Census 2011 reveals the shocking gender bias with child sex ratio of 914. It’s the lowest-ever since independence. It was 927 in 2001 and 976 in 1961. However, since then it has declined drastically. The overall sex ratio had increased to 940...

India’s chief economic adviser Kaushik Basu suggests a radical solution to put an end to corruption scandals. He argues that decriminalizing bribery would put the interests of both the bribe giver and taker at odds resulting in less corruption. Is...

India has decided to block all URLs with .XXX suffix. More countries are expected to ban the recently approved sponsored top level domain. Economic Times quoted an Indian senior official at the ministry of IT saying: India along with many other...

In absence of any reliable source of power, the world has always looked towards nuclear energy as an ultimate panacea. But the nuclear reactor incidents in Japan have put a big question mark over the idea. With rising energy demand, do we have other...

Aruna Shanbaug case has reignited the euthanasia debate. Although, Supreme Court, in a ground-breaking judgement, has allowed “passive euthanasia”, where doctors can withdraw life support given to patients in permanently vegetative state...

In India, Cricket is not less than a religion. With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 fever catching up, fans are cheering up their favorite contenders. Will India be able to grab the trophy after a gap of 18 long years? Image Credit: Wikimedia

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that banning a convicted killer from the polls had breached his right to participate in the democratic process. To comply with the ruling it has been suggested that only those serving less than a year in...

It is love in the air all around. With Valentine’s Day approaching near, everyone is busy searching the best ways and the best gifts to make their loved ones feel special. But love itself has a broad meaning and is a universal feeling. Do you...

A small group of political amateurs with the use of social media were able to inspire a revolution in Egypt, that now threatens to topple Mubarak regime. How does this change our notions of what leadership age is all about?

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2010 has stirred a new debate in India over the right age for consensual sex. As the bill seeks to bring down the age of sex with consent to 16 years. The debate has left the society divided into two...