Opinion

By silently cooperating in the destruction of more than 33,000 sqkm of Amazon rainforest during his reign, Jair Bolsonaro has left it almost near the ‘tipping point’

Assumes significance in view of harnessing the potential of demographic dividend since majority of children live in India

Amidst withering institutions and falling democratic standards, Justice Chandrachud’s appointment kindles a new hope.

Their short-lived romance is coming to an end and the UK needs to move on, but the question remains, how?

Activities considered an exception before have now become the norm and it’s time to seriously rework the work culture

According to ‘State of Working India’ published by Azim Premji University in 2018, upper castes were ‘over-represented’ in high-paying jobs while the SCs, STs were ‘over-represented’ in low-paying ones

Jyotiba Phule’s mission, started in 19th century, remains incomplete as caste-class conflict continues even today.

Sleep-Exercise-Sun comes with no side effects as the variables involved are natural.

Focus must shift to economic and capabilities approach where not only caste but also class, intersectional views are considered.

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.