The agitation by the Patel community in Gujarat and Jats in Haryana for reservation in educational institutions and government jobs underlines the urgency for a comprehensive and dispassionate review of the country’s quota policies at multiple levels. The onus is on the Supreme Court which in 1992 upheld the then … Read More
The Supreme Court’s directive to the Reserve Bank of India, to furnish the names of loan defaulters who owe more than Rs 500 crore to 29 public sector banks, is a half measure because it comes with the proviso that the list be presented in a sealed envelope. This … Read More
The selection of the pampered New Delhi Municipal Council, merely 3 per cent of the area and population of the capital city, for upgradation under the Centre’s Smart Cities Mission, embarrassingly overlapped with the prolonged strike by municipal workers of the three Delhi Municipal Corporations and highlighted some problems that … Read More
Under a Supreme Court directed public interest petition, the BJP-led Central government will have to articulate its stand within six weeks, on whether personal laws can override the constitutional provisions of equality, regardless of religion, race, caste and gender. This could pave the way for a uniform civil code or … Read More
Microcephaly, a horrific mutation of the head and brain in new born children, is possibly the greatest man-made medical tragedy since the Thalidomide disaster of the late 1950s, when thousands of babies were born with stumps instead of limbs due to a pill prescribed to counter morning sickness. The Thalidomide … Read More
The current spell of Governor’s rule in Jammu & Kashmir seems likely to continue as the People’s Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party have deep reservations about each other, despite public proclamations to the contrary. Even 20 days after the post of Chief Minister fell vacant, the PDP has made … Read More
Perhaps the realisation that sterile politics had wasted his talents was a factor in the incident. If so, there is need to end the misuse of students by political parties in Government-funded institutions As we take stock of our annual journey, the dominant mood this Republic Day is of shock … Read More
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others implicated in the alleged appropriation of properties of Associated Journals Pvt. Ltd. have complicated their problems with the decision to re-launch the National Herald (English), Navjivan (Hindi) and Qaumi Awaz (Urdu) newspapers. Thursday’s decision of the extraordinary general body … Read More
Significant sections of Delhi let out a collective sigh of relief as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s odd-even numbered car scheme ended amid conflicting views on whether the project caused a gigantic inconvenience to the public and exposed the inadequacy of the public transport system or yielded some good and brought … Read More
The pre-dawn strike inside the Pathankot Air Force Base on January 2 was a Tragedy of Errors. Never before has such specific, actionable intelligence been available in real time, and the concerned operatives deserve our heartiest appreciation. Yet, information for which men may have risked their lives did not give … Read More
