Violence has a creative power which narratives about it cannot match. In India in particular, violence has an inventive quality, both at the level of performance and discourse. Media reports fail to c...

The University Grants Commission notified guidelines empowering students in higher education to pursue two academic programmes simultaneously. They can now study for two degrees/diplomas concurrently ...

Abortion has for long been one of the most bitterly-contested ethical and political questions. Recently, a medical practitioner has moved the Supreme Court to further finetune the provisions of the Me...

In a complete U-turn from its stand on food security, the Modi government banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year, as a scorching heat wave curta...

India announced one day of state mourning on Saturday following the demise of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. According to a communication issued by the Union Home Ministry to all s...

The collective sigh of relief in the corridors of power in western Europe at the easy re-election of President Emmanuel Macron in France has proved remarkably short-lived. There is now a growing reali...

India is getting fatter. According to the National Family Health Survey 2019-20, the percentage of obese women increased to 24% from 20.6% in 2015-16, while the percentage for obese men rose to 22.9% ...

The Centre had been hemming and hawing on sedition — a relic of the colonial era — for a while now. Two days after spiritedly defending this archaic legislation, it surprisingly adopted a ...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India — the agency that administers the country’s food safety framework — has signalled an intention to introduce a star-rating system to a...

The consistent surge in prices of LPG cylinders over the past few months has prompted many forest villagers of Alipurduar district to opt for firewood for cooking, which not only harms forests but als...