In dissolving the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly without giving any claimant an opportunity to form the government, Governor Satya Pal Malik has violated constitutional law and convention. Mr. Malik’s stated reasons for his action — “extensive horse trading” and the possibility that a government formed by parties with “opposing political …

World Bank data, in 2015, showed that nearly 65% of health-care expenditure in India is “Out of Pocket” (OoP). A report by the World Health Organisation has shown that around 3.2% of Indians would fall below the poverty line because of high OoP health expenditure. Thus, a national health insurance …

Mr. Modi has not yet appointed a Lokpal, and Ms. Raje recently extended the tenure of the Lokayukta to eight years from the earlier five, causing a severe dent to the integrity of the institution.If Mr. Modi tries to honestly find out about the actual scam in the Pradhan Mantri …

The INS Arihant, India’s first nuclear ballistic missile submarine that completed its sea patrol earlier this month, will contribute significantly to making India’s deterrence capability more robust. Submarine-based nuclear capability is the most survivable leg of a nuclear triad, and its benefit must be seen especially in the light of …

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come out with new rules for re-classification of a promoter as a public investor, wherein an outgoing romoter will have to relinquish special rights as well as control over the affairs of the listed firm and not be allowed to hold …

At the height of the global financial crisis in 2008 when liquidity crunch hit the Indian credit market, the then finance minister P. Chidambaram constituted a liquidity management committee headed by the then finance secretary Arun Ramanathan. The decision raised eyebrows as liquidity management is a key function of the …

Are oil marketing companies recovering the Rs. 1 per litre price cut of October 4 which they had made on the Centre’s instructions and absorbed into their financials?While oil marketing companies (OMCs) deny that they are doing so, , analysts argue that the pricing mechanism is so opaque and complex …

The Taliban in Afghanistan have not yet shown any sign that they are serious about ending their 17-year insurgency despite U.S. efforts to push for a fresh peace process, the country’s de facto Prime minister has said.Abdullah Abdullah, who serves as “chief executive” of the unity government in Kabul, struck …

An inquiry by Britain’s Home Office of its use of an anti-terror rule to deny highly-skilled workers who had made errors in their tax submissions has concluded that it was “reasonable” for decision-makers to adopt the approach they did but has acknowledged the need to overturn at least 12 rulings.In …

U.S. President Donald Trump has become embroiled in an extraordinary row on Wednesday with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, claiming “shocking” bias against his policies in parts of the judiciary.He singled out the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, whose jurisdiction includes left-leaning California, tweeting that its …