A paid menstrual leave policy will align with constitutional principles, address the issue of gender discrimination, and create an enabling work environment.
Houthi missile attack in the Red Sea holds out an important lesson for the West: Efforts to keep the Israel-Palestine crisis contained to Gaza are unlikely to succeed.
The suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs in 2021 was as unjustified as the suspension of 141 opposition MPs now. The existence of the Speaker's power under the Lok Sabha rules does not guarantee the constitutionality of their exercise.
The RBI claims its cloud facility will boost the security & integrity of financial sector data. But why is a central bank competing with private players that are already in the market?
The central government’s investments in urban projects rose by 488% between 2009-10 and 2021-22. Why then do we still await better governance where we live, work, and play?
Six years on, it seems that the Nepal govt has understood the basic fact of BRI—it's essentially about taking loans from Chinese banks and repaying the amount in due time.
Neither the militant Hamas nor the autocratic Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas inspire much confidence among Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, two recent surveys show.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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