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The government’s announcement of a scheme to give small farmers Rs 6,000 cash per year is seen as a brilliant move that will reap political benefit in May. The scheme, announced in the Budget, comes after two other developments. First, a report that the government...

The annual fishing ban is in effect along the coast of Odisha to protect olive ridley turtles. The state government, too, is providing assistance to those who earn a livelihood from fishing to see them through this period. However, it appears now that the support...

The centrist ‘red scarf’ movement against the ‘yellow vest’ violence in France should be an eye-opener to the world as such. The movement, the brainchild of an engineer from Toulouse, had the backing of more number of people than the yellow vests when it took...

Saudi Arabia has apparently joined the race for nuclear arms, and that is a worry for world nations. It is a particularly huge worry for Israel, and by extension the US. Although evidence currently is restricted to satellite imagery, there is every possibility that the...

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are again under a rather dark and ominous cloud of suspicion. A US-based cyber-expert identified as Syed Shuja has claimed he has proof that EVMs can be tampered with. As the general elections are approaching, these machines do have a vital...

The World Economic Forum (WEF), which has warned that international tensions and nationalist politics can weigh the global economy down this year, is itself witnessing a seeming loss of relevance. Davos this year will not see US President Donald Trump, Britain's Theresa May, France's Emmanuel...

When the Babri Masjid was demolished December 6, 1992, the country was divided deeply along religious lines. The victim perception of the majority was preened and the affected minority was deeply offended by the destruction of an ancient motif that acted as a reminder of...

A new board of education — Bhartiya Shiksha Board (BSB) — is on its way to realization with the governing council of Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan (MSRVP) giving its in-principle approval for the setting up of the Board. The MSRVP is a fully-funded autonomous...

Kerala’s Alappad coastal village, set on the Arabian Sea, is restive – a protest gradually gaining more steam against sand mining in the coastal waters of the Arabian Sea, and also more prominently, on the beach for decades. Set against two monstrosities -- sand mining...

What will be the effect of the alliances being formed against the Bharatiya Janata Party across the country? The obvious conclusion will be that the BJP will take fewer seats than in 2019. The history of electoral alliances in India is that when the dominant...