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Outcome of one Lok Sabha seat’s by-election seldom affects the fate of the Central government and in no case that of a state government. But it does act as a weather-vane to point the direction the political wind is blowing in a state. The significance of the October 13 Hisar Lok Sabha by-election needs to be seen in this context.

LUCKNOW: The success of Samajwadi Kranti Rath Yatra under the leadership of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has boosted the moral of party leaders and workers.

Narendra Modi, having built a citadel in Gujarat, is now seeking to pave the way for a bigger status – perhaps a stake for the prime minister’s post itself. That is what his three-day ‘sadbhavana’ fast aims at. In this venture, he has been encouraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to pass on the judgement on his role in the 2002 anti-Muslim riots to the lower court in Ahmedabad. He feels safer with the judiciary within his domain in Gujarat. The Democle’s sword that has been hanging over his head since the 2002 riots case came to the Supreme Court, has been veritably removed.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right, but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

WASHINGTON – Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report.

NEW DELHI: The National Convention of the workingclass held at Mavalankar Hall on September 7, 2011, has been a landmark in the country’s labour movement. This was due to the spirited unity displayed by the delegates and the unique “Declaration” unanimously adopted at the Convention.

The Indian landscape is commencing a new chapter of political one upmanship through fasts and yatras. While the Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, has commenced a three-day fast – ostensibly for self-purification – the BJP leader of yester-years, L.K. Advani, is shortly to launch a ‘yatra’ running across several states.

NEW DELHI: At a time when India is working on ways to give a further push to the trade and investment ties with China, Beijing’s latest muscle flexing over ONGC’s talks with Vietnam for oil exploration blocks in South China Sea , has cast its shadow over the Russia-India-China trilateral conference on business cooperation. The two day meet scheduled on September 20 and 21 at Rostov-on-Don in Russia is supposed to impart a fresh dynamism to the investment cooperation between these three countries.

Every year September 16th is celebrated as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Since 1995, this date has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. This commemoration around the world offers an opportunity to focus attention and action at the global, regional and national levels on the protection of the ozone layer. The theme for this year’s celebrations is “HCFC phase out- a unique opportunity.”

Asserting its monetary judgment on a holistic view of both global and domestic economy with its twin objectives of growth and price stability, the Reserve Bank of India has effected one more rise by 25 basis points to take the key policy rate (repo) to 8.25 per cent, and has, at the same time, ruled out any “premature change” in the policy stance in the immediate future.