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What is next for Self Help Group movement in India?
June 29, 2018, 10:08 PM IST
In the late 19th century, citizens in some European countries like Germany and Britain started ROSCA – Rotating Savings and Credit Association. The concept evolved over decades and was pioneered by Noble laureate Mohammad Yunus…
June 29, 2018, 10:08 PM IST
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The Van Dhan Route to Gram Swaraj: What it will take to treble tribal incomes in two years
June 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
What does swaraj connote for the forest-dwelling tribes? Like for anyone else, it means attaining the power to shape one’s own destiny. The issues vexing the tribes relate to jal, jungle and zamin, among which…
June 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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India’s Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act: Can it help increase participation of women at work?
June 26, 2018, 12:03 PM IST
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2016 was widely hailed as a historic step. The Amendment doubles the paid maternity leave entitlement from 12 to 26 weeks for all women in establishments with greater than 10…
June 26, 2018, 12:03 PM IST
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Calcutta Tales: Para dadas, rohu, hilsa and a walk down World Cup memory lane
June 14, 2018, 6:26 PM IST
Childhood in Calcutta in the late 1970s meant that one was certain to catch the football virus. Calcutta had not become Kolkata and television sets were a luxury. Forget live telecasts from around the world,…
June 14, 2018, 6:26 PM IST
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The commute conundrum
June 8, 2018, 10:37 PM IST
Urban migration is high. Top cities are getting increasingly crowded – London, NY, HK, Bangalore, Bay area, etc. The commute problem is getting bigger and bigger. Public transport is either over-crowded, expensive, far from work/home…
June 8, 2018, 10:37 PM IST
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One Nation-One Election
June 8, 2018, 10:26 PM IST
The concept of simultaneous elections: This perception is not novel in India. After Independence and enforcement of Constitution, the first election which was conducted in the year of 1952 was conducted simultaneously. It was in…
June 8, 2018, 10:26 PM IST
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Climate-proofing Indian agriculture
May 28, 2018, 6:30 PM IST
Climate change has perhaps posed the most extreme challenges that agriculture in India and across the world has to deal with today and in the future. There is now scientific consensus that the world is…
May 28, 2018, 6:30 PM IST
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Congress needs pre-poll alliances – with regional, secular and dalit parties
May 23, 2018, 3:27 PM IST
Some myths and misconceptions with regards to the latest political drama fostered by the BJP need to be understood. Plus one has to reflect on the lessons learnt. First of all, as per vote share,…
May 23, 2018, 3:27 PM IST
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CLAT 2018: What happened during and after the examination
May 18, 2018, 7:53 PM IST
This piece has been written by a group of students who took the Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) examination 2018 and requested to remain anonymous The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) examination is held annually…
May 18, 2018, 7:53 PM IST
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DBT in fertilizers: Game changing reforms
May 4, 2018, 9:58 AM IST
The food grains production of the country last year (2016-17) reached an all-time high of 275.68 million tonnes. The horticultural production (fruits, vegetables, plantation crops, spices, etc) in the same year surpassed the level of…
May 4, 2018, 9:58 AM IST
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Welcoming the decison legalising passive euthanasia
May 2, 2018, 4:51 PM IST
“There is no antithesis between life and death. Death represents the culmination, dying is the process.”- Justice Chandrachud. Actively engaging with philosophies of life, the Supreme Court five-judge Constitutional bench in the case of Common…
May 2, 2018, 4:51 PM IST
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Clouds loom above the solar sector
May 2, 2018, 4:20 PM IST
The Indian solar sector has seen major growth in the past few years. India is home to the world’s largest single-location solar park – the 1 GW Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park. Several more ultra…
May 2, 2018, 4:20 PM IST
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Taking steps to safeguard trade interests of tribals
May 1, 2018, 6:54 PM IST
Sukhmati wakes up early, because it is Friday, a weekly market day at Lohandiguda in Bastar. The market place is 10 kms from her village. She has readied a basket full of tamarind. The crop…
May 1, 2018, 6:54 PM IST
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Economic relevance of wedding celebrations happily ever after
April 30, 2018, 12:56 PM IST
People across the globe find it quite intriguing as to how Indians savour each moment, standing shoulder to shoulder. This is because a country that celebrates together stays together forever. The festivities and celebrations which…
April 30, 2018, 12:56 PM IST
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Why an Ambedkarite joins Congress
April 20, 2018, 9:49 PM IST
I have always been a practical man. When making a decision, I don’t agonize about making ‘the’ perfect choice. I base my decisions on the best information that I can gather and the best reasoning…
April 20, 2018, 9:49 PM IST
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The great Commonwealth lie
April 13, 2018, 8:49 PM IST
Ball-tampering. Who’d have thought? Such a violation, of that holy site, that monument to fairness. It’s just not cricket. And it’s not cricket that I’m on about, but the BBC and the day I found…
April 13, 2018, 8:49 PM IST
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India’s remarkably robust and resilient growth story
April 11, 2018, 7:37 PM IST
India has achieved much in the last decades. Yet an economic deceleration in the past few quarters has generated worried commentaries about India’s growth potential. However, our analysis of nearly five decades of data finds…
April 11, 2018, 7:37 PM IST
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Preserving Panna’s tigers
March 28, 2018, 10:57 AM IST
Panna National Park was set up in 1981, and thereafter has been accredited as a recognized ‘reserve’ under the Government’s 1994 Project Tiger initiative. Situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Panna has been an…
March 28, 2018, 10:57 AM IST
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The travelling circus of trolls
March 27, 2018, 3:48 PM IST
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a unique kind of entertainment was provided by a travelling circus of human and animal performers in North America. It was popularly called vaudeville. That kind of…
March 27, 2018, 3:48 PM IST
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Undisrupted term of Xi Jinping: An eerie similarity to Mao Zedong and cost to regional stability
March 9, 2018, 12:41 PM IST
This Sunday, on March 11, the Communist Party of China will abolish the two-term limit on Presidency and Vice-Presidency. This in effect means that China has cleared the way for Xi Jinping to stay in…
March 9, 2018, 12:41 PM IST
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