India News: Any further delay in marking the Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive zone will only worsen the impact of extreme weather events, says ecologist Madhav G

A popular method used to gift-wrap disinformation and hate in illusions of the truth is the creation of dubious websites that pose as ‘news’ outlets. One such venture that has...

General Secretary of AIIMS RDA, Srinivas Rajkumar T, said that majority of the doctors have donated on a personal level and want to exercise choice of further donation 

On May 28, the Supreme Court heard the Suo Moto case regarding the plight of migrant labourers stranded in different parts of the country due to the lockdown. During the...

Three former Chief Election Commissioners say EC should explain, figures need to be reconciled.

Amit Shah's statement on how rioters were 'taught a lesson' in Gujarat after 2002 is divisive and promotes enmity between groups, E.A.S. Sarma and Jagdeep Chhokar have said.

Four months have gone by but the EC has not yet made the authentic 2019 Lok Sabha elections results public. Why?  

Support The Interview with Karan Thapar - https://fij.mojo.page/support-the-interview-with-karan-thaparIn an interview to discuss and explain his resignation...

German and French MPs concerned by rise of paramilitary

India News: NEW DELHI: The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the electoral bond scheme in wake of fresh .

It could be time for the Prime Minister to speak up. He took too long in his first term to condemn the lynchings, so by then it was not just Muslims who were being targeted but Dalits as well.

SEBI's decision to roll-over in the face of corporate non-compliance and make the separation of chairperson and managing director of India's top companies 'voluntary' is a clear case of the betrayal...

ADR wants law to make digital payment and donation for political parties compulsory

Not taking action under the IPC encouraged the worthies like Parvesh Sahib Singh Varma to commit a repeat offence of indulging in a vitriolic diatribe against the Delhi CM for which the EC indicted...

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The prime minister has come to view large corporations as the main architects of the country’s future power and prosperity.

Are electoral bonds a threat to democracy?

Every time you walk into a super market or an average looking grocery store, you are likely to be overwhelmed by ample choices. The retail shelves are packed with abundant supplies of food products —...

ALL of us like chocolates. But the next time you bite into a chocolate bar, do remember that the average income a cocoa farmer earns a day is probably less than the price of a medium-sized bar that...

While the media is having a field day reporting on the allegedly unholy nexus between many corporate EB buyers and recipient political parties, one uncanny story points to the woeful inadequacy of...

Electoral Bonds, introduced surreptitiously in 2017, fundamentally changed Indian politics and political funding. BJP and Narendra Modi draw their strength from them. Sonali Ranade explains how

Union Budget 2020 has made an allocation of Rs 592.5 crore for the SPG, the elite force that protects PM Modi. The allocation is 10 per cent more compared to the previous year, when there were four...

It is unnecessary to cite many more features but perhaps it is sufficient to say that ours is not entirely a “liberal” constitutionalism and one needs to appreciate the context of the poignant...

Despite the ECI's enquiries and reassurances, there is a fairly widespread impression that the attempted linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar may have resulted in the disenfranchisement of...

The party needs to find a new consensus to forge its way ahead, and this consensus has to involve even ordinary party workers.

A former IAS officer, Quraishi held significant posts in Haryana as well as in the Union government. In an interview with VIJAY THAKUR, Quraishi spoke on the EC’s roadmap and its challenges in...

The BJP’s biggest threat and challenge today is not the opposition, but the angry jobless youth on the street.

State government officials have punished teachers for making students sing Muhammad Iqbal’s ‘Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua’, claiming it is a religious poem.

Based on what evidence we have, both of us have filed an FIR each at the Saikul police station. We are yet to hear from the police.

What next in the sordid Adani crash saga?In a Cover Story consisting of many components, The AIDEM explores this question. One of these is the exclusive AIDE...

In an interview with Karan Thapar, the former SC judge said the issue deserved “more serious consideration” and should have been looked at in a larger context by a larger bench.

'Isn't it obvious? Do you have a doubt? There is so much data that shows that there is quid pro quo.' 'There are many instances of donations being given after the raids, donations being given before...