India File

On May 14, NITI Aayog announced that only electric three-wheelers should be produced after March 31, 2023. All two-wheelers below 150 cc produced ...

The elephant in the room as far as poll reform is concerned, namely funding of elections, is conveniently obscured

The political mood is ambivalent. A clutch of parties feels it will reduce costs while others perceive it as an attack on federalism. BusinessLine reports

Just like the flash floods, the scorching drought in Chennai is also a product of perverse urban development and lack of political will in exploring radical solutions. Jinoy Jose P and Narayanan V report

The delay in the onset of the South-West monsoon could well be the last straw for Hyderabad to get into a phase of acute drinking-water shortage. The ...

The residents of Palace Orchard Cooperative Housing Society in Undri area of Pune shell out ₹35- 40 lakh per year to buy water. Since 1996, this ...

While there are glitches, the system has smoothened goods movement

Hopping on to a truck carrying consumer durables from Sriperumbudur to Bhiwandi, N Madhavan discovers how GST, despite hiccups, has transformed goods movement on India’s southern highways

There is a long way to go till women realise their political power, says Sangeeta Kushwaha. Living in tiny Baghauch Ghat village of Uttar Pradesh, ...

A woman’s temperament and patience might just serve as the right recipe to address political violence if popular mantra is to be considered. However, ...

Forty-one year old Kanak Lata Haldar, a domestic help, claims she has not missed casting her vote in any elections. This is despite the fact that she ...

Dalit and other backward women at panchayat levels face more discrimination. “The caste system is very much there. Anyway, men treat women as their ...

Many prove their leadership mettle but find their way barred by male domination

Knee-jerk reactions such as the ban on TikTok signal prejudiced attitudes towards social media and pornography

The furore over TikTok overlooks its role as a social equaliser, allowing small-town India to showcase its talent and shake up bastions of privilege. BusinessLine reports

BJP’s hypernationalism is yet to find takers here

The southern States and Maharashtra have much reason to be aggrieved with the formula for transferring of funds from the Centre’s divisible pool of ...

The BJP has sought to defeat political mobilisation around caste lines in the Hindi heartland by ratcheting up the nationalism theme. Poornima Joshi reports

N Balaiah, 79, of Kondapur near Kamareddy, looks concerned. A marginal farmer with just one acre, he is wondering why the second instalment of Rythu ...

After failed efforts to placate angry farmers, the Centre and various States have launched income-support schemes. BusinessLine reports

Eminent agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan, Chairman of the much discussed Farmers’ Commission whose report mooted an MSP at 50 per cent above cost, ...

Nearly 2 crore people appearing for 63,000 Level-1 Railway posts highlights the lure of a sarkari job, Mamuni Das reports

When a Railway exam applicant entered the hall wearing what seemed a wig, the invigilator got suspicious. Since the wig looked puffed up, the ...

Sachidanand Agrawal, Member-Staff, Indian Railways, tracks the exam execution process