Opinion

If the state machinery is not equipped to tackle violent protests, our societies will permanently remain in a state of flux and tension

Given the informal nature of workforce, access to skill development, livelihood opportunities, financial linkages, education are safety net, which can be offered through convergence efforts of departments... District Skill Committee is a potential platfor...

The evident inequality in the systemic response to attacks on religion has left many frustrated and angry

Seed bombing is used extensively in the US, Thailand and several African countries to grow plantation and increase the forest cover

The 1941 Dacca riots are, strangely, the least talked about in the popular narrative on communal violence in Bengal. These riots had set the tone for anti-Hindu violence in future

A look at five major riots in Bengal which took place during this period would help us understand the present-day trend of communal violence in this region

Hindu religious scholars have not only challenged the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 but also argued that the Act does not apply to the current controversy around Gyanvapi

RSS could discern the seeds of separatism being sown during this time with mischief being played to divide the society that never was divided and never thought in terms of separate Hindu and Sikh identities

Awkwardly enough for the Kashmiri Pandits, a surprising and grossly unusual set of “allies” has cropped up to accentuate their resentment against the government

Section 124 A of the IPC has been challenged in the Supreme Court on the ground that it violates Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Indian Constitution

Obesity among children under the age of five has increased, with 33 states and union territories reporting an increase in the number of overweight youngsters

The decision to approve the Health Star Rating was made with an eye on rise in obesity, diabetes and hypertension in India

Though India and France have enjoyed a long-standing relationship, the turning point came in 1998 when France refused to join the high-decibel western chorus criticising India’s nuclear tests

The glory of Mumbai is on the wane and its fast-crumbling infrastructure services must take fair share of the blame

Jahangirpuri Violence: The Bengali-speaking Muslims of West Bengal are neither Rohingyas nor Bangladeshis; they are just as much Indian as anyone else

Apart from processing National Sample Survey data and performing calculations for divisions within the Institute, HEC-2M received numerous computational requests from various scientific institutions