Dispatches

Telangana launches new, ‘people-oriented’ ICT policy which will aim to generate over 50,000 jobs

Babul Supriyo, former Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha MP, joins Trinamool Congress

‘Humiliated’ Amarinder Singh resigns as Punjab Chief Minister

Karnataka Assembly passes Bill constituting prison development board

Ministry of Defence constitutes high-power committee to revamp NCC

Telangana government breathes easy as Supreme Court allows symbolic immersion of Ganesha idols in Hussain Sagar lake

France recalls ambassadors from close allies U.S. and Australia over submarine deal

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, former Algerian president, dies

Thailand desperate for return of tourists

Lebanese seek answers to financial collapse

The Nation

Communalising martyrdom

The deletion of the names of two top leaders of the Malabar Mappila rebellion from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle invalidates the guiding definition of the dictionary and is a repetition of the colonial strategy of entrenching ...

The case for caste census

New light on Tipu Sultan

Nidhin G. Olikara

RBI proposal to loosen lending norms for private players a catastrophe in the making

Muslim victims of false terrorism charges

New book sheds light on struggle of Muslim victims of false terror after acquittal

The Musalman, a handwritten newspaper in Urdu published from Chennai since 1927, continues its strong show

The Issur uprising

MURALIDHARA KHAJANE

Maharashtra's Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyaan: A failed scheme

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Gail Omvedt: Voice of Dalits

Gail Omvedt (1941-2021) was an unabashed individual thinker whose works covered caste, ...

Politics of renaming: Aligarh or Harigarh?

Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi

Historical records show that it was the Marathas who came up with the name of Aligarh for ...

Controversy over Siva statue in Begur lake, Bengaluru, communalises an environmental issue

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

The dispute over the unveiling of a Siva statue in Begur lake in violation of a High Court ...

‘Love jehad’ law: An Act of bias in Gujarat

ANUPAMA KATAKAM

While the Gujarat High Court’s stay on crucial provisions of the State’s amended ...

Hate sloganeering

Hate speech at Jantar Mantar rally latest attempt by Hindutva forces to stoke communal passions

The hate speech at Jantar Mantar in Delhi is the latest in a string of attempts by ...

The trajectory of scientific progress in the time of pandemic

The scale and spread of the pandemic have imposed unprecedented demands on modern science.

Vulnerable groups caught between two worlds amid lockdowns

Prof. Joe Thomas Prof. Joske G.F. Bunders-Aelen Emma Emily de Wit Nupur Kulkarni R.K. Radhakrishnan

A new study analyses the devastating effects of lockdowns on migrant labourers, children ...

Cataract and babies

Vasudha Kemmanu

It is important to detect and treat cataract in children early in order to eliminate the ...

Supreme Court reiterates limits of legislative privileges while disallowing Kerala’s plea

R. Krishnakumar

The Supreme Court disallows the Kerala government’s plea to withdraw cases against ...

Jammu and Kashmir

The Concerned Citizens’ Group’s ninth report on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir paints a grim picture

The Concerned Citizens’ Group’s ninth report on the Union Territory finds that there is ...

INTER-STATE DISPUTE

Fragile peace between Assam and Mizoram in inter-State boundary dispute

Sushanta Talukdar

Assam and Mizoram agree to keep their forces away from the inter-State boundary even as ...

Odisha’s glory in Olympics hockey

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has made hockey promotion a mission. His government’s ...

Frayed labour laws in Surat's power looms

Shilajit Sengupta Vikas Kumar Kavya Bharadkar

Non-compliance with labour laws by employers and the absence of any rigorous monitoring ...

Migrant labourers' woes

Government’s ad hoc response to the migrant crisis did not take into account the reality of their lives

Shashi Ratnaker Singh Ramesh Sharma

The sudden lockdown announced in March 2020 exposed how precarious the lives of millions ...

Case studies from Aajeevika’s field sites

Case Study 1: Women breadwinnersBefore COVID-19, Sudevi used to supplement her husband’s ...

Migrant labourers' woes

Migrant labourers: Tunnel-visioned relief from govt

Shubham Kaushal Maansi Parpiani

Loss of livelihood and the lack of social protection and adequate relief responses have ...

Judicial disgrace: Fawning judges

Justice Arun Mishra’s fulsome praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public function ...

NEET: Rajan Committee submits report, ball in Tamil Nadu government’s court

R.K. Radhakrishnan

With the A.K. Rajan Committee constituted to study the impact of the National Eligibility ...

1806 revolt at Vellore Fort

The July 1806 mutiny at the Vellore Fort was a forerunner to the Great Rebellion of 1857.

Gangavaram port disinvestment

AP govt offers Adani group Gangavaram Port on a platter

In a widely-criticised move, the Andhra Pradesh government decides to divest its stake in ...

How Syria's hard-line rebels turned against a human rights activist: an investigation

The disappearance of Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues has been one of the greatest ...

DEVOUT & DIVIDED

Nature of religiosity in India

The Pew survey on religion in India finds that regardless of their socio-economic status, ...

Kin of lynching victims wait for justice

The RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat has asserted that those who kill innocent Muslims over cow ...

Cinematograph Act Amendment

The Modi government’s move to play super censor has the film fraternity up in arms

The Modi government’s move to give itself the power to re-examine a film cleared by the ...

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