The interim Union budget for 2024-25 once again spoke of India’s reported dramatic reduction in ‘multidimensional poverty’. This reiterates earlier claims -- that 248.2 million Indians have escaped multidimensional poverty in the last nine years, including some 60 million people in UP, 38 million in Bihar and 23 million in Madhya Pradesh.
With the Maldives veering towards China, Mauritius is emerging as a decisive factor in ensuring India's dominance in the Indian Ocean Region
On February 29, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart, Pravind Jugnauth, jointly inaugurated a new airstrip and jetty on the Mauritian archipelago of Agaléga, thereby underlining India’s role as a net security provider in the Indian Ocean Region.
The introduction of Energy Conservation Act (ECA) Amendment 2022 is premised upon India’s climate mitigating commitment to net zero economy by 2070.
The manner in which government has described its cooking gas subsidy as a gift to Indian women reinforces gender stereotypes of women as the sole custodians of the kitchen.
When Jawaharlal Nehru became prime minister, there was euphoria across India on gaining independence, but it was also a time of crisis. A long and devastating colonial subjugation was ending.
Recently released GDP figures have sprung a surprise, baffled experts and overturned the government’s own data and projections. What could be the reason?