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Irrespective of the sneers and abuses being hurled by the BJP leaders and Narendra Modi on Dr Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister has proved to be prophetic in his observation that Modi would be a “disaster” as Prime Minister and the country would face the spectre of a dreary economy.

The situation in Ladakh which had reached a stalemate with troops from both sides digging in their heels in their respective positions, suddenly changed and changed for the better for India on the night of August 30-31. India outwitted and outmanoeuvred the Chinese by capturing three hill tops including Kalatop on the southern bank of the Pangong lake. The capturing of these mountain tops means the Indian army will now be able to maintain a round-the-clock vigil over the movement of Chinese troops and artillery including tanks on the other side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and destroy them whenever necessary. The Chinese are fuming with rage because they find themselves at a great disadvantage.

The refusal by the central government to pay the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation due to the states is patently illegal and violative of the constitutional scheme regarding relations between the centre and the states. The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced in the GST council meeting held on August 27 that the central government was unable to pay the compensation amount to the states in 2020-21 as there was a big shortfall in the compensation cess collected and the revenue accruing to the government.

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has exuded confidence of his team performing well in tis edition of the IPL to be played in UAE.

LUCKNOW: Opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh have raised the issue of Asha workers, anganwadi workers and helpers fighting for better pay and health insurance and personal gear in view of their exposure to corona virus covid-19.

The greatest athletes in America are standing up for justice at a critical time.

Despite unprecedented, multiracial demonstrations across the country protesting police violence against African Americans, the horrors keep on coming.

Delhi witnessed its worst anti-minority riots in decades in February this year. Of the 53 people killed, more than two-thirds were Muslim. Media reports indicated that a majority of the homes and shops that were looted and torched belonged to Muslims.

In these darkest days of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) — when jobs and economies have collapsed — 56 million households got work in the past three months and these jobs provided relief. This was under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which perhaps is the largest social net scheme in the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been extolling the virtues of social distancing on every conceivable occasion. But his government has been following a strict policy of ‘financial distancing’ when it came to handling the aftermath of the debilitating lockdown.

Two orders issued by the two different High Courts of the country on September 1 once again show that the Courts can still undertake their due responsibility as true defenders of the human rights and the constitutional ethos. In one case, the Allahabad High Court ordered immediate release of Dr. Kafeel Khan who spent more than seven months in prison for his public address against CAA and NRC outside the Aligarh Muslim University campus saying the detention of the doctor under the National Security Act (NSA) for his alleged hate speech was bad and unsustainable in the eyes of law.