AAP's victory in the Delhi Assembly election

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28-02-202038 STORIES

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Short-term memory loss

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Science & Technology

Light up 100 LEDs with a drop of water

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Science & Technology

Neutrinos may have saved the universe

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Inequality reports

Precarious lives

Two recent Oxfam reports on inequality draw attention to unpaid care work and its connection with increasing concentration of wealth, growing poverty,

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‘The fight for free expression has to be maintained’

Interview with the writer Guy Gunaratne.

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A celebration of books

The crowds thronging Diggi Palace for the 13th Jaipur Literature Festival belied the idea that literature is an exclusive preserve of the wealthy.

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It’s a bug’s life

True bugs, of the order Hemiptera, have for too long been seen as pests. It is time to set the record straight.

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz: A true South Asian

The Shaheen Baghs that sprang up all over India in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act reclaimed Faiz Ahmed Faiz as truly one of us, a fig

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Anti-CAA protests

Other Shaheen Baghs

Inspired by Shaheen Bagh, similar protests have erupted across the capital. And the women who spearhead this are hell-bent on not yielding.

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Refugee timeline

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West Bengal Assembly passes anti-CAA resolution

The ruling and opposition parties in West Bengal come together to pass a resolution in the Assembly against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Continuing debate

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Australia fires

Bushfire crisis in Australia

Australia’s worst ever wildfires have been raging all through this summer, causing extensive loss of lives, property and businesses and devastating th

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Justice for Rohingyas

In a significant ruling, the International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to protect the minority Rohingya population from human rights atrocities, p

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India & Brazil: Allies in arms

Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s right-wing dispensation seeks to forge strategic ties with India and expand trade, particularly in defence.

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Israel-Palestine

Palestine: End of a hate plan

Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” for peace between Palestine and Israel, which seeks to legitimise Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory, me

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The third Bodo accord: A new deal

The third Bodo accord envisages a new model of power sharing and governance for the Bodoland Territorial Council and seeks to redraw the BTAD for last

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Nirbhaya gang rape case: Hanging on

The convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape-cum-murder case are running out of options to delay their hanging any further.

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Kolkata’s Shaheen Bagh

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CAA & Kashmir: The world watches

Resolutions tabled in the E.U. Parliament are the latest indication of growing international concern about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the sit

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Coronavirus: Evolving epidemic

Even as the World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency, there are many unanswered questions ab

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Railways: Rush to disaster

The Modi regime’s move to restructure apex-level managerial positions in the Indian Railways by merging diverse categories into a single service, unde

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LIC 'stake' sale

LIC 'disinvestment': Outrageous idea

The Finance Minister’s announcement of the intention to sell a part of the government’s “stake” in LIC, India’s largest financial institution, sparks

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UNION BUDGET: Agriculture

Raw deal for farmers

The Budget lacks any serious effort to address the main issues of unemployment, agrarian distress and falling incomes, revealing a high level of offic

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Economic Survey 2019-20

Economic Survey 2019-20: Glossy economics

The Economic Survey for 2019-20 has little to offer on the ongoing economic crisis and reflects the government’s scant regard for either economic stat

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A non-Budget

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Neither growth nor justice

The Narendra Modi regime appears to have perfected the art of subterfuge in Budget making, robbing it of its importance as an exercise in economic ac

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Role of the private sector

Future of finance

The Finance Minister’s Budget speech signalled a possible transformation of Indian finance where the private sector is called upon to play an increasi

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Union Budget: Railways

Off-track Budget

The Union Budget’s focus on the Indian Railways is cursory. An exercise in obfuscation, it reveals utter neglect of India’s largest enterprise.

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Yogi Adityanath's campaign in Delhi

Calling the nationalist bluff

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AAP's winning formula

The Aam Aadmi Party’s emphatic victory in the Delhi Assembly election holds two important lessons for the BJP: one, performance in office pays; two, c

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BJP's divisive campaign

BJP's Delhi election campaign: Hate and perish

The Delhi election will be remembered for the BJP’s divisive campaign and the AAP’s clever attempts to sidestep the communal trap.

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Interview: Jasmine Shah, AAP

Politics of work

Interview with Jasmine Shah, AAP spokesman and Delhi Dialogue Commission vice chairman.

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AAP performance

Delhi Assembly election: A vote for performance

The BJP improves its tally and vote share, but the AAP’s success in delivering basic services decides the issue.

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Tackling obesity

The book calls for urgent steps to deal with India’s most recent, and wholly preventable, health crisis.

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The colonial question

By rigorously tracing the evolving position of the colonial question in communist thinking and practice from 1917 to 1924, this collection makes an in

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BJP's venomous rhetoric in Delhi Assembly election campaign

The BJP’s Delhi Assembly election campaign hinges on berating the Shaheen Bagh protesters, completely sidestepping governance issues and the AAP’s per

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