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At a time when global concerns are growing over climate change and man-made environmental degradation, the NDA government’s move to incentivise the States, through a star rating system, for speedy green clearance to projects appears flawed and ill-conceived. Any attempt to unduly hasten up clearances is bound to lead to dilution of the environment protection […]

The decision to call off the farmers’ stir brings down the curtains on one of the most turbulent and prolonged agitations in recent history; the protests that had forced the Centre to make a climb down and repeal the controversial farm laws. It is a victory for the democratic process that helped the farming community […]

Though the latest data suggests that India’s GDP grew 8.4% in the July-September quarter— no doubt an encouraging performance given the gloomy predictions earlier — it is still premature for any celebrations. The economy is still reeling under the impact of the devastating pandemic and the worst is not yet over, a fact borne out […]

Hyderabad: TRS working president and IT Minister KT Rama Rao took to social media and gave a fresh spin to the BJP-led NDA’s abbreviation, terming it as ‘No Data Available’ government. After the Centre announced in Parliament on Wednesday that it had no data on farmers who died during the farm laws protests across the […]

Lakhimpur Kheri incident clearly shows the Centre’s failure to address the concerns of protesting farmers

There is a valid criticism that the Centre has been weakening tribunals which play a key role in fast-tracking dispute resolution

Hyderabad: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress party was against the NDA government’s National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) as it was a ploy to do away with reservations in jobs. As part of NMP, the Modi government has chalked out plans to sell stakes in a majority of Public Sector […]

CPI national secretary K Narayana said that while Congress government had committed corruption in retail, the BJP was committing corruption in wholesale.

Speaking at the Minority Garjana Sabha organised by the party at Indira Park, TPCC president charged that every vote cast to TRS party will end up benefiting BJP party

Low conviction rate is a clear pointer to how the provision is being misused largely for political purposes

The newly created Ministry of Co-operation has justifiably raised concerns, given NDA government’s poor track record in upholding the spirit of federalism

A probe by Joint Parliamentary Committee will be the right way to get to the bottom of the truth

There is a need to insulate the updated Cinematograph Act from whimsical subjective interpretation

J&K parties must view Centre’s invitation as a confidence-building measure because maximalist positions will not help their cause

It is reprehensible to invoke religious fears to spread falsehood against vaccines

It is time a national consensus was built in favour of scrapping the sedition law as it is anathema to democracy

Contrary to the narrative being advanced by the NDA govt, GDP growth has been a point of growing weakness for the last five years

The govt’s priorities should be on providing healthcare and vaccines rather than ordering vindictive actions

The court’s role in the constitution of the task force must be viewed as a well-meaning attempt to help the government

Compelling States to negotiate with vaccine manufacturers amounts to undermining the right to public health