ON October 7, US scientists Victor Ambros of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Gary Ruvkun of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, were awarded the Nobel Prize ...

MAKING a mockery of the BJP slogan of ‘Beti Bachao’ (save our daughters), the last few months have seen an exponential and very disturbing increase in incidents of horrific violence against women and ...

Any meaningful measure of poverty must have a “flow” dimension covering, say, income, and a “stock” dimension covering asset ownership. Both dimensions are important. For instance if persons have the ...

The right to form a union is a fundamental right guaranteed by the constitution. It is not something to be begged from anyone ...

THE climate crisis that the humanity faces has been addressed by bourgeoisie theorists as a non-class issue to be resolved either by restraining consumption or by internalising climate costs in prices ...

THE contrasting results thrown up by Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana state elections, the resounding success in Jammu & Kashmir and the unexpected setback in the latter provide valuable lessons for ...

ONE year ago, as Israel launched its massive war on Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attack, the US government was fully aware its ally was embarking on a campaign that would end up with Benjamin ...

The rally began at the DC Office in Shimla and made its way through the bustling streets of Lower Bazaar and Mall Road, ultimately arriving at the iconic Ridge Ground, where a statue of Mahatma Gandhi ...

We are here in Meppady to meet affected families of the Wayanad tragedy. Even two months later, so deep is the trauma that none of the survivors we meet speak about the horror of that night on July ...

THE Tamil Nadu police, in an attempt to suppress the Samsung workers' protest, raided their homes and arrested more than 10 people. They dismantled the tents at the protest site in a disruptive ...