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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too

Today, many young Indians see Kashmir only through the lens of bloodshed and violence.

20 Feb 2019 7:29 PM

The predictions are that there will be 2.5 to 5 lakh jobs which are going to be created in the IT sector in 2019 and Hyderabad is going to be a major destination for these jobs. (Representational Image)

Dev 360: On the jobs front, all is still not well

The government's various skill development programmes in recent years don't seem to have made much difference.

7 Feb 2019 8:33 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Dev 360: Data wars will intensify as polls near, get ready

Last year, the Modi government had released GDP growth estimates for the previous years based on an entirely new method...

30 Jan 2019 8:07 PM

The egg is a polarising issue, but not along neat, predictable, party-political lines. (Representational Image)

India's egg wars' and our political priorities

If Mr Upasane's words sound like they are stigmatising the everyday egg, which many of us have for breakfast, it is...

23 Jan 2019 8:27 PM

Young people are acquiring more education and entering the labour force with graduate degrees.

Dev 360: Can learning outcomes be a poll issue in India?

Can one seriously expect children, handicapped by poor nutrition and poor teaching, to show dramatic progress in...

19 Jan 2019 2:06 AM

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Looking backwards as we look ahead to 2019

Today, religion and mythology make up the main course on the high table of political discourse in this country.

26 Dec 2018 7:09 PM

Now, nearly half a century later, a determined effort is being made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suborn the independence and integrity of the civil service. (Photo: PTI)

The Game of Change: Stormy days lie ahead

We are likely to hear more of the Ram Mandir, framed as a â€œcultural issueâ€, a collective people's demand, not an...

13 Dec 2018 1:47 AM

As the national plastic surgery day is being observed on July 15, Dr Smitha said that there is a general fear that plastic surgeries might not work. Seeing the right doctor at the right time plays a vital role in plastic surgeries, she said. (Photo: Pixabay) (Representational image)

Looks can kill: Watch docs, hospitals closely

The investigations cover coronary stents, pacemakers, hip implants, knee implants, breast implants, pelvic meshes and...

29 Nov 2018 1:44 AM

The respondents also believe that the top three environmental issues that affect personal health are air pollution, drinking polluted water and global warming and climate change (Photo: AFP)

Dev 360: Must religion & health be on collision course?

Polluted air also does not differentiate between the believer and non-believer, between Hindus and non-Hindus.

15 Nov 2018 2:14 AM

Addressing a gathering, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath asked the pro-Dalit activists to raise the issue of Dalit reservation in AMU and Jamia Millia University. (Photo: ANI)

Don't undermine SC, that would hurt India

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath publicly said sometimes, justice delayed is justice equivalent to injustice .

31 Oct 2018 8:36 PM

Thanks to one Alpesh Thakor, OBC (Other Backward Class) leader contesting on a Congress ticket, who put a comically different spin on the PMs dietary habits. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Insiders and outsiders: Why migrants are vital

Anti-migrant sentiments bring public attention back to India's most pressing challenge: jobs.

17 Oct 2018 7:39 PM

That is no reason to be dismissive towards women who have mustered courage and are outing their predators or see the current #MeToo movement as a conflict between grassroots feminism and elite feminism. (Representional Image)

#MeToo to #UsToo: Power lies in numbers

Mine was not the workplace sexual harassment that most of the #MeToo stories have dealt with.

12 Oct 2018 8:48 PM