On July 23rd, The 'Modi 3.0' administration presented its first Union Budget since holding power at the Center. The budget was delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with key focuses on education, employment skills, industrial workers, and the middle class.
Missing the wood for the trees is a common occurrence, when obsessive focus on one or more parts obscures the whole. It is more unusual to see a wood swallow a generally admired tree, prune it of its uniqueness, and leave the observer missing its grace and charm. Indians had the occasion to experience such loss, when Vistara merged with Air India last week. True, both airlines belong to the Tata Group, and it does not make sense for the Tatas to operate multiple airline brands. We hope the sleek functionality of Vistara will rub off on Air India, instead of getting lost in the maw of the much larger, older and relatively lugubrious airline.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8, 2024. It amends the Waqf Act, of 1995. The Act regulates waqf property in India.
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, introduced by the Indian government, aimed to regulate the expanding digital ecosystem, specifically targeting social media intermediaries and online news platforms.
Kerala's communists and the culture they championed educated women and ended gross discrimination against them, but this fell far short of realised gender parity
How does lateral entry, in news recently, in GOI pan out? A former Niti Aayog officer argues the system needs to be much more welcoming of outside experts.