By withholding Tamil Nadu’s central share of Samagra Shiksha funds for rejecting the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the Union Government is flexing its muscles to coerce States into submission. This move also undermines the intent of the Samagra Shiksha scheme (2018-19), which consolidated the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, and Teacher Education … Read more
Two years ago, on February, 6, 2023, the people of Türkiye and Syria were jolted out of their sleep. At least 17,000 were killed, with their numbers mounting within minutes, as a great earthquake shook those countries in the early hours after 4 a.m., at 7.8 on a scale of 0 to 10. A second … Read more
Once again, the manner of appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (EC) has become controversial, with the government going ahead with the process laid down in its December 2023 law, which is under challenge before the Supreme Court. Last week, the Court had deferred the hearing to February 19, while observing … Read more
CEC appointment Riding roughshod over the other pillars of democracy has been the practice of the government of the day. As the face off between the executive and the judiciary is well known, the manner of the appointment of the new Chief Election Commissioner of India is likely to invite the ire of the top … Read more
Ranveer Allahbadia. Photo: Special Arrangement There is a moral panic over a show called India’s Got Latent. Much of the furore centres around some crude remarks made by a YouTuber, Ranveer Allahbadia. His remarks have been condemned by Chief Ministers, a Parliamentary Standing Committee, and even the Supreme Court. On India’s Got Latent, which was … Read more
The disbursal of funds by the Union government to help States tackle the devastation caused by natural disasters continues to be mired in controversy. Tamil Nadu had urged the Union government to release ₹6,675 crore under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) so that the State can carry out the relief and restoration work required … Read more
Elon Musk speaks as his son X Æ A-12 and U.S. President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House on February 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters If Donald Trump’s first administration was the wealthiest in American history, his second one has spectacularly beaten it. Its total worth is around $460 … Read more
Georgian President-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili speaks at his swearing-in ceremony at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi on December 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP With the dawn of the 21st century, post-Soviet States experienced a wave of uprisings known as the “colour revolutions”. The movements were associated with specific colours and were largely peaceful protests to … Read more
In a cricket calendar packed with international fixtures and domestic T20 leagues, the ICC Champions Trophy has managed to endure. The ODI and T20 World Cups, along with the ICC World Test Championship, remain the marquee global events, and the Champions Trophy once seemed expendable. However, the desire for an ICC-branded tournament almost every year, … Read more
