As November 14 is celebrated as National Children’s Day and November 20 as World Children’s Day across the world, the Social Welfare Department requests all Anganwadis in Tamil Nadu to organise events to celebrate the week

Safety regulations must be enforced strictly in places of worship 

The state alone cannot undertake the task of protecting India’s first UNESCO-declared biosphere; communities need to get involved

Amid a cloud of gloomy faces, a lone glimmer

They are a curse for the common man as nobody reports to duty

The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill could be the first step in revamping the architecture and the processes involved

Energy cooperation and defence ties are just some of the possibilities that exist to strengthen a stagnating partnership

Fishermen from both sides of Palk Bay must meet to resolve dispute

In Haryana, the Opposition mostly engaged with farmers, most of whom are Jats, and did not hold enough deliberations with other stakeholders in the agricultural system, who belong to different communities

All parties endorse the freebie culture and are responsible for piling debt

If we are to address the worst excesses of India’s corporate culture, some form of regulation seems unavoidable

Andhra Pradesh shifts focus from ‘ease’ to ‘speed’ of doing business

The U.S. presidential election and the campaign has again highlighted a key issue — of technology and online spaces posing a threat to the safety and the dignity of women

Rural Community Health Centres and the new AIIMS have a high staff vacancy; the solution is to manage things efficiently with the resources that are available

While the Aadhaar Act’s provisions on core biometric information help in protecting privacy, there is a compelling case in re-evaluating these restrictions in specific contexts

With large sums of money being announced for initiatives such as quantum computing, cybersecurity, or artificial intelligence, it is essential to find students who are skilled; it is a struggle now

There can be no further delay in restoring Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir

The amended Section 4 of the U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act gives the police unhindered powers and vigilante groups the full backing of the legal system to harass and intimidate religious minorities and interfaith couples

The election results reveal a slow but potentially tectonic change in what Americans want from their leaders

Americans will have to reckon with the consequences of putting Trump back in office 

With Joe Biden leaving behind a broken region, it remains to be seen whether Donald Trump can look at the larger strategic picture

There have been fundamental shifts in India’s urban workforce and city development, affecting informal workers in particular

Donald Trump’s second term could add to the stress on climate action plans 

With developing countries burdened by the climate crisis they did not cause, the critical question is whether negotiations on global climate finance will deliver outcomes or just promises

The state must have enough bandwidth to guard against concentration of resources 

‘Didi evocatively narrated her designs as stories as she drew. By living her ideals in day-to-day life, she introduced me to an elegantly simple lifestyle,’ says Didi’s student Lakshmi Swaminathan

In relationships, business meetings and family functions, the last impression is very important

How communication between soldiers and their families have changed over the years