I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......
'Economic issues do not matter during elections; it is the emotional connect that helps swing votes.'Rashme Sehgal reports. IMAGE: Women line up to cast their votes in Varanasi. Photograph: ANI......
A BJP source admitted that a census will inevitably reconfirm the numerical majority of the OBCs. 'That will overturn social equations and consign the upper castes to a twilight zone of......
India is in the midst of its biggest crisis since Independence.It is a national emergency and begs to be dealt with.Politics can wait. Lives need to be saved.We need to vaccinate India at a pace......
The Covid pandemic has left a question mark on how the central government manages its staff.Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for......
As a well-wisher of the Indian Statistical System and part of the system for more than 37 years, Sunil K Sinha, former DG and CEO, NSSO, offers suggestions to improve data quality. Illustration:......
'We have set out a timetable to reduce income tax rates for all incomes below Rs 50 lakh, and to progressively eliminate the surcharges on income above Rs 50 lakh, by 2024.'The Budget speech past......
Can the newly-minted Jal Shakti ministry bring water to some 19 crore Indian households that have never had taps or heard the sound of flowing water, wonders Vinayak Chatterjee. The ministry of......
'Our first great challenge is to create 12 million new jobs each year, to make the demographic dividend an economic dividend.''We are nowhere near that,' points out Mohan Guruswamy. IMAGE: Prime......
The recommendation, if implemented, is likely to face opposition from the government's key support base among Hindu traders and businesspersons.Archis Mohan and Joydeep Ghosh report. IMAGE: A......