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Popcorn Paradox

India’s Goods and Services Tax, introduced with the promise of simplifying the tax structure, has once again come under scrutiny.

Inflation’s Reckoning

The year 2024 will be remembered as a period of extraordinary global transformation. At the heart of this upheaval was the persistent sting of inflation, which, despite moderating in many economies, left a lasting impact on the political and social fabric of nations, including India.

Power of No

The Dark Mountain Manifesto is Planet Earth’s cri de coeur against grotesque inequality and vandalization of nature. It was written by Paul Kingsnorth and Dougald Hine after two years of conversation and launched at a small riverside gathering outside Oxford in 2009.

Critical need for women’s community bathrooms

While construction of toilets has received a lot of attention in India’s sanitation campaigns in recent times, another important sanitation need, that of bathrooms, has not received the same attention.

Gram Swaraj has new relevance for farmers

A significant and useful concept of the freedom movement was that apart from the struggles against the colonial government, there was a lot of thinking and discussion on the kind of society India would like to create once the colonial rulers left.

Restoring Trust

India, long regarded as the pharmacy of the world, faces yet another challenge as its drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has flagged over 50 widely used drugs as substandard or counterfeit.

Japan’s leader

Shigeru Ishiba’s ascension to Japan’s top political position marks a critical moment for the nation, both domestically and internationally.

Corporates in the dock

The tragic death of a brilliant and talented young woman, through overwork and work-related tensions, has brought corporate culture in the cross-hairs of various high-powered Government agencies, like the National and State Human Rights Commissions.

Poll Diplomacy

The decision by India to invite foreign diplomats to observe the elections in Jammu and Kashmir marks a strategic shift in New Delhi’s approach to the region.