The Truth can never be hidden
That Punjab is over-extracting groundwater is not news. According to the 2025-26 Dynamic Groundwater Assessment, its groundwater extraction rate was 152%. While interventions reduced the number of ‘over-exploited’ blocks by five over…
By Sohail Khan · 23 Sep
The breakdown of civic infrastructure is killing ordinary and unassuming citizens every day. Lives are now lost in India due to abject governance failure rather than to natural or traditional causes. Further,…
By Sohail Khan · 23 Sep
For four decades, the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 dealt with gangsters and anti-social activities in the State. However, on August 20, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme…
By Sohail Khan · 23 Sep
Almost 28 years after Mamata Banerjee set up the All India Trinamool Congress and designed its symbol of ‘grass and flowers’, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 17, 2026, froze…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep
Democracy in peril Recent developments and moves by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to effect a vertical split in the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal are a cause for concern. The strategies…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep
Ever wondered what it’s like to step inside a submarine? You don’t have to leave India to find out. While submarine tourism remains limited in the country, a few destinations offer travellers…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep
Well after a few months of a hectic summer, rains are here. The campus is green and nature is once again abundant. With rains, however, has also come a usual game of…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep
India’s long-standing negotiations to sign new bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) with its prominent economic partners are bearing fruit. It has signed BITs with the United Arab Emirates…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep
The September 23, 1918 Battle of Haifa occupies a curious place in the intertwined histories of India, Israel, and Palestine. What was, in military terms, a small but tactically significant cavalry action…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep
Story continues below. Subscribe to see fewer ads. What is esophagitis? Dr Shubham Vatsya, Director & Head of Department, Gastro Sciences, ISIC Multispeciality Hospital, explains that esophagitis is “inflammation of the esophagus,”…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Sep