Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
Politics
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UPA government should quit over price rise: JD(U)
Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of having "miserably failed' to contain the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, fruits and vegetables, the Janata Dal (United) o
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CPI(M) to press govt to stop SEZ misuse
Finding resentment against special economic zones (SEZs) in many parts of the country, including within its own organisation, the CPI(M) has decided to press the UPA government to change the SEZ Act t
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Water politics (editorial)
The latest spark in the tenuous ties between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, already at war over the sharing of the Cauvery waters, is a proposal resurrected from the archives by Tamil Nadu chief minister M
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Budget 2008: no relief to agricultural recession
it was the biggest feature of the union budget, and was played to the maximum effect. Waiver of small and marginal farmers' loans amounting to Rs 60,000 crore triggered a virtual stampede among
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Now vote for us
It was perhaps a first for Palaniappan Chidambaram. He had a most unusual effect on Lok Sabha MPs last week. Minutes after he delivered his Budget speech, MPs across party lines were on the phone, cancelling weekend parties and making arrangements to head home.
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Ahead of polls, BPL politics in Chhattisgarh
in december 2007, the Chhattisgarh government estimated that the state had 2.14 million people below poverty line (bpl) families in the state. A month later, while launching a new food assistance
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Get visible
ngos have come to the assistance of female candidates contesting Kenya's general elections by helping them deal better with the media. Only18 of the 222 legislators in the country's last parliament
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A bird flu over the commie nest
ABHIJIT VINAYAK BANERJEE I was trying to think what I would do if I were a chicken-owner and it looked like the flu had arrived in the village. I would worry, of
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Editorial: It's the climate, stupid
Three of the most controversial ingredients in politics - race, gender and age - are conspiring to make this year's US presidential election one of the most engrossing ever. But there is another factor that many Americans will hopefully be taking just as seriously because of its future impact on everyone's lives: how the candidates plan to deal with climate change.
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US elections: Who is the greenest of them all?
Climate change is the biggest science issue in the world, and the biggest science issue in the upcoming US election. Who is the front runner? If you look at the parties, it's a no-brainer: the Democrats snatched control of both houses of Congress in 2006, and have so far made good on their promises to fight climate change. Feb 27, 2008