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28-09-2018
28-09-2018
36 STORIES
Highways
Widening network
The length of national highways has been growing steadily in recent years, with 10 States accounting for more than 60 per cent of the network.
Lead Story
In pursuit of justice
The petition filed by five eminent persons against the arrests of the activists aims to highlight the gross abuse of police power intended at stifling
Lead Story
‘The BJP seems to be a national calamity’
Interview with Justice P.B. Sawant. By T.K. Rajalakshmi
Lead Story
Dalit dissent
Heritage
From the Bara culture: R.S. Bisht
Lead Story
Double standards
Protests in Delhi
Growing discontent
Archaeology
Royal burial in Sanauli
The recent ASI excavation at Sanauli village in western Uttar Pradesh leads to the discovery of several burials, including that of a royal with chari
T.S. Subramanian
Chennai-Salem Expressway
Cloud over compensation
Confusion prevails over fixing compensation for acquisition of land for development, leaving scores of farmers in the lurch.
Natural Disaster
Mountain of a task
With thousands of flood refugees finding it hard to return to their homes in view of waterlogging, lack of sanitation and clean drinking water and the
India
Caste equations
Lead Story
Dark clouds
With the murders of Gauri Lankesh and M.M. Kalburgi, many people feel that there is an oppressive climate in Karnataka that is stifling of freedom of
India
Making of a ‘green’ highway
Nearly 70 per cent of the land required for the expressway is fertile farmland.
U.S.-Turkey
Trading blows
Even as bilateral tensions seem to be building up between Turkey and the U.S., many observers of the region are of the view that the standoff is “a st
Diary from Trumpland
New equations
As Trump, with an eye on the next presidential election, tries to renegotiate trade treaties with neighbours and tinker with the WTO, it is in the in
Anti-Trafficking Bill
Drafted in a vacuum
There are serious concerns over the efficacy of the Anti-Trafficking Bill, which neither addresses the root causes of trafficking nor provides for pro
Assam immigration issues
Migrants and beyond
Against Assam’s chequered history of illegal immigrants, the recent campaigns against the updating of the National Register of Citizens are seen as at
Harekrishna Deka
West Bengal bridge collapse
Flyover collapse and many questions
Pakistan
Tough test
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s promise of a “naya Pakistan” will have to be put on hold in view of a paucity of funds coupled with the United States’ thr
West Bengal violence
Prolonged violence
Kerala Floods
Dams in distress
Amid accusations that the Kerala floods were a man-made disaster, it is important to take a close look at the structural limitations of the State’s r
Chennai-Salem Expressway
Road and ruin
A greenfield expressway corridor passing through five northern districts of Tamil Nadu threatens to affect 159 villages, dispossessing farmers of the
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Bhagavan interview
‘Why should I feel scared?’
Interview with Prof. K.S. Bhagavan.
Activists' arrest
Fighters for rights
The five prominent persons targeted recently by the Maharashtra police come from various walks of life but have a common thread connecting them: they
Essay
Politics of history
The Sangh Parivar is at war with India’s history, which is in no small measure aided by the British rulers’ interpretations and interventions. The Som
Activists' arrest
Offensive strategy
The arrests of five social activists by the Pune Police show that the Sangh Parivar is aggressively pushing ahead with the “nationalism versus seditio
GST
One more failure
After one year of GST, the numbers suggest that the new tax is not just disappointing but fiscally damaging and its implementation is riddled with an
Interview
Jignesh Mevani: ‘It is part of a Brahmanical agenda’
Interview with Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani.
Bhima Koregaon
Sitting targets
With its political compulsion to woo Dalits, contain the growing Maratha resentment and protect its upper-caste base, the BJP government goes after th
Gender Issues
End of an unjust law
The Supreme Court finally decriminalises Section 377 of the IPC, granting the LGBTQI community the right to equality and dignity guaranteed by the Co
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Wood-metal material blend
Wood foam with metal muscle
Ocean wave energy
Harvesting ocean wave energy
Climate change
'Pink noise' and climate change
Nuclear Energy
Monju reactor decommissioning begins
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