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Once bitten, twice shy is an old idiom. But when it comes to US President Donald Trump, it loses its meaning as he refuses to learn any lessons from the past. Trump, in his tariff war, has thrown caution to the wind, undermining old diplomatic...

By Aakar Patel The Bharatiya Janata Party has been governing Gujarat for about 30 unbroken years now. Notionally Gujarat is a two-party state, but the Congress has not won an election, either Vidhan Sabha or Lok Sabha, since before the Babri mosque was pulled down....

By Dilip Cherian It’s telling that Punjab is still kicking the can down the road on appointing a regular Director General of Police, even after the Supreme Court flagged the “acting DGP” culture as a serious institutional flaw. For over three years now, Gaurav Yadav,...

The last nail into the coffin of whatever freedom is believed to be there in Hong Kong, a unique territory in the Chinese world, was driven, when the judges appointed by authorities loyal to Beijing pronounced an exceptionally harsh sentence of 20 years in prison...

India’s recent trade agreement with the United States is being celebrated by the government at the Centre as a significant milestone in its economic diplomacy. Beyond the headlines, a closer scrutiny makes the deal appear rather dicey right from the very outset. Four days after...

The people of Bangladesh have spoken decisively that they still believe in democracy and would not be swayed by polarising politics or chaotic movements for supposedly righting wrongs by an earlier regime. Nearly 60 per cent of the country’s population took part in the election....

By Aakar Patel There is always a shortage of nationalism in our country, because there seems to be so much demand for it. In all of my decades I had not known of a demand for Vande Mataram to be tagged on to the national...

By Dilip Cherian For years, the civil services examination had a convenient loophole. Crack the exam, get into the IAS or IFS, and still return for another attempt, aiming for a better rank, a preferred cadre, or simply a more strategic posting. That option is...

Influential people and high dignitaries often willingly get into honey-traps or sex rackets to seek pleasure using their positions. The Dutch dancer Mata Hari used her charm and sexuality during World War I as part of her spying weapon to ferret out secrets from her...

An unseemly controversy has been created over an unpublished book penned by former Army Chief General MM Naravane. It has already rocked the Parliament with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh objecting to Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s attempt...