For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto In the recent past, our constitutional courts have embraced the polysemous concept of “constitutional morality” as a tool to interpret and as a test to adjudicate upon the constitutional validity of statutes. Today, it is seen by some as a bulwark to keep a check on the volatility … Read more
A file photo of Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Of the estimated 88,948 new cancer cases detected in Karnataka every year, as many as 975 (1.1%) are children. While 505 of the 975 children are girls, 470 are boys. Doctors at the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology … Read more
Over 80% of urban consumers said spending on essential items has increased. | Photo Credit: STAFF Urban consumers in India began the new year with both hope and concern. On the one hand, India’s retail inflation eased to a five-month low of 4.31% in January, providing some relief to consumers by reducing the pressure on … Read more
The story so far: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Income Tax Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha on February 13 to make India’s direct tax law “concise, lucid, easy to read and understand”. During her Budget presentation in July last year Ms. Sitharaman announced the government’s decision to overhaul the more than six decades old … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, | Photo Credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on imports from China, Canada, and Mexico amidst what the White House referred to as a national emergency caused by “illegal aliens and drugs”. … Read more
(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) Many trace the roots of the Ukraine war to the 2008 Bucharest summit of NATO in which the U.S. proposed membership in the trans-Atlantic nuclear alliance for Georgia … Read more
In the last century, advances in medical sciences, access to healthcare, and improved sanitation have reduced the mortality and morbidity of infectious diseases globally and regionally. This is particularly true for respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. However, the last 100 years have also been characterised by outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens, … Read more
Elon Musk speaks as his son X Æ A-12 and U.S. President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House on February 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters If Donald Trump’s first administration was the wealthiest in American history, his second one has spectacularly beaten it. Its total worth is around $460 … Read more
Montreal, Feb. 16: Within a few months, Montreal will be directly connected with Australasia by Marconi’s new system of radio transmission. Marconi’s at present erecting three additional towers at Drummondvile for Canada-Australia service. The Drummondvile station will be operated in conjunction with the British Post Office, receiving messages from Great Britain and relaying them direct … Read more
New Delhi, Feb. 17: The Tamil Nadu Government is likely to seek a loan of Rs. 2 crores from the Life Insurance Corporation for tapping the groundwater resources of the Palar river for relieving the acute water scarcity Madras is now suffering from. It is understood that the State Government wanted to seek Central assistance … Read more