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Performance of the Modi government
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09-10-2020
12-10-2018
35 STORIES
India
Saviour detained
India
Acknowledgement
State of the economy
Downward spiral
The distress in the economy bodes ill for the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre, especially at a time when it finds its “clean” image ta
Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Lead Story
Growing resentment
Lead Story
The GDP fudge
Rising Petrol and Diesel prices
Flawed formula
The pricing mechanism in India, which is based on the international price of petrol, is a major reason for the rising fuel prices, alongside the incre
Collapse of the rupee
Ostrich-like in peacock nation
The government’s much-delayed response to the collapse of the rupee, involving a set of anaemic measures based on faulty presumptions, is the opposite
NPA crisis
Banks on the brink
The unprecedented crisis in the Indian banking sector, which has brought banks’ lending operations to a virtual standstill, means that they can do lit
Interview: T.M. Thomas Isaac
‘Increase in excise duty has upset the equilibrium’
India
Firm resolve to support their cause
Interview: K. Kamaraj
‘Government policies killing the knitwear industry’
Interview with K. Kamaraj, president, Banian Workers Union.
Interview: Tapan Sen, CITU
‘Government is on a lie campaign’
Interview with Tapan Sen, CITU leader and former MP.
Israel-Palestine Oslo Accord
A born-dead accord
In the 25 years after the "historic" Oslo accord was signed under the aegis of the U.S., Israel systematically undermined its stated goal of a full-fl
Rising unemployment
Cooking up numbers
No amount of chicanery and juggling with numbers can show that the government has been able to generate decent employment at living wages to the majo
ILO REPORT
Cinderellas of growth
Economic growth did not result in higher wages for the Indian workforce even in the organised sector, and wage disparities widened as employers moved
Mallya's revelation
Mallya imbroglio
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s admission that he met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before he left for London in 2016 raises doubts about the Narendra Mo
Social welfare
Denying their due
Accredited health activists and anganwadi workers are not given their rightful place and due. The NDA government’s announcement hiking their honoraria
U.S. meddling in Venezuela
Venezuela next
Reports that U.S. officials and Venezuelan commanders had conversations about regime change in Venezuela point to the latest instance in a series of
Books
The man Indira trusted
A biography of the diplomat P.N. Haksar, better known as Indira Gandhi’s friend, philosopher and guide, this book is a singular contribution to under
Allegation of rape by Kerala nun
Bishop in the dock
An unprecedented protest by a group of nuns in Kerala leads to the arrest of a bishop on the charge of raping a nun.
Books
Holding up a mirror
In his latest book of short fiction, Sharankumar Limbale, a formidable voice of Dalit literature, mirrors the reality that Dalits live with even toda
Lyla Bavadam
India-U.S.
Tango with Trump
The two-plus-two talks held in New Delhi after India agreed to sign the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement with the United States con
Rafale controversy
Limits of credibility
The government faces questions on its claims of ignorance about the working details of the Rafale deal and the bypassing of due process in finalising
Short story
The revelation
Faulty hip implant
Implant anguish
Persistent efforts by affected patients and a new government report expose the huge trauma and loss caused to thousands in India by a faulty Johnson &
State of Indian economy
Writing on the wall
Rising fuel prices, stagnation in industry, agrarian crisis, growing unemployment. In the last lap of its tenure, the Narendra Modi government is sink
Tiruppur knitwear industry
Looming crisis
The knitwear industry in Tiruppur has not recovered from the double whammy of demonetisation and GST implementation. With a stack of government polic
Nambi Narayanan ISRO case
Long trek to justice
The Supreme Court judgment ordering a compensation of Rs. 50 lakh to former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan who was wrongfully accused of espionage wil
Kuwait rescue mission
Thirty-seven days to freedom
A true story of heroism by the crew of the MV Safeer when they braved the severest adversity and managed to sail out of war-torn Kuwait in September
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Borrowing history
Education is witnessing an apparent replication of the ideas of the nationalist education movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. But borrowed
Interview: Jean Dreze
‘Economists should also engage with popular movements and people at large’
Interview with Jean Dreze, economist.
Ranthambore National Park
Tiger with a human face
If the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan is a conservation success story, the tigers of the reserve have remarkable life stories of their own. Th
Letters
Letters to the editor
Essay
Jammu & Kashmir: history of betrayals
The National Security Adviser’s rants about Jammu and Kashmir’s Constitution stem from not only ignorance of history but also the fascist mindset of t
Archive
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Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
‘There is a groundswell of support for the RJD’: Tejashwi Yadav
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Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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05-04-2024
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole
Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise
Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude
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