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Business Standard
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Infirmities to caste-tech: How Census questions has changed since 1872
The evolution of India's Census questions over 150 years reflects the state's shifting priorities, from caste and infirmities to migration, fertility and tech-driven caste data Archis Mohan New Delhi Listen to This Article The 1872 House Register, the precursor to the first full-fledged Census in 1881, had 17 questions to which responses were sought. These were whittled down to 13 for the subsequent Census. For the 1881 Census, data were collected for questions on religion, caste, mother tongue, 'occupation of men, also of boys and females who may do work', and whether the respondent received education 'under instruction', or was 'not under instruction but able to read and write', or was illiterate. It also tabulated 'infirmities', including whether someone was of 'unsound mind' or was a 'leper'. Apart from asking the religion of
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Business Standard
18-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
India-Türkiye ties: Of Erdoğan's gambit, Kamikaze drones & diplomatic chill
India-Türkiye ties are strained over Ankara's Islamabad tilt, its arms links with Pakistan, and fallout from the Pahalgam terror attack Archis Mohan New Delhi Listen to This Article India has officially taken note of Türkiye's diplomatic support and military assistance to Pakistan, both preceding and during Operation Sindoor, which followed the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. That Türkiye has been omitted from the 32-nation-plus-European Union itinerary of seven Indian delegations — comprising parliamentarians, former Union ministers and ex-diplomats — launching a global outreach campaign next week is, therefore, unsurprising. Still, the absence is notable. In 2024 alone, 330,000 Indian tourists travelled to Türkiye — a figure that reflects years of flourishing commercial and cultural ties. That such relations have soured with striking suddenness has raised
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Business Standard
04-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Pahalgam terrorist attack: 'Non-kinetic' arrows in quiver to counter Pak
Experts suggest diplomatic manoeuvres to put Pakistan back in FATF 'grey list', regulate information on hydrological data to the lower riparian and convincing friends like Saudi, UAE to block aid Archis Mohan Sanjeeb Mukherjee Delhi Listen to This Article After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, India's diplomatic response to Pakistan has focused on 'non-kinetic' measures: suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), curtailing water flow through the Baglihar dam on the Chenab river, banning imports, and shutting ports for Pakistan-owned ships. India is also set to red-flag the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) fresh $1.3 billion loan tranche for Pakistan, expected to be taken up by its board at its meeting in Washington on May 9. New Delhi plans to sensitise other global entities and lenders — like the World Bank — on their engagements with Islamabad.
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Business Standard
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
India's purpose should be to re-establish deterrence, says Ajay Bisaria
During his tenure as India's envoy to Pak from 2017 to Aug 2019, Bisaria had a front-row seat to India's response to the 2019 Pulwama attack and argues that India now needs to re-establish deterrence Bhaswar Kumar Archis Mohan Delhi Listen to This Article After the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, India-Pakistan relations have sharply deteriorated. The attack has prompted diplomatic downgrades and treaty-level measures, and raised the spectre of escalation amid a widely anticipated Indian military response to Islamabad's continued support for cross-border terrorism. Against this backdrop, former diplomat Ajay Bisaria — India's last High Commissioner to Pakistan and subsequently envoy to Canada — sat down with Business Standard's Bhaswar Kumar and Archis Mohan to unpack the timing of the attack and the response it demands from India. During his tenure as India's envoy to Pakistan
