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The Constitution makes the removal of the Speaker an exceptional and heavily guarded power. Article 94(c) permits removal only by a resolution passed...
As the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) inches towards a two-thirds majority, there is a tectonic shift in the political landscape of Nepal. As per...
In March 2000, Nitish Kumar, chief minister (CM) for seven days, was facing a trust vote in the Bihar legislative assembly. He needed a minimum of...
The sinking of an Iranian naval warship in the eastern Indian Ocean offers a stark reminder of how quickly the comfortable assumptions of peacetime...
The maiden Time Use Survey held in 1998-99 in six states of India was an epiphany as it made it bare a phenomenon which was otherwise omnipresent. It...
Has there ever been a better time to be a feminist? The question might seem strange at a time when women’s rights are arguably under their most...
Do adult Indians have the right to marry whoever they want without parental permission? That may sound like a rhetorical question, but it could soon...
The US’ secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, did not hesitate in stating that America and Israel will sow “death and destruction from the sky, all day...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that men and women, once they acquire a fortune of revisionist education, which is nothing but gibberish, must...
The war unleashed by Israel and the US against Iran can only mean more suffering and pain than already exists for the country’s women in the near...
Edwin Lutyens has been expelled from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the iconic structure he designed. His bust has been cast into one of our substandard museums,...
Imagine a sixth-grade classroom in an Indian middle school that begins the year with 50 bright-eyed girls eager to dive into civics, algebra, and the...
The true measure of a nation’s progress is often reflected in how easily its citizens can access basic necessities like health care. For decades,...
Following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the opening salvos of a devastating military campaign by the US and...
As Pakistan’s air attacks against Afghanistan intensify, criticism is also rising. Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo recently pointed out that...
The future trajectory of rural development in India will depend on the extent to which it includes populations that remain excluded from the...
India’s fiscal debates have traditionally revolved around how much revenue the Union government shares with states. But the more consequential...
The US participation in Israel’s strikes against Iran marks a decisive escalation in an already volatile region. What began as deterrent signalling...
Rojava, the autonomous Kurdish-majority region in North and East Syria, faces its greatest existential crisis since its founding. Since early January,...
India is poised to roll out the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for adolescent girls in the coming weeks. With this step, the country will...
The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint strike by Israel and the US, underlined that the war aims have...
China achieved a $1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025 — 20% higher than in 2024 — helping meet its 5% growth target. It needs a large trade...
If this were a leap year, there would have been a February 29, instead of March 1 following February 28. And leaplings, as those born on February 29...
On the morning of February 28, a coordinated US-Israeli airstrike — codenamed Operation Epic Fury — reduced decades of carefully constructed...
There are good reasons to take a close look at US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s Munich speech, delivered two weeks before the attack on Iran. It...
Even if a wife doesn’t earn, she contributes to the household. The Delhi high court’s recognition of the role of homemakers, can only be welcomed....