Bihar Assembly Election Bihar Assembly Election | Left agenda makes a comeback in Bihar with increased vote share T.K. RajalakshmiThe Left’s performance this time is its best in two decades; more importantly, the resurgent opposition alliance drove its campaign on issues that the
Haryana byelection: Congress retains Baroda seat, improves victory margin by nearly 7,000 votes T.K. RajalakshmiThe Congress registered a comfortable win in the byelection to the Baroda Assembly seat in Haryana’s Sonipat district. In the election, held on Novemb
COVID-19 update More confusion than clarity on the trajectory of the COVID-19 virusT.K. RajalakshmiThe results of the second national sero-survey and a mathematical model on the spread of COVID are at variance with each other.
Bihar Assembly election Left parties in Bihar come together to fight the 'common enemy'T.K. RajalakshmiThe Left parties come together and join a broader political platform in Bihar to fight a ‘common enemy’, which, besides opening up the possibility of
COVID-19 COVID-19 and the danger of complacency T.K. RajalakshmiAmid a downward trend in new cases and deaths, the government is shifting its focus on to COVID-appropriate social behaviour, but it must not be lax i
CRIME and Gender Issues Rape and murder of a young Dalit woman in Hathras and the cremation of lawT.K. Rajalakshmi In HathrasThe rape and murder of a young Dalit woman and the hurried cremation of her body at the dead of night in Hathras district is the reflection of a large
Labour Codes The new labour codes: Labour’s lossT.K. RajalakshmiThe labour Codes enacted by Parliament have little to do with labour welfare; they are apparently meant to improve ‘ease of doing business’ and to mak
Farmer Protests Haryana: Against the grainT.K. RajalakshmiFarmers fear the new farm laws would divest them of the basic protection they had from the vagaries of prices and the challenges of marketing.
Interview: Pawan Khera Pawan Khera: 'There will be no level playing field between APMCs and corporates'T.K. RajalakshmiInterview with Pawan Khera, Congress spokesperson.
COVID-19 Update COVID-19 scaling new peaks in IndiaT.K. RajalakshmiAs India continues to be second in the global ranking of total COVID-19 cases, and the number of deaths continues to increase, questions remain about
Reports The crisis of poverty and migration in the SAARC regionT.K. RajalakshmiA recent report published by the South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication discusses the extent of involuntary working-class migration in the SAARC
Spotlight How the media reacted to Sushant Singh Rajput's suicideT.K. RajalakshmiPowerful sections of the electronic media have built up mass hysteria around actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and almost succeeded in turning the na
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.