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Womens SHGs are a key proven success model in several states. (PTI Representational Image)

AA Edit | Women's employment a steep challenge

Modi has announced that the government has been planning to offer skill development training to two crore women.

17 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort during the celebrations to mark countrys Independence Day in New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Inflation an opportunity in disguise for government?

The current uptrend in retail inflation is an opportunity for the Modi government to show people how it is different...

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

The resumption of the yatra without identifying the causes of those disturbances comes with the dangers of a repeat of the same. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Keep watch on rallies, yatras

The annual religious procession used to be uneventful, like thousands of such yatras taking place, but tradition was...

15 Aug 2023 12:18 AM IST

Young women pose for photographs while selling Indian flag at roadside ahead of Independence Day celebrations, in Jammu, Friday, Aug 11, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | A proud nation, but a troubled society at 76

We need better governments; we need better politicians and bureaucracy, indeed a large-scale shift in the quality of...

15 Aug 2023 12:18 AM IST

The drafts should ideally trigger discussions across forums and the suggestions should reach the parliamentary committee. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Build consensus first before changing our criminal codes

The NDA government's propensity has been to rush even important bills through Parliament;

14 Aug 2023 12:25 AM IST

A shopkeeper displays Indian flags at the entrance of his shop in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Fly the tricolour from every home

The call to people to share their selfies with the tricolour appeals to contemporary sensibility

14 Aug 2023 12:25 AM IST

Facebook faces antitrust investigations, like other big tech companies such as Google and Amazon, and Mark Zuckerberg pointed out to the probes to claim there was no arrangement with Trump on keeping his accounts uncensored. (Photo | AFP)

Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?

The conversation went all over the place after that, but it still held my interest.

13 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Did PM trump Opposition in battle of nerves in LS?

Going by his speech, the Opposition parties have no interest in using Parliament to debate the government's policies or...

12 Aug 2023 12:04 AM IST

The government introduced a Bill in Rajya Sabha Thursday that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister in the committee for selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Bill on EC is deeply flawed

No system of picking officials to the EC may be perfect & nothing can guarantee that an official once chosen won't...

12 Aug 2023 12:13 AM IST

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has admitted that the government is functioning with only 62 per cent of the allotted strength of IAS officers and 52 per cent of the allotted strength of IPS officers. (PTI)

DC Edit | What's in a name? Ask Kerala

The state saw governments led by both the Left and the Congress and their various combinations but none took an issue...

11 Aug 2023 12:15 AM IST

In a rather unfortunate coincidence, India became the host in 2023 of both the G-20, with a global outreach, and the SCO, a regional body. (Photo: Facebook/Representational)

Skand Tayal | SCO is at the crossroads: Will it remain relevant?

With the admission of Iran and Byelorussia (next year), the SCO is widely perceived as an anti-West grouping led by...

11 Aug 2023 12:03 AM IST

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan defends lifting lockdown, urges nation to live with the virus. (AFP Photo)

AA Edit | Imran past point of no return?

The Election Commission of Pakistan has disqualified him for five years, effectively ending his political career.

10 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST