Features

‘India needs to look at water, climate problems closely,’ says Joyeeta Gupta

Ullekh NP

Spinoza Prize winner Joyeeta Gupta, the first India-born scientist to secure the award that is also called the ‘Dutch Nobel Prize’, speaks about climate change and smart policies

Opposition Meet Postponed

Open

Because of absence of key Congress and other Opposition leaders

Diasporic Manipuris float forum to finance relief, promote dialogue

Ullekh NP

The new organisation, Global Manipur Federation, headquartered in South Korea, has members across US and Europe

Peace By Peace

Siddharth Singh

Manipur has an adequate legal machinery to end the violence and restore order without splintering the state

The Man Who Helped David Coleman Headley

Rahul Pandita

Tahawwur Rana, who had facilitated the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s November 2008 attack in Mumbai, may be extradited from the US soon. Here’s how he conspired with his schoolmate to make 26/11 happen

‘Our roads will rival those of the US by the end of 2024,’ says Nitin Gadkari

Amita Shah

After nine years as Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari’s achievements include radically increasing the pace of highway construction to 28.3 km a day. But, he tells Open, his biggest success is the popularisation of e-rickshaws