‘BJP Govts Have Failed Farmers, Let Their Conditions Deteriorate’
The Congress on Tuesday sharply criticised the BJP-led governments in Madhya Pradesh and at the Centre, accusing them of failing...
Month: April 2026
Chernobyl At 40: Secret Files Reveal Extent Of Soviet Cover-Up Attempt
On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test. Doomed by a...
Women’s Reservation Bill: A Closer Look At MPs’ Decision
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a rare defeat last week after a bill to reserve one-third of seats in...
BJP Is Trying To Rig Polls: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it...
The ‘Correction’ Clause Changing Goa’s Landscape For The Worse
A controversial amendment to Goa’s Town and Country Planning Act has sparked major protests over fears it will enable development...
In A Fractured World Order, Where Does The Global South Fit In?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was one of the first world leaders to speak out about the “ruptured” world order...
Airlines In India Sound Alarm Over Fuel Costs, Seek Urgent Govt Relief
India’s leading airlines — Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet — have issued a stark warning about a deepening financial crisis...
Environmental Issues Have Been Underrepresented In WB Elections
West Bengal’s 294 constituencies are voting in two phases, with counting set for May 4. Despite several environmental concerns, these...
Latest Attack On Trump Reflects Rising Political Violence In US
For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an attacker. Many facts remain unclear...
Scorcher! 95 Out Of The World’s 100 Hottest Cities Are In India
India has emerged as the epicentre of an intense global heat surge, with a staggering 95 of the world’s 100...
Mahakumbh 2025 Holds Lessons In Solving India’s Waste Crisis
Mahakumbh 2025 made headlines last year as the largest human gathering on Earth. Hosting nearly 660 million people over six weeks, this spectacle...
Democracy Meets Extreme Heat: Elections In A Warming Climate
On 13 February, 37-year-old Suraj stood for nearly four hours in open ground in Salem, Tamil Nadu, waiting to hear...
Centre Pushing ‘Fake Narrative’ On Bengal Poll Turnout: TMC’s O’Brien
Senior leader of the All India Trinamool Congress, Derek O'Brien, on Friday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of attempting...
‘Hellhole’ Remark: India’s Global Image Still Battles Western Bias
"A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or...
Mumbai Fishers Raise Alarm Over Plight Of 45,000+ Mangroves
Just before dawn, small fishing boats sail into the creeks dotting Mumbai’s coastline. By mid-morning, the catch will be sorted,...
“BJP Gets ‘Double Failure’ On Fuel And Fertiliser Security In India”
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday launched a sharp and sustained attack on the Union government, accusing it of presiding...
Is Donald Trump Heading Towards A Pyrrhic Victory In Iran?
President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the war in Iran even before the conflict is over. But despite killing...
India Signals Shift In Climate Priorities Amid Global Uncertainty
India has withdrawn its bid to host COP33 scheduled in 2028. In the absence of an official explanation, experts link...
Pak’s ‘Renewed Respectability’ A Foreign Policy Failure: Congress
On the first anniversary of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian National Congress on Wednesday launched a sharp and...
The End Of Oil? 53 Nations Gather To Plan A Fossil Fuel Phaseout
US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy...
Long Coastlines, Zero Turbines: India’s Stranded Offshore Wind
India has one of the world’s longest coastlines, some of the most ambitious renewable energy targets, and a looming net...
What Pappu Yadav’s Vile Remarks Reveal About Women In Politics
The recent comments by Pappu Yadav about women in Indian politics are not merely “controversial” or “objectionable”—they are a stark...
Book Review: The Wilderness Story Of A Bustling, Expanding Capital
Enchantingly written and filled with delightful anecdotes, Neha Sinha’s latest book on Delhi’s wild denizens is an ode to the...
AI Readiness – Women Don’t Just Use Systems. They Build Them Too
Conversations on women and AI often begin with representation and, in many cases, end there. As UNESCO notes in “Cracking...
‘(The Real) Issue Was Not Women’s Reservation But Modi Preservation’
The Congress on Monday sharpened its attack on the Centre following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in...
