Krishna Rupanagunta urges a determined beginning to counting the true costs of hardship in labour.

Many development projects now mandate cost-sharing by beneficiaries, but better-off citizens are exempted from the rationale used against the poor. Cash-strapped governments are also happy to subject the poor to a different logic, if it helps dilute their own accountability, writes Sudhirendar Sharma.

Policies of privatisation and globalisation are changing not only economies but societies and cultures. At their core is the fight of ideas, and these will be expressed in words. What these words are, and what they mean, therefore, matters greatly, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.

The World Bank's much touted 'knowledge' products are coming out of a flawed process. The bank hires highly paid consultants who are mostly directed through a system of incentives towards arriving at a pre-determined policy consensus. Information and experiences that run counter to the consensus are ignored. Shripad Dharmadhikary on the implications for India.

Shashi Tharoor finds that Nehru's imprint on India rests on four tenets. But each of these must be understood in light of the events and values of its own time. Our judgement of this important figure cannot be determined exclusively by our approval or repudiation of those tenets today. Venu Madhav Govindu reviews The Invention of India.

Acute poverty linked to armed conflict and displacement is a major reason for the growing number of commercial sex workers in Manipur. Drug abuse too is common, further impacting those turning to the world's oldest profession. Thingnam Anjulika Samom reports.

Even in the not-so-remote parts of Assam, you are constantly reminded of the fact that the entire region remains apart. It is evident in many things - its scenic beauty, its poor connectivity, the stories in the media, and the attitudes of young women here, writes Kalpana Sharma

The survey of child labour in agriculture has helped to draw attention once again to many issues that must be addressed if every child is to have a meaningful right to education, writes Kalpana Sharma.

A media that cherishes its independence must recognize this freedom is as essential for the judiciary to deliver justice as it is for the media to observe it impartially, says Dasu Krishnamoorty

Dasu Krishnamoorty examines reporting in the aftermath of Godhra and the subsequent riots in Gujarat.

In the immediate aftermath of the 26 December tsunamis, many bloggers visited the affected areas. Their eyewitness accounts brought the horrors of the devastation to distant audiences and were instrumental in garnering widespread relief support, writes Rasika Dhavse.

Seventeen years after the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot restrict content on radio, it remains impossible for independent news to be aired on radio channels. Navya P K reports.

Eight months before the upcoming WTO ministerial of December 2005, prominent economists are closing ranks to dwarf sustained criticism of agricultural subsidies in developed nations. Devinder Sharma asserts that the continued undermining of food self-sufficiency in developing nations is economic lunacy.

President Kalam's vision for rural development is at odds with Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades where Shah Rukh Khan charts a simple location-specific path to village development. The two different routes to the same objective bring out the conflict in our understanding of the rural crisis, says Devinder Sharma.

The real reason behind the Congress' performance in the recently concluded Assembly Elections may not be the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party per se, but more the economic concerns of the real aam aadmi. Devinder Sharma analyses.

Pakistan has decided to lift lockdown to kick-start its tottering economy. The growth engine of Pakistan’s economic revival is powered by CPEC, flagship project of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI). It is tempting to conjure...

President Trump congratulated UFC for restarting the sports world Saturday night after a nearly two-month hiatus. Trump's taped message was played during ESPN's broadcast of the UFC 249 undercard from a fan-free arena in Jacksonville.

Here is a list of some of the most iconic mothers from literature.

Around 12,000 people have been tested for coronavirus infection in the PMC limits so far, accounting for just 0.35% of the total population of 33 lakh.

The Bharati Vidyapeeth police on Wednesday performed the last rites of a construction site worker — hailing from Gulbarga in Karnataka — as the Covid-19 lockdown prevented his family members to come to Pune.

Britain's deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday he was confident the coronavirus "R" number, a measure of the rate of contagion, was below 1 across the United Kingdom.

Parliament recently amended the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act to give it more teeth and enable the ASI to effectively protect and develop the 4000 monuments it looks after. Conservationists have raised a cheer. But more is required to enforce the law.

नयी दिल्ली। केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने एक वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंस के जरिए गांधीनगर में जीआईएफटी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय वित्तीय सेवा केंद्र में दो अंतरराष्ट्रीय एक्सचेंजों पर INR-USD फ्यूचर्स एंड ऑप्शन (एफएंडओ) का शुभारंभ किया है। इस ट्रेड ऑप्शन को बीएसई के इंडिया

Videocon Mobiles has launched its latest 4G smartphone, Cube 3 (V50JL) in India. Priced at Rs 8,490, the smartphone will available across all retail stores.

Even though reopening of liquor vends is a priority for the state Congress government, wives of two prominent leaders of the ruling party - cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring - have asked chief minister Amarinder Singh to reconsider home delivery of liquor during lockdown.

Canada's death toll rose 3.5% to 4,628 from a day earlier, while cases approached 67,000. Nearly 60% of Canada's deaths have occurred in Quebec, where there are numerous outbreaks in nursing homes.

President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected Pence aide as spokeswoman Katie Miller, said he was 'not worried' about the virus spreading in the White House.

Around the world, the US and other hard-hit countries are wrestling with how to ease curbs on business and public activity without causing the virus to come surging back.

In a statement late Saturday by the US Embassy in Kabul, Washington also sought Pakistan’s help in locating Frerichs.

As per experts, Nepal and China had signed a border dispute resolution agreement in 1960 according to which it was decided that Mount Everest will be divided, and southern part of it will belong to Nepal and Northern part to Tibet Autonomous Region which China claims as its own.

The best three photos will be decided on the basis of the votes on the posts.

After extreme volatility recently seen the stock markets and mutual fund investments, you may be looking at more stable options to put your savings aside for the long term. One such conservative investment tool is the EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) that

The Indian realty sector and its current condition is going to have a profound impact on the country's economy. This is because of a large number of individuals and businesses depend on the sector as it alone contributes 7-8% to the

EPFO's retirement fund EPF apart from a reasonable return provides a handful of other benefits which most of the subscribers are not aware of such as the EDLI scheme that offers insurance up to Rs. 6 lakh, pension etc. Also, there

Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr Renu Swarup says that based on the latest WHO consensus, Covid-19 as a 'lab release' theory is likely to be false.

The NDMA guidelines said while restarting a unit, the first week should be considered as the trial or test run period after ensuring all safety protocols.

The staff at the bakery claimed that the advertisement was 'not intended to communalise' and added that a rumour was doing the rounds on WhatsApp, urging people not to buy bakery products made by Muslims and therefore they posted the advertisement.

Congress said Parliament should assert itself and called upon the Centre and the states to jointly formulate an action plan to ensure safe return of migrants to their homes

Barcelona said that Samuel Umtiti picked up an injury to his right calf during Saturday's individual training session.

Balbir Singh Dosanjh was taken to a private hospital from his residence in Sector 36 in Chandigarh.