockey India Evading RTI Queries, Citing Exceptions Mentioned In Act

October 31, 2023

Hockey India has refused to share details about expenses related to its award functions over the years and with regard to its CEO’s duties, responsibilities, powers, and remuneration, according to an RTI activist. In his RTI application, lawyer Subhash Chandra Aggrawal included

Mizoram Elections: Gross Underrepresentation Of Women In The Upcoming Polls

Ninglun Hanghal

October 27, 2023

In Focus

Since the 1987 Mizoram assembly election, there has been no elected woman representative in the state legislature. It is more than three decades since the last woman legislator, Pi Lalhlimpuii, contested on an independent ticket and was elected to the first assembly

Is A Double Engine Government Pulling UP At The Pace Required To Achieve A $1 Trillion Economy By 2027-28 ?

Vivian Fernandes

October 23, 2023

In Focus

Can Uttar Pradesh (UP) become a trillion-dollar economy by 2027-28, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath proclaimed in June? UP’s gross domestic product was $250 billion in 2021-22 at current prices. To meet the goal, the state’s economic output will have to grow

Net Zero Challenge: India Lacks A Policy Framework For Decommissioning Thermal Power Plants

Kalyan Chatterjee

October 20, 2023

Sustainability

India’s push towards net zero emissions by 2070 appears to have saddled it with a king-size dilemma. To start with, it must drastically reduce the use of coal for power generation. Yet, shutting down thermal power plants is easier said than done

Of Boorish Cricket Fans Spiralling Down The Rabbit Hole Of Hate

Jasvinder Sidhu

October 17, 2023

Commentary

Millions of Indian cricket fans must have seen the viral video on social media in which some boorish cricket fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad chanted “Jai Shri Ram!” (Hail Lord Ram!) as Pakistani batter Mohammad Rizwan walked back to

Relief Camps Turn Into Serious Health Concern Five Months Into Manipur Ethnic Violence

Ninglun Hanghal

October 12, 2023

Top Story

More than five months into the Manipur ethnic violence, which shows no signs of abating, thousands of displaced people are still languishing in relief camps. In Churachandpur, the tribal hill district which has been the hotbed of the ongoing turmoil, the maximum

The MSP Battle Remains Unresolved Even As India’s Greatest Agriculture Scientist Breathed His Last

Jayanta Bhattacharya

October 9, 2023

Top Story

Even as farmer unions are aggressively seeking minimum support price (MSP) as per the recommendation of the Swaminathan Commission, the Union Government has on several occasions claimed to be abiding by its suggestions. The concerns raised by farmers “mainly related to (a)

Integrated Farming System Can Double Small Farmers’ Incomes, Says Agricultural Scientist

Kalyan Chatterjee

October 4, 2023

Sustainability

The government’s abortive attempt to introduce market-oriented reforms in the farm sector in the face of stiff opposition from farmers in 2020-21 has only served to highlight the crisis that has overtaken agriculture in India. But those who have the biggest stake

Balladeers Of Peace And Harmony Singing Their Way Across The Country

Manan Kumar

October 2, 2023

Features

What does India need in these trying times when deep societal fissures are evident amid the lofty ambition of making it a $5 trillion economy? The answer lies in big and small interventions, and political and apolitical movements that help to bring