India’s adultery law is crudely anti-woman
Context: Individual members of a Supreme Court bench hearing achallenge to the validity of Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code on adultery have all spoken against the law as…
The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill (FEOB) 2018
Context: The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill (FEOB) 2018 was cleared at the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. It is a comprehensive legislation aimed at deterring fugitive economic offenders from evading…
How to prevent more Muzaffarpur horrors?
Context: The sordid tale of exploitation at the girls’ shelter in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, is not a case of a rare systems failure, unfortunately. Abuse and exploitation, especially of women and…
Flawed, unjust
Context: New reservation norms in faculty appointments threaten to diminish opportunities for Dalits, tribals and OBCs. Indian universities preserve of a privileged caste elite: Indian universities, like most other institutions…
The lowdown on falling water reserves
Context: India’s groundwater resources have been over exploited, as experts have been warning for some time now. A Sample Assessment: According to a sample assessment in 2011, groundwater in 19…
Reimagining governance
Context: The 115 Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is radical not because this is the first time that a government in India has focussed on…
Reforming defence planning in India
Context: • The government has decided to establish an overarching defence planning committee (DPC) under the national security adviser which is being seen as a significant change in India’s defence…
The dragon beckons again
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to China on April 27, against the background of turbulence in global geopolitics and some domestic disquiet about “softening” of India’s China policy. The international…
Nutritional politics
Context: Many children have died of malnutrition in India and yet Women and Child Development Ministers over the years haven’t decided what food to give children in anganwadis. This is…
What does it take to save a newborn’s life?
Context: The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) released a report highlighting the grim state of the Indian health system for newborns. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef)…
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