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Sometimes important things fall out of the news cycle and for this reason must continue to be emphasised. Journalists and columnists must not let go of their primary role merely because the entertaining material generates more response from readers and viewers. In 2014, India's ranking...

As poll fever grips Gujarat, the administration is in a churn. Babus are being transferred frequently with the forthcoming Assembly elections in mind. Last week, Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel ordered the transfers of the municipal commissioners of Surat and Vadodara. This raised questioning eyebrows in...

Although uncertainty prevails in today’s global energy market, one thing has become clear: Governments are reasserting their central role. The motive is pragmatic rather than ideological, and the details vary from one country to another, but the trend is unmistakable. Governments of all political hues...

The assertion of the Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit October 10 that a petitioner may be right in saying the country’s atmosphere is being vitiated by hate campaigns speaks volumes for the abuse of religions by a section of...

People in Iran, especially school and college-going women, are at the end of their tether, protesting against the intolerant and autocratic regime continuing to trample women’s fundamental, democratic rights. The extent of the anger is such that unthinkable things are happening in that country. The...

This year marks a watershed for the power of the pen wielded by women the world over. It is a triumph of women’s imaginative power to fathom the depths of reality and translate their realisations into words creating verbal magic. And the world’s best forums...

In 2004, when Manmohan Singh took over as Prime Minister, India’s merchandise exports stood at $63 billion. In 2014, when Singh left, India’s merchandise exports were $312 billion. Meaning that under the UPA government exports grew by 17 per cent each year for 10 years....

More than nine months after the loss of Gen BP Rawat in a horrific air mishap, the Modi sarkar has appointed Gen Anil Chauhan as India’s second Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). For the public, the sudden announcement put to rest the rumours about who...

Polarisation is fast becoming the order of the day across the globe and now it is Brazil’s turn to experience it in the ongoing bitterly fought and scurrilous Presidential election. With the high stakes, campaigning rose to such an acrimonious pitch that the Far-right incumbent...

It was a foregone conclusion that Russia would veto a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution September 30 that sought to condemn its referendums in four Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as illegal. The resolution further desired to declare them invalid and...