Editorials

Fauzia Hassan, the Maldivian national who was imprisoned in Kerala for over three years in the fake ISRO espionage case, has demanded that India compensate her, without waiting for her to apply. In a conversation with The Hindu from the Maldives, Ms. Hassan said she was living in penury and …

Domestic aviation traffic registered a growth of 17% in the month of August, with airlines ferrying a total of 11.3 million passengers as opposed to 9.6 million same time last year, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s monthly data. Gurgaon-based budget carrier SpiceJet was at the top in …

The [Imperial] Council resumed this morning [in Simla, Sept. 24], Sir George Lowndes presiding. Mr. Shukul moved for a mixed committee to be appointed by the Provincial Governments to enquire into the economic condition of the agriculturists in a few typical Government Zemandari and Inam villages. He said the resolution …

It will be remembered that during the debate on the Press Act resolution in the Imperial Legislative Council the Hon’ble Mr. J.P. Thompson is reported to have said in the course of his speech that the Editor and Proprietor of the ‘Observer’ were interviewed and the Editor had the amazing …

A good measure of progress in a household is inter-generational mobility — an improvement in social status from the previous generation. How has this varied across social groups and geographies across India since liberalisation? A recent paper, “Intergenerational Mobility in India: Estimates from New Methods and Administrative Data” by Sam …

The new climate reality is raising the bar on disaster resilience It is time to stop thinking of the extreme weather events hitting us with increasing frequency as bolts from the blue. Kerala bravely endured the monsoon storms, but it would be a mistake to think that disasters of this …

Budgetary support must be strengthenedto make Ayushman Bharat a success Ayushman Bharat has been rolled out as a health protection scheme that will provide guaranteed access to treatment that is free at the point of delivery to about 40% of the population selected on the basis of censused socio-economic indicators. …

With her Brexit proposal rejected by the EU, the British PM’s position stands weakened The rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May’s post-Brexit blueprint at the Salzburg summit rules out nothing as yet in Britain’s rocky negotiations on withdrawing from the European Union. All the same, the development is a blow …

Including behavioural insights in policymaking is helpful According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 202 institutions around the world are applying behavioural insights to public policy. While most of them are found in the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Australia, some are found in developing countries in West …

The acrimony over the proposed Foreign Ministers’ meeting has set back India-Pakistan ties That was quick. A quick cool breeze turning into a scorching slap of hot wind of the desert. We had a rocky start when the routine congratulatory letter by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Pakistan’s Prime …

The decision to commemorate the ‘surgical strike’ of 2016 goes against the grain of Indian tradition Observing the politics of his day many years ago a wit in Britain is said to have remarked “Patriotism is the last resort of the scoundrel!” The wag in India would be forgiven if …

The triple talaq ordinance is likely to fail the test of judicial scrutiny on several grounds An ordinance is a constitutionally sanctioned ad hoc mechanism by which critically urgent situations are met when Parliament or a State Assembly (as the case may be) is not in session and the government …

The ongoing concerns related to liquidity woes at non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) affected the broader market sentiment on Monday even as both the benchmark indices lost around 1.50% each with the Nifty closing below the psychological 11,000-mark. Interest rate-sensitive sectors such as banking, realty and automobiles bore the maximum brunt …

A meeting attended by 48 members of the Parsi Community was held yesterday [September 22] at the Anjuman Hall [in Rangoon] to consider the position of the Parsee trusts. The present trustee Mr. B. Cowasjee was appointed by the court 30 years go and was a prominent figure in the …

A meeting of the rice, sugar and grains merchants of Madras was held at the Indian Chambers Building on Saturday, the 21st instant at 3 P.M. to protest against the Port’s Traffic Circular No. 121, when Mr. Abdul Karim Noor Mohamed of Messrs. Janoo Hussain & Co presided. The representatives …

Last week, many stories and pictures emerged of North and South Korean bonhomie. One picture showed South Korean President Moon Jae-in filling a plastic bottle with water from the Heaven Lake of Mount Paektu in North Korea, which he had climbed with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the end …

The domain being traversed in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is alien to the Constitution The discretionary powers of the Governor are once again at the centre of a fresh controversy to decide on the remission of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A Supreme Court Bench led …

The Rafale deal has been the subject of heated claims and counter-claims on two broad issues — that the contract to purchase 36 French multi-role fighter aircraft was grossly overvalued and that it was tainted by crony capitalism. Ammunition for the second charge came from an unexpected quarter with former …

Volatility is back in the Indian markets. Stock indices witnessed an extraordinary swing on Friday, with the Sensex moving 1,500 points between its high and low during the day and the Nifty almost by 370 points. The Sensex and the Nifty were down 279 and 91 points, respectively, at the …

On two headlines used last week — one of which was misleading and the other problematic When Joy reached us through Happy, we expected to feel ecstatic, but it was to find fault with our journalism. Dr. Joy, a Consultant Neurologist and Movement Disorders Specialist at Aswini Hospital in Thrissur, …