India is one of the most heterogeneous and diverse countries in the world. Because its demographic structure is so ethnically and culturally dynamic, so is its linguistic profile. With more than 122 major languages being [Read More]
From the first COVID-19 wave to the second, certain things have remained predictably consistent in India. First, the governments at the Centre and in different States have displayed their incapacities. Second, the party in power [Read More]
Goa administration has rightly filed an appeal in the High Court against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge acquitting a former editor of a news magazine, Tarun Tejpal, of charges of the rape of [Read More]
A slew of draft legislation has been introduced by Lakshadweep administration that will have a wide-ranging impact on the islands: the Lakshadweep Animal Preservation Regulation, 2021; the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Regulation (PASA); the Lakshadweep [Read More]
“There is no doubt that Israel has the right to defend its citizens and residents. However, Palestinians have rights too. The same rights.” Considering the number of casualties and the extent of destruction, that message [Read More]
The COVID-19 vaccine crisis is another tragic instance of a clash between the needs of humanity and the principles of capitalism. Capitalists insist that private producers of vaccines must make profits because that is their [Read More]
Nepal is facing its severest political crisis in decades. The repeated dissolution of Parliament, from last December to May this year, is not just a manifestation of the power struggle between political parties and leaders [Read More]
There are two diametrically opposite voices emerging from Japan. Hospitals are overwhelmed and fully aware of that grim context; a majority of Japanese citizens emphasised that the Olympics should either be postponed or cancelled while [Read More]
The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to transfer ₹99,122 crore of surplus to the Centre comes as a windfall to the government, at a moment when the ferocious second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has [Read More]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s mission to Israel and the West Bank has served to underscore the importance that America attaches to the ceasefire effected by Tel-Aviv and the Hamas to end the fierce [Read More]