In a remarkable display of modern environmental wisdom, more than one hundred fully grown trees at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, are reportedly being cut down right at the institution meant to safeguard agriculture, ecology,…
[caption id="attachment_17719" align="alignleft" width="500"] Author Austin Kochar[/caption] As of December 13, a record 68,442 people were officially held in one of 216 ICE detention centres across the country. This number is up from the previous…
India and New Zealand have concluded a comprehensive, balanced and forward-looking Free Trade Agreement (FTA) under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, marking a major economic and strategic milestone in India’s…
Punjab’s parliamentary delegation in the 18th Lok Sabha and the current Rajya Sabha term presents a familiar paradox: a mix of energetic legislators who actively use the floor, and MPs who appear more like decorative…
The recently introduced Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, which replaces India's longstanding rural employment guarantee program MGNREGA, has triggered fierce debate across political and policy…
The results of Punjab’s recent Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections have been celebrated, dismissed, spun and counter-spun by all political parties. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) calls it an endorsement. The Opposition calls…
[caption id="attachment_17976" align="alignleft" width="500"] Narveen Singh Aryaputri, PhDIndependent Scholar.Presented atIndependent Scholars’ Evenings,[/caption] Let us look at definitions first. Definitions are good as historic evidence. They are structured arrangements of words, calculated to strike an exact…
There are moments in public life when a leader does not simply commit a political mistake but crosses a sacred boundary of human dignity. The recent controversy surrounding Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar allegedly attempting…
For over a decade, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) has been sold as India’s great administrative upgrade: cut out the middleman, move money straight into the citizen’s account, and watch leakages fall. The promise is elegant,…
Babu Mann’s lyric endures because it captures a collective truth: in Punjab, power has long been expected to announce itself loudly not just to function, but to dominate. Red beacons may have vanished from official…
