Author: Ravi Shanker Kapoor
Chandigarh babus indulge in moral policing
That the powers that be in our country are control freaks is an axiomatic truth. The Chandigarh administration’s policy, ‘Controlling...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 Apr 2016, 11:11Govt holds new PF rules
In another rollback, the government has announced to shelve the new rules governing the withdrawal of provident fund till July...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 Apr 2016, 05:52All-important photo-ops
That optics are of major, if not primary, importance for the Narendra Modi government once again became evident at the...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 Apr 2016, 03:47Biomass burning in north India dips 30%: Javadekar
Slight reduction in Delhi’s air pollution is because of the measures taken by the states surrounding the national Capital at...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 Apr 2016, 03:39Developed world should do more to check climate change: India
India has urged the developed world to declare its enhanced action plan for the second period of Kyoto Protocol. Speaking...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 Apr 2016, 03:28Exports decline 15.85% in 2015-16
Exports (including re-exports) 2015-16 stood at $261.14 billion (Rs 1,708,841.43 crore) as against $310.34 billion (Rs 1,896,348.4 crore) in the...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 18 Apr 2016, 04:25Getting back Kohinoor: Crass nationalism
The demand to get the Kohinoor (literally, ‘Mountain of Light’) diamond back to India is as weird as it is...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 18 Apr 2016, 03:59Delhiites caught between AAP and BJP
The Delhi denizen is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On the one hand are Chief Minister...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 17 Apr 2016, 12:46Khattar seeks in refuge in Gurugram
The renaming of Gurgaon as Gurugram is the apotheosis of BJP-style governance. It is premised upon the belief that words...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 17 Apr 2016, 07:39The same old Kashmir story
There is a ring of predictability around the recent events in Kashmir. The disturbances fit into a pattern, once again...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 16 Apr 2016, 11:05