Opinion

Most of these meetings indicated the Chinese leader was seeking to improve ties, notably with Australia and Japan, where bilateral relations have been difficult in recent years

Household survey-based estimate reflects more comprehensively the educational status of college-age population than All India Survey of Higher Education.

The demand for a caste-based census to ascertain the size of the OBC population has been a long-pending and valid one

Twitter’s dual role in fostering real-time communication and acting as an arbitrator of authoritative information is of crucial interest

By Jayan Jose Thomas There is a new urgency in India to create jobs for the rapidly growing number of young people set to enter the workforce in the next two decades. India will account for 20% of the worldwide increase in the working-age population over the two decades from 2020. Projections from the World […]

Fund flow has become a tricky issue as no one accepts their role in contributing to the devastation

Acknowledging, normalising and addressing mental health amid the information turmoil is the only way forward.

The 60 largest banks in the world have invested $3.8 trillion in fossil fuels since the Paris agreement.

It’s time we went back to the National Voluntary Guidelines which provides a framework for companies to grow in an inclusive and sustainable manner.

By Arun Sinha Moving in upper caste circles, you cannot escape that nauseous grimace with a crackling ‘Tch! Tch!’ whenever the subject of SC-ST-OBC reservations comes up. If a highly placed bureaucrat happens to be around, he will most likely have a wallet of hilarious gems about the idiocy of a junior colleague from quota […]

Nations can quit coal in a rapid, just and orderly manner, but they need a coordinated mix of policies

States, like the union govt, draw their authority from the Constitution and are free to operate in the field allocated to them

Poetry gives climate change a name and a form to enable us to assimilate the crisis, recognise its contours.

It is time the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, was amended to provide for compulsory interest payment with a penalty for frivolous litigation

The BJP-led central govt, which is so enamoured of reforms, has not brought any worthwhile reform in the anti-defection law.

The rebel phenomenon is more pronounced in the ruling BJP and its strategy to poach Congress leaders boomeranged as it could not accommodate them.

By Johannes Steizinger The populist radical right has been on the rise for some time, with candidates and parties on the far-right fringe of the political spectrum reaching new heights across the world. The electoral successes of Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France, the Alternative for Germany and, most recently, […]

By Tej Singh Kardam The COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow made some progress in a number of areas but not enough. The world still remains off track to beat back the climate crisis. Recognising the urgency of the challenge, member countries all over the world agreed that they should come back next year to […]

Dedicated mental health services for inmates will enable detection and quick treatment.

The pandemic and Ukraine war have only delayed carbon reduction efforts globally as coal is being used instead of gas due to scarcity created by war.

Decentralisation is more about devolution of powers and authority to local government institutions as per the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts of 1992-93

When Tory MPs elected Sunak, they did not look at his religion or ethnic origin but at his merit

By Ronald Suny People understand the world – that is, where we came from, how we got here and where we are likely to go – through the stories we tell about ourselves and others. Indeed, the political and social environments in which we are embedded are rooted in these stories, these narratives. And so […]

Now is not the time to push orthodox fiscal requirements. Instead, the IMF should prioritise global liquidity during these difficult economic conditions.