A Neat Tragedy Called NEET

NEET is a court-ordered examination, supposedly aimed at meritocracy. However, over the past years when the Modi government at the Centre began implementing it, it took on political and casteist......

Siddaramaiah Goes Backfoot On Local Quota Bill

Sources within the Congress, including those who have been members of the teams that drafted its 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha poll manifestos, said the Karnataka government decision lacked any empirical......

NEET: Cure The Disease Not The Symptoms

'The Indian private sector knows how to build and run educational organisations, what is needed is a large dose of removal of restrictions.''Government restrictions hold back universities in India......

Give Agniveers A Chance!

Such public domain discussions affect their morale and dedication -- and that, if anything, will definitely affect combat-effectiveness, warns Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta (retd). IMAGE: The......

Budget focuses on jobs and skilling, keeping 2 allies happy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced a marginal income tax relief for the middle class, a Rs 2 lakh crore outlay for job creation schemes over the next five years and a spending......

The Threats To India's Prosperity

Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to prosperity failure, warns Rathin Roy. IMAGE: Inside a factory in West Bengal. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters......

Modi's goal to make India high-income country by 2047 unlikely: Financial Times expert

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of making India a high-income economy by 2047 is unlikely to be achieved, but the country should become an upper middle-income nation by then, Financial Times......

How To Fix Ayushman Bharat: Experts To FM

'Patients under the scheme may ultimately have to go to private hospitals.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi interacts with beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat and PMAY Rural schemes in......

Bring a law to free sports from politicians, bureaucrats: Gopichand

He also called upon the government and other stakeholders to streamline the processes where an athlete could just concentrate on his training and performance without having to bother about other......