Global User Experience Ranking for Networks Coming Soon: Ookla

New Delhi: US-headquartered Ookla, known for its global index of measuring internet speed, is planning to…

Want MGNREGA Fund? Show that you have acted on 5 indicators: Ministry of Rural Development reminds states

The Ministry of Rural Development has written to the States to remind them that they need…

Indian legislative processes need a framework for accountability

A few weeks ago, Rahul Mathan’s ‘Ex Machina’ column in the Views section of this paper…

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: A low-key bill with wider implications

The budget session of Parliament has resumed. The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 has been the least…

Why is Republic Day celebrated?

India is a republic only if its laws arise from free public discussion and undergo open…

Straws in the air: On defections from BJP ahead of UP elections

BJP should be worried about the defections away from the party in Uttar Pradesh The stereotypical…

A docket full of unresolved constitutional matters

These include important questions about state power, accountability and impunity, and cannot be left hanging by…