With just 14% of MPs being women, there's a strong case for 33% quota

Kavya Dubey | September 9, 2023 2:29 PM

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) There happens to be a “buzz in Lutyens” that  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will bring in the Women’s Reservation Bill during the Special Session of Parliament. K. Kavitha, Telangana MLC and daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, wrote to the presidents of all 47 political parties for their support for the formalisation of this legislation.

Sonia's letter to PM reminds him of BJP's promise on quota bill

By Kavya Dubey | September 9, 2023 2:28 PM

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Considering retrieving the Women’s Reservation Bill from cold storage, the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017, urging his party to pass the legislation, given their majority in Lok Sabha.

G20 has come a long way since its start as annual meet of FMs in 1999

Kavya Dubey | September 3, 2023 12:12 PM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) As India gears up to host the concluding leg of the annual G20 summit in the national capital on September 9-10, it will mark the end of its year as president.

As China gets more active in Tibet, it's a cause of concern for India

Kavya Dubey | September 3, 2023 11:01 AM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) China’s might and ambition for securing the civilisational nation in all possible ways are well known. A  most fundamental step in doing so is by securing the frontiers of a sovereign state -- and in the path to that comes the small Himalayan nation of Tibet.

'Freebies' vs 'welfarism': As SC mulls over matter, RBI raises red flags

Kavya Dubey | September 3, 2023 10:23 AM

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) As Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh gear up for assembly polls, it is very much the season of dishing out revdi -- not the popular winter snack, but that which warms up the political contenders’ enthusiasm to win elections!

Apart from naming Chandrayaan, Vajpayee propelled lunar mission's takeoff

Kavya Dubey | August 27, 2023 10:03 AM

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) It was a historic moment when on August 23, at 6.04 p.m., India accomplished its lunar mission and made its mark on the unexplored south pole of the Moon, the only nation in the world to do so.

Roots of dispute go back to 1892 when ‘Madras’ was seen as being favoured

Kavya Dubey | August 26, 2023 1:49 PM

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) On August 22, the Supreme Court agreed to constitute a bench to hear the age-old inter-state dispute over sharing the water of the river Cauvery after Tamil Nadu approached it to direct Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs from the river every day for its crops.

Militancy is down, but suicide rate among students at all-time high in J&K

Kavya Dubey | August 20, 2023 4:34 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Nestled in the intimidating Himalayas, the valley of Kashmir, as much as it is a picture of heavenly environs with its exquisite abundance of nature, muffles the murmurs, cries, and even silence of many. Beyond the deafening sounds of conflict of three decades is the muted voice of those driven to do the forbidden—suicide.

Rediscovery of bird thought to be extinct pinpoints need for grasslands

Kavya Dubey | August 14, 2023 11:58 AM

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) It was a normal day for Kaushik Sarkar when he was out at the crack of dawn in the Tarai region of northern Uttar Pradesh.

Mired in poverty, joblessness, Nuh is swanky Gurugram's polar opposite

Kavya Dubey | August 6, 2023 2:18 PM

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Not very far from the national capital brews a communal cauldron in a district mired in economic backwardness and crime. And ironically, it is next door to 'Millennium City' Gurgaon, or Gurugram, also known as the 'Singapore of India'.