Shocked by the “pernicious practice” of publishing “paid news” by some newspapers and television channels – particularly during the recent elections – the Editors Guild of India has strongly condemned this practice, “which whittles down the foundations of indian journalism.” Taking cognisance of “paid news” at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, the Guild said: “Both the media organisations and editors who indulge in it, and the customers who offer...

Democracy is, everywhere, a work in progress. Like many other countries, India has imposed electoral quotas to improve the political empowerment of women and racial-ethnic minorities – that is, it has a political system that requires women to be elected to certain leadership positions. These rules represent a form of affirmative action, but they also resemble a feature of our own Constitution that reserves space in the Senate for two representatives...

यह बात अब आधिकारिक सूचना में आ चुकी है कि भारत में गरीबी पहले के अनुमानों से कहीं ज्यादा है। इस माह की 9 तारीख को सौंपी गई सुरेश तेंदुलकर समिति की रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि भारत में गरीबी 37 फीसदी(2004-05) है ना कि 28 फीसदी, जैसा कि पहले के आकलनों में माना जाता रहा है।यदि तेंदुलकर समिति के आकलन में खाद्य पदार्थों की कीमतों में हुई मौजूदा बढ़ोतरी को जोड़ दें...

The collapse of the Dubai dream is not without any implications; it may be an indication that the travails of finance capitalism are not over. GLOBAL capitalism is in a phase in which it must deal with the fruits of the overextension during the previous boom, and there is no doubt that this is going to be painful. The financial crisis in the United States and some other developed countries...

Referring to China in 1947, Nehru declared, “A new star has risen in the eastern horizon,” and some years later predicted, “If you peer into the future, the obvious fourth country in the world is India.” One of the countries he had in mind has disappeared, and he did not imagine that the emergence of India and China on the global stage would lead to mutual friction. The Chinese are...