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Healthcare costs need a ‘cure’

India has the dubious distinction of 14% healthcare inflation, highest in Asia although the nation harbours a population 50% of which is below the Read more...

Sporting glory deserves equal recognition...

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The Asian Games celebrate sporting excellence, bringing together athletes who have spent years honin Read more...

Democracy being killed in name of democracy...

Democracies don’t die at the hands of the military despots any-more. Now elected autocrats use a new template to smother democracy: changing Read more...

Needed better spatial planning for religious gatherings...

Two back-to-back festival eve tragedies in Kolkata and near Gwalior highlight the challenges of ensuring safety at places drawing devotees in their Read more...

Deep-rooted Systemic Flaws Must Be Fixed

From Paris to Brussels, from Tirana to Rome and New Delhi, youths are pouring onto the streets and voicing their discontent. Grievances and primary Read more...

Parched land: Will we run out of water?

Karnataka is perhaps facing the most severe drought since 1970 with Southwest Monsoon precipitation registering a 35% deficit. The State Government Read more...

When the pitch becomes a batter’s ally

There is something fundamentally wrong when a cricket pitch begins to resemble a launchpad for batters rather than a surface on which a contest bet Read more...

Removing CEC not enough

Ever since the youth led protest against the NEET paper leak and the ouster of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the country has been witnessi Read more...

Engage, don’t crush protesters

What Delhi witnessed on Saturday was unprecedented. Even during the infamous Emergency of the 1970s, the capital had not witnessed such an extraord Read more...

Draconian clampdown against democratic dissent ...

The lockdown of the capital Delhi on Saturday (October 10) against protestors of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) shows the brazen highhandedness of Read more...