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Death penalty ordinance is a reactive and disproportionate response to child rape

With no victim support and protection systems in place, the field is open for the accused to threaten, intimidate, and pressurize the victim to retract.

India would have been a dump for crackpot science had Modi not Nehru been its first leader

How much of Nehru’s India will be undone by Modi and his cronies remains to be seen. A demoralised and broken Congress opposition means that they are here to stay for long.

India can kiss goodbye to 8 per cent growth if it does not fix its banks

The financial system is still a drag on the economy and underlines the need for improving banking practice, regulation and oversight.

Impeachment weapon to ‘fake’ Caravan news – what Arun Jaitley said after Loya judgment

The finance minister, an eminent lawyer himself, termed judge Loya's death case as 'the one that almost created a Judicial Mutiny'.

50 days became 500 but India is still suffering from demonetisation

When even the Gujarat CM blames the Centre, you know how bad things are. This is not the people’s impatience, this is the government’s incompetence.

A key hurdle to Modi’s rural electrification scheme is the paperwork

Rural non-electrified households, with illiterate members, find it difficult to prepare the documentation to apply for PM’s Saubhagya scheme.

India turns a bad-loan tragedy into a bankruptcy farce

It'll be unfortunate if India's next steel king is decided not on the wrestling mat  — but via walkovers.

Students in Canada cannot fix racism by removing Mahatma Gandhi’s statue

While there seems to be proof of Gandhi’s anti-black racism, as of now, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest he was a misogynist or responsible for strengthening India’s horrid caste system.

Sri Lanka’s widely acclaimed ‘democratic transition’ has fallen far short of expectations

Reduced authoritarianism and a significant widening of the space for dissent constitute the Sri Lankan government’s greatest accomplishments.

It is time to break the silence around casteism among Scheduled Castes

The experiences in the ongoing protest in Sandaiyur, Tamil Nadu, expose the casteism present within the Scheduled Caste population.

On Camera

Mohenjo-daro city is not older than Egyptian cities. Here’s what the recent dig really shows

Recent evidence from Mohenjo Daro does not suggest that urbanisation at the site is dated to 3300 BCE. Rather, it indicates that the site is rooted in a much earlier, pre-urban phase.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.