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The government expects growth to slow down from 7.7 in the first half, to around 6.9 during the second half, giving an average of 7.3 for 2023-24.

The Central government has made innovative but devious attempts to introduce draconian legislation and vindicate the three new criminal justice bills (that have since…

It is possible to argue that the BJP has not risen to power, it has fallen in power and may be taking the nation down with it. We will need all the Lord’s blessings to…

The International Monetary Fund recently in its report raised a concern about India’s sovereign debt, i.e. the total debt burden on the Union plus State governments. The

Culture cannot grow through self-dependence alone. Growth arises from the interplay between different, though complementary, forces.

What is Gosh! all about. A brief note to set out the broad theme of the project and what we hope to achieve.

Frequent landslides, the Kedarnath tragedy, a sinking Joshimath and the most recent Silkyara tunnel collapse are among the disasters that have kept the spotlight on the…

Just over five years have now passed since the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), launched in 2018, came into being. During this period, it has issued over 27…

As the sanctum sanctorum of India’s democracy, the Parliament, moved house from the historic structure to a new facility, it underlined the theme of change that has…

Food inflation, which was in double-digits in July, fell to 6.2 per cent in October, 2023, with a correction in vegetable prices.  However, inflation pressures…

Conventional calculations of the cost of war seldom include a major casualty: the environment. The toll is huge and runs on. This can be seen now with the world in the mi

Sovereign gold bonds were introduced by the Union government eight years ago. Since then, these bonds, sold through the Reserve Bank of India have been sold periodically…

Last month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar unveiled a statue of Rabindranath Tagore at the International Friendship Park in Vietnam’s Bac Ninh province. Vietnam h

Earlier this month, at an election rally, the Prime Minister made an important announcement. That the free food scheme, known as Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Anna…