The inclusion of the right to free and safe clean air and water as a basic human right is increasingly vital in the context of the fast-emerging ecological crisis, driven primarily by global warming and climate change. Humanizing the police and implementing substantial reforms are also the demands of bad times.

The adoption of the Indian Constitution on November 26 in the year 1949, marked a defining moment in the nation’s history, signalling the dawn of self-governance and democracy.

World Toilet Day, celebrated annually on November 19, is an official United Nations observance aimed at raising global awareness and action to address the urgent sanitation crisis.

Next week in Agra, there will be a national-level discussion on the shortcomings of the Panchayati Raj system. In some provinces where there is education and social awakening, especially in the southern states, the Gram Panchayats have opened the doors to development and progress, but generally, the achievements of local bodies are not worth mentioning or counting.

Despite over 150 welfare schemes by state and central governments, the population of child beggars continues to rise.

On a crisp October day in 1932, the skies of India welcomed a new guardian - the Indian Air Force. Established on October 8, this momentous occasion marked the beginning of a vision for air power that would shape the nation’s defence for decades to come.