Manish Tewari | Freebies and welfare: Time to define critical difference

Freebies need to be defined clearly and the definition tailored precisely

Patralekha Chatterjee | Joshimath’s lesson: Don’t ‘over-develop’ Himalayas

Media reports say that cracks have appeared in more than 670 of some 2,500 buildings

The project, when completed, will consist of 30 links, with 36 dams and 10,800 km of canals diverting 174,000 million cubic metres of water

The import of the Supreme Court order is that the government must go ahead with the mission keeping the human angle in mind

In going to duty at an altitude of 4,765 metres at the Kumar Post in the Himalayas, Shiva has struck a resounding blow for women’s rights

Leaders must behave based on realisation that their words could trigger unacceptable actions by their followers

The dissenting order refuses to accept this reasoning and has found the process to be suffering from legal infirmities

Demonetisation is mainly a policy issue, and an impartial examination of the details will show that it was done without much forethought

The fact is that Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste, but it doesn’t want them to talk about it

The basic structure doctrine is a feature of modern and progressive democracy