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Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee offers cure to India’s ideology-driven public policy ailment

Indians’ tendency to use ready-made frames, both by Left and Right, makes policy prescriptions utterly predictable and not so useful.

From Manmohan to Modi, Indian govt has been working to kill RTI Act – with judiciary’s help

RTI is dying a slow death. It's just a matter of time before Indian citizens lose their power to hold the government of the day accountable.

From Constituent Assembly to Azam Khan, Indian Muslims have supported cow slaughter ban

Not only have Indians deliberately forgotten Muslim leaders’ intervention in 1948, issue of cow slaughter ban has still not been settled in the 21st century.

China heads FATF, but India won’t lose any opportunity to isolate Pakistan

The reviews conducted by the FATF over the last one year have exposed Pakistan’s so-called fight against terror financing.

Modi govt’s Swachh Bharat achieved one thing. And it’s not open defecation free India: Survey

A field survey conducted by Centre for Policy Research, University of Texas and UC Berkely tracked changes in open defecation in rural north India in the last five years.

Students’ performance in govt schools suffer if they are hungry: Study

Researchers conducted tests on students of Classes 5 and 7 in Delhi government schools to find the effect of mid-day meals on children’s learning outcomes.

India’s road to RCEP laden with China-related obstacles

Pro-RSS groups and anti-BJP Communists don't want India to join RCEP. But can India afford to be excluded from the bloc that comprises important partners?

Devendra Fadnavis is so strong in Maharashtra that he is ready to wrestle, but ring is empty

Chief Minister Fadnavis was asked if he was Maharashtra's Modi. His answer showed he is ready to be CM again.

There’s a Rahul Gandhi in the Samajwadi Party. It’s Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav's last seven years have been a steadily declining graph – in terms of political weight, astuteness as well as electoral performance.

Modi-Shah weathered Kashmir storm because West has no moral right to lecture India anymore

There is one crucial difference between the reaction of the West to Delhi’s actions in Kashmir now and to that in the 1990s.

On Camera

Why belief remains high among Indian Americans

As religious identity transforms, the Indian-American diaspora finds new ways to balance ancient Vedic beliefs with the realities of 21st-century life.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Aksai Chin for Arunachal: Ex-Indian Army chief Naravane backs revival of 1950s China offer on border row

Gen Manoj Naravane (retd) said in an exclusive interview with ThePrint that India should focus on having more experts who understand China's psyche and its workings

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.