Stir in the corridors of power

Andhra Pradesh politics has once again been rocked by a major upheaval. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former minister K. Nageswara Rao...

Industrial Lapse or Systemic Slumber?

Nagpur, Maharashtra’s 'Orange City', was just stirring from its lazy morning slumber when a pungent, suffocating odour emanating from the water treatm...

SIR Is About Exclusion

The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is proving to be a textbook example of how the Indian state keeps destabilising citize...

Coal Pinch Hits Steel

Global price spike squeezes India’s mills. Indian steelmakers are facing a margin squeeze as global coking coal prices rise, driven by supply disrupti...

The 15-Lakh Gambit

Chess prodigy’s family turns to crowdfunding for Europe circuit. It took Deekshitha Modipalli one month to jump 29,200 ranking spots in world chess. H...

After Jail, A New Start

Maharashtra doubles rehab grant for freed prisoners. The Maharashtra government has doubled its rehabilitation grant for prisoners acquitted after spe...

Blast At The Pump, 3 Dead

3 dead in Delhi CNG station explosion. Three employees died and three were injured after a truck’s CNG tank exploded during refuelling at a station in...

Ban That Worked?

Data backs Bihar’s liquor prohibition. Bihar’s alcohol ban, imposed in 2016, has been called a failure. A new report says that narrative is wrong. Cri...

Machines Replace Hands

Sugarcane cutters lose work as mills mechanise. Lata Waghmar was 6 months pregnant when she cut her last bundle of sugarcane in Beed, Maharashtra. She...