A prohibitively expensive vaccine, besides being unacceptable, will do little good With over 6 million cases and the death toll from COVID-19 approaching 100,000, India is entering the first... Read more

A smooth transition of power is essential for the stability and prosperity of Belarus With a strongman trying to cling on to power despite mounting challenges and a defiant opposition determ... Read more

Given Sri Lanka’s majoritarian turn, appeals to address Tamil aspirations may be ineffectual India’s appeal to Sri Lanka to address the aspirations of its Tamil minority will certainly find... Read more

India must be mindful of the Pakistan strategy of raising bilateral issues in global fora The speeches at the UN General Assembly, by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, and a day later by... Read more

The Vodafone case shows why India should not undermine the faith of foreign investors Vodafone Group Plc has won yet another round in its 13-year-long battle with India’s tax authorities. On... Read more

Nitish is seeking a new mandate, with emotive rhetoric deflecting the debate on performance The Assembly election in Bihar will be taking place in unprecedented circumstances over three phas... Read more

Some laws are far too important and have far too much impact on the people to be passed in haste or without sufficient deliberation. The three codes aimed at consolidating diverse labour law... Read more

The Centre must keep the faith of Parliament, States and the people, and stop misusing cess The latest audit of the Union Government’s accounts tabled in Parliament this week reveals that th... Read more

Amendments to the FCRA, drafted without consultation with stakeholders and passed with limited discussion in Parliament, further clip the wings of India’s battered civil society. New regulat... Read more