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In 1999 the Government of India issued a draft National Policy on Tribals to address the development needs of tribal people. Special emphasis was laid on education, forestry, healthcare, languages, resettlement and land rights. (Representational Image: AA)

Mohan Guruswamy | Adivasis, the first Indians, cheated by...

The migration of outsiders into the traditional Adivasi homelands continues unabated

23 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Shikha Mukerjee | Inflation biggest challenge for Modi as 2024 gets...

Inflation prompts voters to begin listing all the things that he or she cannot afford and all the reasons why he/she...

22 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The one thing India can claim is that it does not prevent Muslims from holding high office. (Representional Image: AA)

Aakar Patel | From secularism to communalism, and back: Varied paths...

India has had Muslim Presidents but unlike Pakistan, India's Presidents are figureheads with no real authority.

22 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

This is the second time that PM Modi will be chairing the BRICS Summit, the first being the Goa Summit in 2016. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Why Brics is still relevant in a divided, post-G20...

Why would an increasing number of countries wish to join an anachronistic group?

21 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies on the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Debate, not disruption, must be Opposition strategy

Disruption of House proceedings on a daily basis is a strategy of diminishing returns

20 Aug 2023 12:32 AM IST

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media during a press conference at his residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | BJP eyes amity with Pawars... AAP still keeping an open...

As all political parties start preparing for 2024 general election, there are signs of concern among BJP MPs about their...

20 Aug 2023 12:22 AM IST

Indian Spiderman. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | South Asian marvels, but can they last?

In cinema outside the subcontinent, however, South Asian representation is negligible at best.

20 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) leaders summit meeting. (PTI Photo)

Debotri Dhar | Animal instincts: Future of Quad in a multipolar world

A major criticism of the Quad has been that it is an Asian Nato to contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific.

19 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

In the West, the traditional prejudice against homosexuality has, at least in law, been abolished. (AFP File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of trans rights and gay norms in the age of a cancel'...

Those who are sceptic insist that their scepticism doesn't mean that they deny trans people civil rights.

19 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Developed India' Story: Conversations we...

India remains a poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite where the top 10% holds 57% of the total...

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST

Threats are now lurking for children on apps like YouTube Kids. (Image: pvproductions on Freepik)

Shraddha Pandey | Newer threats to kids emerging, parents must be...

There are more than one lakh accounts on YouTube Kids made by child predators targeting children.

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST

The proposed substitute to the existing CrPC 1973 will be the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. (Representional Image: DC)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Unshackling or rebranding India's basic criminal...

The laws themselves have rarely been a problem, it is how they are implemented that must change.

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST