The many arguments offered in support of Public Private Partnerships don't stand up to close examination. The private sector is not more efficient than its public counterpart, nor is cheap money accessible to it as readily, write Shripad Dharmadhikary and Gaurav Dwivedi.

Of course the military should be prepared for conflict. However, whether to engage in such conflict, and how, is a decision for the civilian leadership, writes Firdaus Ahmed.

The registration of Geographical Indications in the country has been slow to get off the ground. At a time when spurious rip-offs are abundant, the government isn't paying adequate attention to ensure speedier registration that would help tap the potential markets for India's rich bioversity. Varupi Jain reports.

In Andhra Pradesh, the Naidu government's Janmabhoomi model of development gutted the panchayats and curbed local democracy. Hence, the panchayats have proved totally ineffective during the agrarian crisis, reports P Sainath.

Sairam Bhat notes that the provisions in the laws for tackling paedophilia as well as the incestuous abuse of children are far from adequate.

In late January, the Justice J S Verma Committee recommended amendments to the India's criminal law so as to provide for quicker and more effective redress of sexual assault against women. PRS Legislative Research provides highlights.

The AAP manifesto may have talked at length about “a flexible and fair labour policy” and regularisation of contract workers, but for a vast section of daily wage-earners, such promises hold no meaning. Devanik Saha talks to one to find out why.

With Mittal Steel moving into India, it becomes even more important to look at the firm's poor environmental and social track record around the world in its rise to become the world's largest steel maker. There are crucial lessons for the governments of Orissa and Jharkhand, but are they listening, asks Sunita Dubey.

Their shelters and livelihoods ravaged by the deadly recent cyclone, many women along Odisha's coastline are are so bereft of any hope for the future that they feel it would have been better to be among the dead. Sarada Lahangir meets some of them.

Children with disabilities are routinely edged out of an education system that's hesitant to acknowledge diversity. Inclusion may be the key word in India's current education policy, but there is a world of difference between the law and its implementation. Deepa A reports.

Reading former CAG Vinod Rai’s autobiography Not Just an Accountant, Himanshu Upadhyaya feels that it is less about the individual and more about a constitutionally-mandated authority’s sustained efforts to uphold transparency in the face of concerted attempts by the powerful to thwart the same.

Within in the next two years, around 10 lakh people will die because of smoking in India alone, says one of the most comprehensive studies on the habit in the country. India is on the threshold of a tobacco-unleashed epidemic, says Ramesh Menon.

Led by children themselves, and ably assisted by concerned adult guidance, a remarkable Children's Council gives true meaning to citizenship and informed choices.

This is a bill that the Governor of Karnataka sent back to the state government in 2007 saying that it "evidently seems to undermine the Constitutional mechanism for rural development governance.." The same bill may be back in the state assembly soon, warns Nandana Reddy.

Thousands of landless villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada region are forced to take up sugarcane harvesting for lack of better livelihood alternatives. Shirish Khare visits the region and uncovers the rampant exploitation and hardships for workers that these contracts entail.

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करवा चौथ लेटेस्ट मेहंदी डिजाइन (Karva Chauth/karwa Chauth Mehandi Design On Twitter): आइए नजर डालते हैं कुछ ऐसी ही लेटेस्ट मेहंदी डिजाईन पर जोकि ट्विटर (Twitter) पर ट्रेंड कर रही हैं और महिलाओं द्वारा काफी पसंद की जा रही हैं...

इस समय ट्विटर पर #MeAt20 ट्रेंड कर रहा है जिसमें जानेमाने सेलेब्‍स अपनी पुरानी तस्वीरें शेयर कर रहे हैं. इसे #MeAt20 चैलेंज का नाम दिया गया है.

Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has shared a throwback video of his 'favourite shot' on Instagram. In the video, Yuvraj can be seen smashing a six over covers in a match against KKR during his IPL days. "This has to be one of my favourite shots in my career..very difficult shot to hit for a six over covers to a fast bowler," Yuvraj wrote on the post.

'रामायण' (Ramayana) का टेलीकास्‍ट दूरदर्शन (Doordarshan) पर एक बार फिर से शुरू हुआ है. ऐसे में इस सीरियल के महिला किरदारों पर सोशल मीडिया पर नई बहस शुरू हो गई है.

निर्देशक रामानंद सागर (Ramanand Sagar) की रामायण (Ramayan) में श्री राम (Lord Ram) का किरदार निभाने वाले एक्‍टर अरुण गोविल (Arun Govil) ने ट्विटर पर लाइव आकर कई सवालों के जवाब द‍िए हैं.

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An Indian-origin Singaporean, Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh (52) was sentenced to two months' jail on Thursday for shouting "corona, corona" and spitting on a hotel floor at the Changi Airport, the first conviction of its kind in the country related to the coronavirus outbreak. Singh breached a remission order after his early release from prison in February.

अंतरराष्ट्रीय टेबल टेनिस महासंघ (ITTF) ने कोरोना वायरस (Coronavirus) महामारी के कारण दो वर्ल्ड टूर टूर्नामेंटों समेत नौ टूर्नामेंट रद्द कर दिए थे

Watch this little one explain coronavirus in the most adorable way!

This little one explains coronavirus in the cutest way

This little kid explain coronavirus in the most adorable way!

ABC of coronavirus: This little munchkin will show you how to make a mask

ABC of coronavirus: This little one has all the answers about coronavirus

ABC of coronavirus: This cute little munchkin explaining about coronavirus will make your day

ABC of Coronavirus: This little girl shares how to get through this tough time

While some appreciated this gesture and said that it would help boost morale, others felt that this is waste of resources which could have been utilised for something much more important.

Rajat Rathod, who has dedicated his performance to those who are working on the front line in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, has sung the track titled 'Teri Mitti'.

People were seen lined up in long queues outside the liquor shops to get their stock of booze refilled, with social distancing norms thrown to air at most places.

The Centre has now allowed the sale of liquor in all zones, barring the containment zones, and only in standalone shops.

This is Grimes' first child, while Musk already has five sons.

Santee Mayor John Minto in a joint statement with the city council also condemned the incident and termed it a 'symbol of hatred'.

Twitter has long been under pressure to clean up hateful and abusive content on its platform, which are policed by users flagging rule-breaking tweets and by technology.

While using an Instagram face filter on a newborn baby, and wearing an 'Occupy Mars' T-Shirt to meet his son is very in-line with Musk's strange and confusing behavior exhibited on Twitter, the name has certainly thrown people for a toss.

Trump wore safety goggles during the factory tour but did not wear a mask despite sign that read: 'Attention: Face Mask Required in this Area. Thank You!'

Former member of the British Parliament Louise Mensch is convinced that Kim's teeth look very different from the ones that had been taken a few years ago.

Opposition and Karnataka residents slammed the state government for treating migrant workers as "bonded labour" and holding them against their will.

After her address went viral on social media, netizens pointed out the fallacy of such statements and questioned its 'authenticity'.

The video, shared on the microblogging site, shows a praying mantis catching and feeding on a murder hornet. It hunts down its food, holding the deadly stinger at bay and chew it starting from the massive brain.

A photo of the milkman was posted on Twitter by IAS officer Nitin Sangwan who took the opportunity to praise the milkman's ingenious 'jugaad'.

Rose’s vulgar comment rattled the Mnuchin, causing an altercation of sorts.