Two decisions by the Union government have far-reaching policy consequences: the privatization of Air India and the corporatization of the Ordnance Factory Board. The sale of Air India is the first su...

Local flavours Sir — Perhaps the best way to understand a culture is through its food. Recently, Google Doodle celebrated the introduction of the art of making Neapolitan pizza — no other...

Days after Mamata Banerjee's "no UPA" jibe, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday attacked the TMC chief, saying she must clarify whether she wants to make TMC the main Op...

Home alone Sir — It was speculated that the rise of the machines would wipe out man. That fear increasingly seems misplaced. But there is another very real threat that must be considered. Japan...

The end seems clear. But the same cannot be said of the means. Mamata Banerjee has declared that she wants to build a strong alternative to fight an authoritarian Bharatiya Janata Party. But it is her...

Neither Pawar nor any other Opposition leader has so far indicated any eagerness to chart a separate course by snapping ties with the Congress.  Through the day – first during a meeting wi...

Many American multinational corporations have adopted an ambitious racial justice and inclusion programme. In 2020, Apple filled 43 per cent of open leadership roles and 29 per cent of research and de...

Context offers clues. The context, therefore, holds the key to the national security adviser’s recent remark that identified civil society, integral to a robust democracy, as the new frontier of...

Even as intra-party dissension simmers within the Congress in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and elsewhere, the political dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party reflects, at least electorally, the numerical...

The Centre, as is often the case, has tied itself up in knots. Narendra Modi’s government has informed the Supreme Court that the socio-economic caste census data cannot be used because of their...