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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is adamant that nobody (does “nobody” include Congress?) can “change the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar” and that nobody "can finish reservation" either. The question then boils down to can anybody give Muslims reservation, i.e., reservation on the basis of religion?

The total GDP loss due to climate change under median climate change scenario in 2070 is found to be 16.9% in Asia and the Pacific, with all economies experiencing losses. Changes are in GDP are most pronounced in Bangladesh (-30.5%), Viet Nam (-30.2%), Indonesia (-26.8%), India (-24.7%), Rest of Southeast Asia (-23.4%), Higher Income Southeast Asia (-22.0%), and Pakistan (-21.1%).

Workers’ two-month campaign against the four controversial labour codes has just begun afresh, after the adoption of a declaration in this regard in the National Convention of Workers organised by the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations. The declaration has also called for a nationwide general strike of workers on May 20 on the day of culmination of the campaign.

Will the RSS succeed in retaining its grip on the BJP? The three day Pratinidhi Sabha of the RSS which concluded in Bengaluru on Sunday threw this question in a very strong way. The delegates who had assembled in Bengaluru left disillusioned as the Sabha could not provide a fresh food for thought besides some usual rhetorics. The members returned to their states nurturing the feeling that RSS was faced with a decision making crisis.

The statement 'Comedian Kunal Kamra keeps me in splits' is not comedy. Neither is ‘Kunal lives in a room which is his surname!’ And if a child drops the line “Papa bought me a Kunal Kamra to take pictures”, it still isn’t a joke. What’s called ‘Stand-up Comedy’ is people paying money to listen to jokes at a comedy club in a hotel in Maximum City Mumbai!

NEW DELHI: The 59th Jnanpith Award for the year 2024 is being awarded to eminent Hindi litterateur Shri Vinod Kumar Shukla. He has been accorded this honour for his creativity, unique writing style and huge contribution to Hindi literature. This is the 12th time a Hindi writer is being awarded this honour. This is also the first time a writer from the state of Chhattisgarh is being given this award.

It would be an understatement that the discovery of a large stash of cash from the residence of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma has sent shockwaves. This unexpected incident has raised uncomfortable questions about corruption and integrity within the judiciary, often viewed as the guardian of justice and moral rectitude. While the discovery itself is scandalous, what looms even larger is the systemic rot it hints at—an entrenched and dangerous reality that has been ignored or glossed over for far too long. The hidden stockpiles of money that may never be unearthed, and the opaque corridors where justice is supposedly dispensed, point to a much deeper malaise. This incident is not just about one judge or one cache of ill-gotten wealth; it reflects the disturbing cracks in the very edifice of India’s judicial system.

Only after a month and half of the Delhi Election setback, AAP has reshuffled its organization which reveals the party’s national aspirations. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has been spared the regional organizational burden to focus on the party’s national aspirations and national politics. As for regional aspirations, the party has clearly indicated its interest in six states as of now – Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat, Goa, Chhattisgarh, and Jammu & Kashmir.

AAP’s pretention of being a progressive and liberal political organ has been badly hurt by its action to evict the farmers from the Punjab Haryana border. What happened yesterday imbibes highest order of deviousness of AAP. Over these years, Arvind Kejriwal had tried to create the ambience of being progressive and responsive to the peoples’ aspirations. Yesterday’s incident nevertheless makes it absolutely clear that AAP is India’s first party sans an ideology.

It is getting awfully crowded in that space where Muslims hold the key to any secular party's electoral advantage. Every secular politician of note, even those with linkages to communal elements, is out to assure the growing Muslim population that "protection" is theirs for the asking; in fact, there is no need to even ask, it is there for the taking!