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With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have started showing up. Driven by higher fuel and food costs, the headline inflation rate has already breached Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4...

US President Donald Trump has pressed the war button again. Tehran too has responded with the same tactic it used till the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for a peaceful settlement of the conflict between US-Israel and Iran. The world appears to be fast...

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement during an interview with news agency Reuters that she intends to return to her country around December, even at the cost of her arrest or death, has transformed what was largely a domestic political issue into a significant...

By Aakar Patel One common trait in lawless nations is a high level of anxiety regarding arbitrariness. Medieval texts tell us this has always been the case in our parts. Cruelty is couched as process, and millions are subjected to torture. Special Intensive Revision forms...

For a country that prides itself on producing world-class financial talent, India displays surprisingly little faith in its own bankers. We’ve produced institution builders like Deepak Parekh; Indian professionals have gone on to lead some of the world’s biggest global banks, and an Indian now...

Art, books and cinema have been at the forefront when it comes to representing the voice of the people and setting the tone of socio-political mood throughout history. Therefore, artists, filmmakers, writers and thinkers have many a times faced the brunt of political force or...

The worst fears of people about inherent dangers of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls seem to be coming true. Allegations are that the Election Commission (EC) is supplanting existing laws and turning a blind eye to valid points raised by the Opposition...

The significant fall in global crude oil prices following the interim peace deal signed between the US and Iran should have been welcome news for millions of Indian consumers. Brent crude, which traded at around $72 a barrel before the Iran war, had surged to...

By Aakar Patel The teaser for Chauhaan - the latest in the line of movies selling majoritarian propaganda - is out. It opens in the sort of place the Indian government prefers its stories set – a street in Pulwama, stones in the air, security...

The Haryana government’s bid to secure a second one-year extension for Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi is about more than administrative continuity. It is about whether governments are beginning to use service extensions to avoid uncomfortable decisions. If the Centre approves the proposal, Rastogi will remain...