When a sudden rent increase forces a thriving commercial establishment — that has a century-old legacy and is a hallmark of a historic locality — to shut shop, is there any sensible alternative to the mournful death of a chunk of the city’s living tradition?
I have a vivid memory of a gleeful and beaming laugh of the great statesman and leader, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was born on this day in 1924 in Gwalior. An affable personality, Vajpayee would express his love for Mithila’s Rohu and his appreciation for Maithili language.
A remarkable feature of the world in the wake of President Trump’s assault on the global trading and security system is the resilience of global interdependence.
The government is considering allowing e-commerce companies with foreign direct investment to hold inventory, strictly for the purpose of exports. This is welcome. The government should go ahead and convert the proposal into policy action.
Delhi has become a centre of controversy and politics for the continuously rising and persisting levels of high AQI. Rising vehicular emission, industrial expansion, burning of stubble, etc. remains to be the prime suspected reason for this. States keep blaming each other for transmitting it with lesser stricter action against polluters.
On a humid August morning, Washington DC awoke to the sight of National Guard convoys rumbling through its avenues. United States President Donald Trump had invoked a rarely used clause of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, taking direct control of the capital’s police and declaring a ‘crime emergency’.
The proposed Municipal Solvency Act aims to address India's lack of legal clarity on city bankruptcies, ensuring predictable debt resolution and boosting municipal creditworthiness.