When P. Chidambaram recently admitted that “Operation Blue Star was the wrong way, and Indira Gandhi paid with her life for that mistake,” he reopened a wound India has never healed. His statement, coming after…
This week Jim O'Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), posted on X calling for vaccine manufacturers to develop separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to replace the combined MMR…
Stop Laundering History: A Rational Sikh’s Political Rebuttal to Mr P. Chidambaram You reopened raw wounds. I will not let you shift blame—from Indira Gandhi’s Blue Star to Rajiv Gandhi’s November 1984 pogrom, to your…
Punjab has introduced a range of subsidy programs aimed at supporting both the rich and poor segments of society. These initiatives cover agriculture, energy, and housing, among other sectors. While the government claims these subsidies…
[caption id="attachment_15484" align="alignleft" width="612"] Image for Representation[/caption] A Yale University–led research team reports that high US pediatric hospital bed occupancy (bed strain) and large differences in between-hospital bed occupancy (load imbalance) were common during the…
Gold’s breach of the $4,000 per troy ounce threshold in October 2025 is not merely another headline; it marks a decisive turn in how the world prices risk, safety, and monetary trust. In India, the…
India clocked 8.2% real GDP growth in FY24, and the rolling decade average now sits near six per cent—lower than the “nearly eight per cent” pace of the mid-2000s to early-2010s. That slowdown is real,…
India’s most admired conglomerate is navigating an unusually public squall. The centre of gravity—Tata Trusts, the majority owner of Tata Sons—has stumbled into contention over who represents the Trusts at the holding company, how information…
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is once again in turmoil. Streets in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, and Mirpur have seen massive protests over high electricity bills, rising wheat prices, and the unfair use of local resources.The region that Pakistan…
This piece takes a strictly constitutional-and-statutory look at how India’s reservation architecture has evolved, what the Supreme Court has permitted or limited, which amendments have re-shaped those limits—and, crucially, what space still exists for general…
