The National Advisory Council recommendations seem to be making a strong case for a major role for the private sector in the delivery of health care.

The ordinance-making power of the executive needs to be suitably restrained to create a balance of power between the executive and the legislature in

With the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project reaching criticality on July 13, a project that was envisaged some 25 years ago draws clos

The ruling Awami League would do well to analyse the drubbing it received in the recent corporation elections and take corrective steps if it wants to

A collection of essays that provides a comparative analysis of how the economies of India and China coped with serious challenges following liberalisa

Critics of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill say that instead of providing a framework for regulation it seems geared to promoting

Interview with advocate Lily Thomas, the petitioner in the Supreme Court case on Representation of People’s Act.

Three recent judgments by the Supreme Court and one interim order by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court have a direct impact on the functio

The shadowy status of the U.S.’ penal colony at Guantanamo Bay has the prisoners stuck in purgatory: unable to be tried for unknown crimes and unable

Hootum Pyachar Naksha presents a realistic picture of 19th century Calcutta and weaves in thinly disguised references to real-life personalities of th

This is how a resident describes life in the twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora where the alleged rape of some 50 women by Indian Army soldiers 22 y

Latin American countries offer refuge to the American whistle-blower Edward Snowden even as the U.S. attempts to catch him by hook or by crook.

This volume, like its predecessors, contains instructive material on a host of matters. No student of history can afford to neglect it.

The UPA government pushes ahead with the Food Security Ordinance, which is of questionable merit, despite opposition from political parties and social

ISRO has 12 missions lined up over the next eight months. K. Radhakrishnan, its Chairman, speaks on two major ones coming up: the GSLV launch with an

After the military coup, the Muslim Brotherhood goes on the offensive and the political divide in Egypt deepens further.

In another case of handing over national assets to private operators, the Central government invites joint-venture partners under the PPP model to man

The agitating fishing community near the Kudankulam nuclear plant fears that the hot condenser water released into the sea will kill fish and other ma

The Centre’s decision to sell 5 per cent of its stake in the NLC faces stiff opposition, but the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister steps in and saves the day

Nuclear reactors at Kudankulam will not harm marine life or displace any more people, say experts. The plant is also designed to withstand disasters,

Interview with S.P. Udayakumar, coordinator of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy.

Tariq Ali, in this exclusive interview, seamlessly switches from contemporary historian to scholar-at-large to polemicist to raconteur, as he tackles

More than half the respondents in a global survey think corruption has grown in the past two years.

The tremors of the Arab Spring have had a negative effect on Turkey’s economy and the country’s relations with its neighbours.