Logo

Logo

Statesman editorial

Future of Oil

The transition away from fossil fuels, though not immediate or drastic, marks a turning point in climate negotiations. As we look back on the past 50 years, it becomes evident that the trajectory of our energy consumption is unsustainable.

Verdict in Odisha

Mr Patnaik was riveted to social security and the indices of welfare. Bereft of personal attacks, his campaign style has paid off and famously so. More power to his elbow.

Verdict 2019: Conciliation crucial

Mr Modi does not have to pull out the history books to find examples of such elevated functioning ~ the legacy of Atal Bihari Vapayee will show him the route to success with honour.

Non-fictional President

Like the fictional President of his television series, Zelenskiy has promised to clean up politics and end the stranglehold of the oligarchy over Ukraine, but he has offered little by way of specifics.

Court in turmoil

What is even more disturbing is the subsequent development that fixers are at work, and yet again the “no smoke without fire” theory casts an ugly shadow over the court.

Hunt for the hunter

Tribal sentiment and rituals are not relevant in the overall construct. Very pertinently has the Human and Environment Alliance League contended that “there is nothing tribal about these (hunting) festivals"

Protracted agony

While their Lordships cautioned against living in the past, it is also vital not to forget how a pregnant Bilkis was gang-raped, saw a daughter’s head being smashed, several members of her family, slaughtered and she was left for dead and only some tribal folk provided her succour.

Where things fall apart…

The cauldron of a civil war is bristling with Haftar’s self-proclaimed “Libyan National Army” articulating the threat ~ to which has now been added the caveat, “The time has come”, couched in the assurance that civilians and “state institutions” would be spared. So far, so merciful.

Decriminalising defamation

The fact is that the law of criminal libel has for the most part been a cause of harassment, mostly of members of the Fourth Estate, who are routinely and often tendentiously arraigned in remote locations on charges of such defamation.