T K ArunThe split ruling of the Supreme Court, endorsing the validity of the 103rd Amendment to the Constitution to create a 10 per cent quota exclusively for the poor among the socially privileged, excluding the poor among the socially...
Harsh V PantOn Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the logo, theme, and website for India’s presidency of the G20, which will commence in December this year. Taking pride of place in the logo is the lotus flower, of...
The State of Gender Equality – #GenderGaps | #InMemoriam | Remembering Ela Bhatt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXgRxcZEU8#IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to an IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk series:The State of Gender Equality –...
The 20th Communist Party Congress in China signalled a total centralisation of powers in the person of Xi Jinping
Anil TrigunayatMax Weber subscribed to the theory of the circulation of elites which entails that major political actors keep power among themselves. This has been once again proved in the recent elections in Brazil and Israel with a difference...
Dhiraj Nayyar When politics is viewed through a conventional lens of Right and Left, there is absolutely nothing in common between PM Narendra Modi and Brazil’s President-Elect (and former two-term president) Lula Da Silva.But sometimes it is useful to...
T.K. ArunThe Bank of England is of the view that further sharp increases in policy rates could do more damage than good. The RBI’s MPC will do well to bear this in mind.The Bank of England has followed in...
T K ArunThe Supreme Court passed an order last week placing a fine of ₹1 lakh on an officer of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to be deducted from his salary, for filing an appeal in the apex court against the bail...
Dhiraj NayyarThere is much fretting about the depreciation of the rupee vis-à-vis the dollar. It is commonplace to equate a strong currency with a strong economy. But that is not true, especially in an emerging economy. Rupee depreciation is...
A Feat ExtraordinaireAnil TrigunayatThe signing of the maritime demarcation agreement covering 330 sq miles between extreme rivals — Lebanon and Israel — is no mean feat. Years of conflict and distrust, non-diplomatic recognition, and the absence of direct ties...
