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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in principle opposed to all forms of subsidies, has favoured a gradual increase in subsidies by India on the use of renewable energy, while collecting higher taxes on emissions.

The BJP leadership going bonkers and hurling all kind of insinuation against Rahul Gandhi, even to the extent of implicitly accusing him of working against the interest of India, makes it explicit that the Congress leader has hit the bull's eye. His mission to use his UK visit as an extension of the much-applauded Bharat Jodo Yatra and expose the BJP design to demolish democracy, has been accomplished. In his speeches and interactions in Britain, he reckoned the gains of the Yatra and identified it as a flag-bearer of deeply-held democratic values and a device to protect India’s cherished democracy.

In an unprecedented decision, the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the entire “safety culture” at Norfolk Southern Railroad, not just the individual NS crashes that landed it in hot water, notably the Feb. 3 massive and dangerous freight car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. It was the first of two wrecks that month and the fourth—two fatal—since Dec. 13.

The republican theory of freedom is the idea that the most important kind of freedom is freedom from domination. It’s important for the Left talk about freedom in the first place. We see “freedom” invoked to defend everything from the right of corner gun shops to sell AR-15s without background checks to the right of chemical plants to dump toxic waste in rivers. Shouldn’t we instead ground our politics in alternative values like equality or the alleviation of suffering?

In a surprise development, Saudi Arabia and Iran, together with China, announced that the two Middle Eastern nations were re-establishing diplomatic relations. The agreement was reached in a meeting in China of the two countries’ national security advisors. The agreement was a rare example of successful Chinese mediation in Middle Eastern disputes and a likely gift to Beijing by the two Middle Eastern nations.

On August 15, 2047, India will turn 100. A hundred years of giant strides to becoming the world’s largest democracy and an economic superpower. Morgan Stanley, one of the most influential companies in the world, said last year that three mega global trends, global off shoring, digitalization and energy transition, are setting the scene for India’s unprecedented economic growth. They believe India is set to surpass Japan and Germany to become world’s third largest economy by 2027. Whether citizens with disabilities will be part of this glorious narrative and how are points to ponder on.

The activism of the Indian judiciary in terms of formal recognition of live-in relationships has opened a vista of allied freedoms for live-in partners. However, the reality of women in such relations remains grim.

Rourkela: Riding on striker Sukhjeet Singh's brace,India stunned world champion Germany in a five goal thriller winning FIH Hockey Pro League match 3-2 in the Birsa Munda Stadium here last evening.

Revived democratic struggle in Peru is well along into a second act. There was the parliamentary coup on Dec. 7 that removed democratically-elected President Pedro Castillo and the “First Taking of Lima” in mid-January, when embittered and excluded Peruvians occupied Lima and faced violent repression. Then, on March 1, protests renewed as the Indigenous inhabitants of Peru’s extreme southern regions prepared once more to demonstrate in Lima and would shortly be protesting in their own regions.

Despite commitments made to reduce the hazardous level of common salt, also called table salt, chemical name Sodium Chloride (NaCl), intake leading to increased health risks of heart diseases, stroke, and premature deaths, India has only a provision of mandatory declaration of sodium on pre-packaged food but no other mandatory measures in place, and therefore remains in score 2 in a first-of-its-kind WHO global report.