A U.N. panel’s ruling that Julian Assange’s confinement in the Ecuadorean embassy in London constitutes “arbitrary detention” deals a reputational bl

The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the curative petitions against its 2013 verdict re-criminalising consensual sex between two adults in private to

The Governor’s role in dismissing the elected government and the imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh raise pertinent questions about C

The Centre and the State government of Kerala seem to be turning their backs on the people of Plachimada as the President denies assent to a Bill that

Interview with Roxy Mathew Koll, scientist at the Centre for Climate Change Research.

The Supreme Court goads Central and State governments to respond to drought seriously.

Interview with Yogendra Yadav, leader of Swaraj Abhiyan.

Interview with R.V. Deshpande, Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries.

The new crop insurance scheme introduced by the NDA government in an election year does not provide for a comprehensive coverage of all crops, against

The Modi government’s reversal of the Union government’s stand on the Aligarh Muslim University not only perpetuates a grievous wrong but betrays a po

The book portrays the intricate mechanics of insurgency, where the participants’ interests and stakes are varied.

The recently concluded investor meet in Bangalore raises serious doubts about the efficacy of hosting such mega events to promote industrialisation.

Jammu and Kashmir waits for a functioning government as PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti continues to be in a dilemma over her party’s alliance with the BJP.

The cost of land acquisition, loan repayment and subsidies could render the proposed bullet train project with Japanese cooperation a white elephant.

The political posturing by parties only serves to hide their failure to come up with a tangible plan to address rural distress.

Bernie Sanders has brought the idea of “socialism” back on to the table in American homes. His campaign has rejuvenated a politics that had fallen int

Farmers in seven Tamil Nadu districts are up in arms against a natural gas pipeline that will run through agricultural land.

A Lebanese theatre group engaging with the sociopolitical crises of its native land, which resonates with people’s movements everywhere, was the high

Prime Minister Najib Razak’s hand-picked attorney general gives him a clean chit in the biggest corruption scandal to hit the country since independen

Successive years of drought and crop failure across India’s landmass push rural society into distress and disharmony and government measures fall far

The book is a worthy tribute to a legendary IAS officer who devoted his life to the uplift of the poor and the marginalised in society.

Barack Obama exerts his executive authority to address the growing gun violence in the United States as Congress fails to pass stringent laws to contr

Interview with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh.

Successive droughts have imperilled the livelihoods of crores of farmers and agricultural workers in India.