IN the five days ending March 26, petrol and diesel prices in the country had been hiked four times, with more such daily hikes in the offing. On each occasion the hike had been by 80 paise per litre,...
Institute of Global South Studies and Research is organizing a lecture in collaboration with Vakkom Moulavi Memorial and Research on 26 February 2022 at 7 PM (IST). The Lecture will be delivered by Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac, former finance minister...
Joint India-UAE Vision Statement - Advancing the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: New Frontiers, New milestones Image Credit: WAM H.E. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Deputy...
IMAGE: Muslim women in Hyderabad protest over the hijab ban imposed in a few educational institutions in coastal Karnataka, February 15, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo Even as the raging hijab row is consolidating society, politics and elections on religious lines --...
NO budget in recent memory has been presented at a time when the economy is in such dire straits: unemployment is so bad that there are job riots in Bihar and UP; wealth and income inequalities are among the...
At a time when the Sri Lankan government has sought and obtained Indian help to address the overwhelming forex crisis, the decision to auction 105 fishing trawlers and other vessels from Tamil Nadu and Karaikal enclave in the Union...
The defining feature of a democracy is the right of its citizens to question the government on its actions. But the moment this right is denied or under challenge—for one or the other reason—democracy goes in decline. Election is...
THE Indian economy is currently caught in a vicious spiral of inflation, stagnation, and a widening of the fiscal deficit. And this spiral is set to become even more vicious because inter alia of developments in the world economy. Even before the...
Kerala is likely to witness a surge in research spending in spite of the challenges in higher education, says Dr Sabu Thomas, Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kerala. He was speaking at the valedictory session of the Interdisciplinary...
Capture of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Hodson in 1857, by Robert Montgomery Martin, c. 1860.: The East India Company had a long lasting impact on the Indian Subcontinent. Although dissolved following the Rebellion of 1857,...