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The Mahakumbh at Prayagraj

I was undecided about going to Mahakumbh 2025, more so after the stampede on 29 January. I am a firm believer in God, so I desperately wanted to take a dip in the sacred waters of the Ganga.

Fiscal Crunch

India’s fiscal federalism is under strain, and much of it stems from a growing yet largely concealed debt burden that states are accumulating threw off-budget borrowings.

India and China

The meeting between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the G-20 foreign ministers’

Cost of consumption

The term “consumption” simply represents purchases of goods and services (including energy) by consumers. It has a strong material dimension that lies along a gradient between “needs” and “wants”.

Brute power of an imperial presidency

United States President Donald Trump has agreed to delay punishing tariffs on all exports from Canada and Mexico, which resulted in a threat of retaliatory tariffs from Canada.

Deportation Drive

The deportation of illegal Indian migrants from the United States on a military aircraft marks a stark escalation in immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Neglected again

A nation’s strength is not just measured in its economic growth figures but in the quality of life it ensures for its people.

Budget Decoded

Budgets come and go leaving behind a sea of unfulfilled expectations of taxpayers. However, Budget 2025 will long be remembered as one of the few Budgets that warmed the cockles of middle-class hearts.

Climate injustice institutionalised

The 29th summit of the Conference of Parties (COP29) held at Baku concluded without reaching a comprehensive or satisfactory agreement on several issues that have long plagued the annual climate conferences.