Edit

A new wave of political movements without any so-called ideological underpinning except for deafeningly noisy demands for basic citizens' needs and livelihoods is sweeping across the world from the Andes to the Himalayas. After Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru and Morocco, it is...

After showing admirable and decisive toughness in defusing the crisis in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump has been going back and forth when it comes to dealing with the Russia-Ukraine conflict. For some time, he has been saying that he wants to see...

When was the last time you read or saw something about India and the G20? And what do you recall from that memory? Like me, for many readers, the answers are most likely to be: when India was in the presidency a couple of years...

The power corridors are abuzz again, but not over taxes or budgets this time. Eyeballs are fixed on who’ll get to wield the next big regulatory stick. The government’s hunt for new full-time members of SEBI, the capital markets watchdog, has thrown up two clear...

There is no doubt the way fighting in Gaza was ended and a peace process set in motion in the presence of 20 top world leaders, including the US President Donald Trump, represented October 13 a historic moment. In Israel, the release of living hostages...

There is rejoicing as peace has started to return to the heart of the war-ravaged Middle East, and a ceasefire has come into force between Israel and Hamas in the presence of some of the top leaders of the world. It is heartening to see...

Some politicians and feminists are screaming that it is outrageous that the Taliban could display its misogyny on Indian soil by barring women journalists – both Indian and foreign - from attending a Press conference addressed by Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at its...

Thirty five years ago, India chose to go down two paths, on both of which it remains. The first path was to move to a new form of economics. This was informally named liberalisation and involved opening India to foreign capital, dismantling the license raj,...

It started, as many big stories do these days, with a tweet. A blunt social media post by a mid-sized trading firm announced that it was shutting down its India operations after weeks of alleged harassment by Chennai Customs. Not a formal press release, not...

I t is prudent for officials in high positions to speak with care and caution, for their words carry the weight of their position and responsibilities and can make or break any situation. Any loose talk on their part can have far-reaching consequences. This is...