Inflation at 8-Year High of 7.79 Percent – Who Will It Hurt the Most?
The RBI’s unscheduled hike in repo rates on 5 May confirmed that the central bank was behind the curve in controlling inflation and now new data released by the National Statistical Office on 12 May s...
13 Touko 202211min
Marital Rape Case: What Next After Delhi High Court Split Verdict?
On the long-standing question of criminalising marital rape, the Delhi High Court on 11 May delivered a split verdict in a batch of petitions challenging the exception provided to marital rape in the ...
12 Touko 202215min
IndiGo Incident Shows Why We Need To Raise Awareness Around Disabilities
Are we as a society practicing inclusivity and showing sensitivity towards people with disabilities? A video from Ranchi airport that went viral on social media platforms recently is raising this ques...
11 Touko 202220min
Girls Out of School - The Faces Behind The Stark Numbers on School Dropouts
This time around marks a year to the deadly second wave of Covid. While officially 5.42 lakh people lost their lives to the virus in India since 2020, there have been many repercussions of the pandem...
9 Touko 202227min
Unpacking the Main Takeaways From PM Modi's Europe Visit
In the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his first foreign visit of the year to Europe on 5 May with visits to Germany, Denmark, and France. P...
6 Touko 202212min
What Explains RBI's Sudden Hike in Repo Rate? Rising Inflation or Catch Up?
In a surprise move on Wednesday, 4 May, the Reserve Bank of India hiked the benchmark repo rate for the first time in four years by 40 basis points to 4.4 percent. Alongside this, the central bank als...
5 Touko 202215min
LIC IPO Listing: What Are The Pros and Cons of Investing?
The wait is over! India’s biggest ever Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) kicked off for subscription for retail institutional investors today, that is on 4 May...
4 Touko 202213min
Unpacking the State of Freedom of Press in India
A month after taking office in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India's "democracy will not sustain if we can't guarantee freedom of speech and expression". However, 8 years on, the freedom ...
2 Touko 202220min
