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In 2017, Rajasthan’s Dholpur district launched a programme titled ‘Udaan’ to educate adolescents about their sexual…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
As the pandemic recedes, some memories will not. One of the more terrible outcomes of Covid-19 was the isolation of…
By Thomas Isaac |
India’s economic performance has been among the worst in the world. According to the IMF in 2020, India’s growth was…
By Ishan Chauhan |
Although the last year was largely overshadowed once again by COVID-19, one event that arguably stood out was COP26.…
By Arun Maira |
If you want someone to not think of an elephant, don’t tell them to ignore elephants, George Lakoff advises in “Don’t…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. As…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The “row” in Karnataka over wearing the hijab or head scarf by some Muslim girl students which began at a college in…
By GN Bajpai |
The budget proposals for 2022-2023 tabled in Parliament and the preceding speech of the Union Finance Minister are in…
By Indira Hirway |
The slogan with which the present government came to power was “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”, i.e. Growth for All by…
By Saugata Bhattacharya |
The most commendable aspects of the FY23 Union Budget are that it eschews populist spends despite the oncoming State…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Most of us wanted the finance minister to present a popular budget this time as well. After all, the economy is doing…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The focus of the Union budget 2022-23 presented to Parliament on February 01, 2022 is to facilitate “the process of…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
Given the persistence of the inflation rate at more than the target (average 4 per cent) mandated in Flexible Inflation…
By Ajit Ranade |
The presentation of the Union Budget to Parliament is one of the most awaited and watched events of this season. Our…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The world bowed over the weekend to remember and thank Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) for his life of service, for his…