Bal Mungekar's remarkable journey

When the Manmohan Singh government reconstituted the Planning Commission and nominated new members, the person whose name aroused the greatest interest was Bhalchandra Mungekar, who was given......

A Political Legend Turns 100

A product of the 1942 Quit India movement, a Gandhian and a Socialist who remains closely connected with grassroot movements, Dr G G Parikh remains a familiar figure in Maharashtra. IMAGE: Dr G G......

Gandhi family not biased towards Kharge: Tharoor

Congress presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Gandhi family was blessing him and the other candidate Mallikarjun Kharge, and had no bias towards either of them. IMAGE:......

Why Is Priyanka Running So Fast?

What some of our leaders were up to on Monday, December 12.   IMAGE: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra turned 50 this year, but the lady can sure run like she did in school some 35 years ago. Photograph:......

'Unemployment is unprecedented'

'In May 2020-2021, nearly 10 crores (100 million) lost jobs.''Covid is not the reason for the present crisis. It aggravated the crisis.' IMAGE: Students protest against the alleged erroneous......

Ex-PlanCom member also doubts poverty figure

Former member of the Planning Commission, Bhalchandra Mungekar has told Business Standard that while poverty being reduced between 2004-05 and 2011-12 was a fact, the minimum estimates used......

The many problems confronting the IITs

One third of faculty positions vacant.One per cent seats empty.New IITs lag in infrastructure, research.Abhishek Waghmare and Sahil Makkar report. Indian Institutes of Technology are struggling to......