Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government seems to stand vindicated over its Agnipath scheme for recruitment to the armed forces if registrations received for the Indian Air Force (IAF) are any indication. Shattering all records, the IAF has received more than seven
It’s not business as usual at the Paona international market, popularly known as Moreh Bazaar, in Manipur’s capital city of Imphal. The absence of traffic jams is a dead giveaway of the lack of business. Even as the pandemic eases, and daily
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) “World Drug Report 2022” said that cannabis legalisation in parts of the world appears to have accelerated its use and other drugs. The report also flagged various related health impact due to increased consumption.
Even as students are trying to return to a semblance of normalcy after a traumatic two-year period of online classes due to the pandemic and clearing the boards without exams, they find themselves once again in the deep end. The latest curve
Over the past two years, children around the world have been the hardest hit by the never-ending waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 10, 2021, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released a report
Will the central government give effect to the four labour codes by notifying the rules, now that the ruling BJP has been endorsed by voters in four out of five states in the recent elections? Hope among employers of this happening had
With 150 countries criminalising marital rape, India stands out as a boorish nation with successive governments failing to take a principled stand on this emotive issue. This dichotomy sticks out, even more, when one recalls the vociferous demands of politicians, news television
The Oting incident in Mon district of Nagaland in December 2021 has reignited public sentiment and uproar against the imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 in some north-eastern states. The killing of 15 civilians by a special unit
With a compilation of ‘Guidelines for Parents’ of young and adolescent children, prepared by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) all set to be released in January 2022, India becomes the world’s third country to bring out these important instructions, after the
Displaying remarkable determination to implement an idea first mooted more than two decades back, the Modi government incorporated 41 ordnance factories into seven defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) on October 1, 2021. Before corporatisation, these factories were managed by the Kolkata-based Ordnance
