Tomatoes are still driving food price inflation, but here’s why relief could be on the horizon
Tomatoes still cost about Rs 110 per kg on average, but government measures and the influx of the kharif crop this month could take prices out of the red. Read TCS Sharad Raghavan’s report.
Inspired by MLA mom, Maharashtra govt proposes nursing rooms for lactating women in all workplaces
Last week, govt called for feedback on its draft notification on ‘Hirkani’ rooms. Need for such spaces came into focus after MLA Saroj Ahire attended assembly sessions with her baby, reports Manasi Phadke.
Parsis are choosing between extinction and purity. It’s not always a pretty choice
The Centre has revamped Jiyo Parsi scheme to arrest the declining population of Indian Parsis. For every 150 Parsis born in a year, there are 600 deaths, reports Shubhangi Misra.
Automatic vs manual debate isn’t about masculinity. It’s choosing between forks & chopsticks
There is a reason why cars with automatic transmissions are popular. Even entry-level hatchbacks like Maruti Suzuki Alto offer cars which have a clutch-less gearbox, writes Kushan Mitra.
India’s three former service chiefs held a closed-door meet in Taiwan. Here’s the inside story
Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (IAF), Karambir Singh (Navy), and Manoj Mukund Naravane (Army) were invited by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ketagalan Forum, writes Aadil Brar.
‘Basic structure’ doctrine a judicial coup against Parliament. Gogoi is right in debating it
Judiciary doesn’t represent will of people. To defend the collegium system, the Supreme Court invoked its invention— ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution, write Nitin Meshram and Dilip Mandal.
Punjab’s in 2-decade stall. Lift the kohrra, or people want out
Punjabis know how to weather adversity. They did so after Partition, and later after the phase of terror and militancy ended in 1993. Then the state lost its way, writes Shekhar Gupta in this week’s ‘National Interest’.