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On Friday, India’s Prime Minister used the words “urban naxals” to describe those he said were stalling construction of the Sardar Sarovar. This continues a common theme where he has attacked what is called civil society which he sees as an enemy. On 21 February...

After a decade of witnessing declining Civil Service Examination (CSE) vacancies, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has notified more than 1,000 vacancies in the CSE this year. Some observers link this jump in UPSC vacancies to jobs added in the newly created Indian Railway...

If the United States’ Pledge of Allegiance were rewritten for the world of the twenty-first century, the clause “and justice for all” could well be changed to “and climate justice for all,” given that issue’s paramount importance. A painful lesson from the last few decades...

The hijab story seems endless and global. Earlier, Indians heard of it because of a handful of college girls in Karnataka wanting to wear it to assert their religiosity in their educational institution. Now the world has heard of the hijab problem, in a diametrically...

Europe is dangerously tilting towards Far-right, hate-filled nationalistic politics making the return of Fascist-Nazi rule in new forms a distinct possibility. After the recent stellar performance of Marine Le Pen’s Right-wing outfit in France and the victory of Giorgia Meloni of Italy to be shortly...

We like to think India is in some way different from the rest of South Asia but really we are not. On the meaningful indicators there is little to separate Indians from Bangladeshis or Pakistanis. For instance, our per capita income is quite similar. In...

A rift at the top of the bureaucracy in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh does not auger well for Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his party. Senior IAS officer Nisha Singh, who was superseded for the post of Chief Secretary by Ram K Dhiman, has now...

As shocking as it may seem, as many as 828 million people in the world go to bed hungry every night and the number of those facing acute food insecurity, meaning one step away from starvation, has gone up from 135 million to 345 million...

India missed an opportunity to consolidate its relations with its most steady and trusted neighbour, Bangladesh, when its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Delhi for four days last week. The foreign services establishment could have killed two birds with one stone. It could have drawn...

The delusion creating statement by India that it has reached an accord with China which will imply withdrawal of combatants of both countries from Patrolling Point 15 in Eastern Ladakh will certainly go down well with the applauding domestic crowd. No one will question whether...