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Why microborrowers in Assam are refusing to repay their loans this poll season Why microborrowers in Assam are refusing to repay their loans this poll season Microfinance — or small collateral-free loans meant for low-income groups — has emerged as a poll plank on the threshold of the 2021 Assam assembly elections.  Karishma Hasnat 22 February, 2021 2:00 pm IST A+ Guwahati: Manobika Lahon of Santapur village in Assam’s Lakhimpur district has nearly paid off the Rs 30,000 loan she took from a microfinance institution (MFI), but she won’...

India’s challenge is to avoid two-front war, but can Modi put politics aside for strategy? India must break out of strategic triangulation with China & Pakistan. Before that, it must decide if it’ll let domestic electoral interests limit its strategic options. Shekhar Gupta 20 February, 2021 8:15 am IST Text Size: A+ The disengagement at Pangong Tso has been completed in quick time. As new rounds of the corps commanders’ talks begin, you could also guardedly hope that the larger de-escalation is now a possibility. It’s a good moment to pa...

Text Size: A+ Koderma, Giridih (Jharkhand):  Earlier this month, when the National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) began probing a complaint against cosmetics brand ‘Fenty Beauty’, owned by pop star Rihanna, for allegedly using mica from mines in Jharkhand that use child labour, it shone the spotlight on a dark, illegal but thriving business in two remote districts of eastern India.  Mica, the shimmery, translucent mineral, is used in cosmetics and automobile paint among other sectors. The illegal trade of scrap mica has been an open secret in Jharkhand s...

Along with farm laws, Modi govt has passed labour reforms & promised to privatise major companies. This has led to an economic Right-Left divide, and that’s a good thing.

We need more Indian women to make a mark in science: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I believe Indian women in science need more role models they can identify with. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 11 February, 2021 10:33 am IST Text Size: A+ A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for,” said Grace Hopper (1906–1992), one of the first programmers in the history of computers. Her belief that programming languages should be as easily understood as English was highly influential on the development of CO...