The Times of India

Maharashtra was wracked last week by a violent agitation by Marathas for, among other things, a reserved quota in government jobs. Instead of facing up to mob violence — not only by caste-based groups and other vote banks but even […]

Many analysts worry that artificial intelligence (AI) — embedded in machines capable of self-learning through experience, like humans — threatens the jobs of the future. Robots with AI will increasingly be able to do tasks that humans alone can do

The big jump in minimum support prices (MSPs) for kharif crops announced by the Modi government is its biggest economic blunder. It gives farmers a fixed margin of 50% over their input costs and imputed labour cost, ignoring demand, supply

You can tell when an election campaign has begun by the proliferation of inane allegations and name-calling. The next general election is over 10 months away, but the excesses of campaign sloganeering are already evident in the BJP equating Indira

ast week, Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists attacked the west gate of the Taj Mahal complex in Agra with hammers and iron rods, and removed the turnstile gate of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). They claimed the ASI had blocked

Congress politician Shashi Tharoor is going to be tried for abetment of the suicide of his wife Sunanda. I will not go into the details of his case, which are sub judice. Instead, let me make the overriding point that

After its terrible performance in last week’s byelections, some analysts are predicting doom for the BJP in the 2019 general election. In the byelections, it won only two of 14 parliamentary and assembly seats at stake, and its ally in

Corporate social responsibility typically means that companies spend 2% of their profits supporting NGOs in health, education, rural development, and similar causes. R A Mashelkar, former head of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, takes a different approach. In his

Narendra Modi was voted to power on a platform of accelerating job creation and slashing corruption. He has disappointed on the jobs front. And his political machinations in Karnataka, trying to grab power by hook or crook, now imperil his

The attack on May 2 by the Hindu Yuva Vahini on Aligarh Muslim University — for having a photo of Mohammed Ali Jinnah in the students’ union hall — has provoked much debate in the wrong direction. The core issue