By Jag Jivan   A sweeping policy report released by the Foundation for Economic Development (FED) argues that India’s minimum wage regime has become counterproductive, pricing millions of workers out of formal employment and costing the economy an estimated $60 billion in unrealised low-skill exports annually.

By Prof. Hemantkumar Shah*  At 55, Jyotiraditya Scindia served as a Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2020 with the Congress before switching to the BJP in 2020. A scion of the Gwalior royal family , educated at Harvard University and Stanford University with degrees in BA and MBA, he embodies what is often described as elite polish and global exposure.

By Ram Puniyani*  A new phrase—“corporate jihad”—has been manufactured to malign educated Muslim youth. The term surfaced in Nashik, where allegations against Muslim employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) were amplified into a narrative of conversion conspiracies.  

By A Representative   At least six young men from Sopore have been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) following student protests earlier this month over alleged harassment of a girl at a government higher secondary school.   The protests began on April 13 after serious allegations were raised against a teacher.

By Vikas Meshram*  On April 24, seven out of ten Rajya Sabha members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced their merger into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan accepted this claim, pushing the BJP’s standalone strength in the Upper House to 113. For the first time, the National Democratic Alliance crossed the majority mark in the Rajya Sabha. This event is not merely the story of an internal split within one party; it simultaneously sheds light on the true nature of AAP, the opportunism of defecting leaders, the BJP’s political strategies, and the ongoing weakening of the anti-defection law.

By A Representative   The Chenchu Solidarity Forum (CSF), an independent collective advocating for the rights of the Chenchu Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), has raised serious concerns over what it describes as a “misleading” public narrative around the relocation of Adivasi communities from the Amrabad Tiger Reserve. In a press release, the forum alleged that a rally held on April 27 in Achampet projecting that there is no forcible relocation of Adivasis was largely dominated by non-Adivasis and did not reflect the genuine sentiments of the Chenchu community.