SC asks Centre to consider amending law on terminating pregnancy of rape survivors
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to a plea by AIIMS seeking to set aside its order allowing a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her 30-week pregnancy, and asked the Centre to consider amending the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks. The top court…
PM Modi has every intention of delaying caste census: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said one full year has passed since the government announced a caste census, but the details of how this enumeration will be done are still awaited, as it alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has every intention of delaying the exercise. Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam…
Rattled Before Results? Reading Mamata’s Signals Beyond Exit Poll Noise
MS Shanker Exit polls have once again done what they do best—generate heat without much light. A few projections suggesting a narrow escape route for Mamata Banerjee have been seized upon by her supporters as proof of resilience. But scratch beneath the surface, and the political behaviour of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) tells…
Head, Klaasen power SRH to fourth-highest run-chase in IPL history, beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai: Travis Head (76) and Heinrich Klaasen (65 not out) outmuscled Ryan Rickelton’s record 123 not out for Mumbai Indians as Sunrisers Hyderabad romped home to a six-wicket in their Indian Premier League contest, here on Wednesday. After Rickelton’s highest individual score for MI and also their fastest-ever ton in IPL history took the hosts…
Jaishankar, Rosero discuss ways to deepen India-Ecuador ties in multiple fields
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met his Ecuadorian counterpart Gabriela Sommerfeld Rosero, who is on a three-day official visit to India, as the two leaders discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties in a range of areas, including trade, health, agriculture, digital and capacity building. She also met Union Health Minister J…
West Bengal registers 92.47% turnout in two-phase Assembly polls, highest since Independence
New Delhi: West Bengal has registered a record 92.47 per cent voter turnout in the two-phase Assembly polls, the highest in the state since Independence, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. In 2013, Tripura had recorded the highest ever voter turnout in an Assembly election at 93.61 per cent. As of 7.45 pm, poll participation…
The sleeping giant just woke up
Vinay Rao TG20 launches — Telangana cricket announces itself to the world They believed when few others did. They pushed when the doors stayed shut. And last night, in a packed, electric hotel hall — surrounded by legends, dreamers, and the next generation of Telangana cricket — they had their moment. No grand speeches were…
Exit Poll Uncertainty
With the second phase of polling in West Bengal concluded, the familiar ritual has begun. Television studios are buzzing, graphics are flashing, and a clutch of pollsters—half a dozen at least—have rolled out their “exit poll” projections. For the uninitiated, exit polls are meant to capture the mood of voters immediately after they cast their…
The Dollar on Life Support
USD Swap Lines, a Weakening Reserve Currency, and Why Gold Is the Only Honest Money Left The US is quietly lending dollars to the entire world so that no one is forced to dump American stocks and bonds. When you understand what that means, and what happened the last time a government tried the same…
The ‘Market for Lemons’ in Higher Education
The rapid expansion of higher education in India has brought opportunities as well as serious challenges. While the number of universities, colleges, and private educational institutions has grown rapidly, questions about quality, transparency, and credibility are constantly being raised. At this time, economist George Akeloff’s “Market for Lemons” theory appears highly relevant. According to this…
