-The India Forum Urban floods as in Bangalore are not just a result of failed governance. They also reflect a failure of our democracy, where the citizen does not participate in decision-making and later sees spectacles like demolitions as signs of action. Neecha Nagar was the first film from India to go to the inaugural Cannes Film Festival in 1946 and win the Palme D’or. Neecha Nagar, or the “Lowly City”, was...

-Livemint.com After extreme rain and severe flooding, Pakistan is dealing with acute food shortage. Moreover, dollar crunch has kept Pakistani food importers at mercy of grey market Extreme floods might not be a problem for Pakistanis anymore, but acute food shortage and drying forex reserve have made Pakistani food importers vulnerable to the grey market for payments. Under the grey market, the commodities are traded THRough markets that are unauthorised by the manufacturers....

-The Hindu How is the ethanol blending programme connected to the rice export ban? The story so far: On September 9, the Centre instituted a ban on the export of broken rice. Additionally, it mandated an export duty of 20% on rice in husk (paddy or rough), husked (brown rice) and semi-milled or wholly-milled rice. The measures do not affect export of basmati or parboiled rice. The Secretary at the Department of...

-TheWire.in The city needs granular administrative and planning responses to help identify the poor who are forced to live in flood prone areas out of sheer necessity. They cannot be evicted and THRown to the streets. When I was a kid, I remember my home in Bengaluru flooding repeatedly, especially during the monsoons.  This was strange as we were in Chamarajpet, a well-planned neighbourhood developed by the visionary Dewan Sheshadri Iyer, along with...

-Deccan Chronicle Adilabad: When the founding fathers of the Indian republic sat down to write the Constitution, the feature that they gave utmost importance was equality. It was the cornerstone on which the Constitution stands. They wanted each individual to enjoy equality in opportunity as well as treatment. But even 75 years after independence, successive governments failed to make good this constitutional pledge to several sections of people. Women are one of...