Stephen William Hawking, physicist, born January 8, 1942, died on March 14, 2018, aged 76. By the time he was 21 he was diagnosed to be suffering from an unspecified incurable disease, later identif... Category: Tributes
by S Srinivasan | On 17 Mar 2018 |
Stephen William Hawking, physicist, born January 8, 1942, died on March 14, 2018, aged 76. By the time he was 21 he was diagnosed to be suffering from an unspecified incurable disease, later identifie... Category: Tributes
by S. Srinivasan | On 19 Mar 2018 |
In the evening of February 22, 2018, A 30 year old man named Madhu, a tribal from Attappadi, Kerala was severely beaten up by the mob who accused him of stealing food items which included rice. Althou... Category: Minority Groups
by Aarti Salve | On 02 Mar 2018 |
This is a dreamy and populist Budget talking high numbers while missing out on empirical realities. The irony is that, looked at closely, it has neither pleased the free market theorists nor has it do... Category: India: Union and All Budgets
by K.R. Shyam Sundar | On 09 Feb 2018 |
While the Dravidian movement is surely a necessary counter to historical and even contemporary
oppressive politics played by Brahmins and other upper castes, their militant politics and
intellectual... Category: Politics
by Shyam Sundar | On 01 Jan 2018 |
Citizens, journalists and policy makers can now find the state of industrial pollution in their areas with a click. They can log on to the MPCB website (http://mpcb.info) to access report cards of in... Category: Environment: Industrial Pollution
by Aritra Chakrabarty | On 01 Feb 2018 |
It is not surprising that science and technology finds important mention in the Economic Survey indicating that the upcoming Union Budget may well sharply increase spending on it. But it is disappoin... Category: India: Union and All Budgets
by Tanisha Parihar | On 01 Feb 2018 |
The tenth chapter of Economic Survey 2018 has sown that investments in social infrastructure and human development has paid off well. The policies and schemes have also been mentioned in detail. The g... Category: India: Union and All Budgets
by Lakshmi Priya | On 31 Jan 2018 |
This report aims to serve as the foundation upon which the nations can create data eco-systems to serve developmental aims. Category: Economy, Global
by Aritra Chakrabarty | On 01 Jan 2016 |
At the core of the argument for crèches, lie the notion of a child’s vulnerability and the shared responsibility of the parents and the State to ensure his/her protection. But how far have we managed... Category: Environment and Labour
by Nimish Sany | On 16 Oct 2017 |