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The rejection by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of the Myanmar military junta’s objections to a case of alleged state-sponsored killing, rape and forcible eviction of the country’s Rohingya Moslems in Rakhine state is one step forward to make the junta accountable for brutal...

Clouds of Fascism and Right-wing autocratic rule are once again hovering over most of Europe as is evident following the collapse of the Mario Draghi government in Italy. Only recently France narrowly escaped such a prospect when the Right wing party leader Marine Le Pen...

In a win for democracy, mass protests in Sri Lanka recently led to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. A strongman who won popularity for overseeing the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009 (while his older brother, Mahinda,...

It has been about five years since the Electoral Bonds scheme was challenged in the Supreme Court, which has not decided on it. The scheme was introduced as a ‘money bill’ in the Budget of 2017 so that it could not be debated and voted...

Himachal Pradesh, which is going to the polls shortly, has got a new chief secretary. Ram Dass Dhiman, a 1988-batch IAS officer, got the coveted post after the incumbent Ram Subhag Singh surprised many by quitting and applying for another sought-after post of state Chief...

As Sri Lanka’s economy unravels before our eyes, one must ask how this could happen in a country that is historically known for its high standard of living and stable economy. Sri Lanka’s achievements go back decades, giving it a per capita GDP that is...

Unearthing of a racket involving National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) recently may not come as a surprise to many. CBI has arrested the supposed mastermind and eight others who were involved in impersonating real candidates to secure seats in the most sought after entrance test...

While there are no ironclad laws of politics, two tendencies in the United States – midterm swings against the incumbent party (the ‘midterm blues’) and the negative electoral effects of inflation and unemployment (‘political business cycles’) – come pretty close. US President Joe Biden (whose...

Bundelkhand, in Jalaun of Uttar Pradesh, a highly impoverished area at the border of UP and Madhya Pradesh, had the privilege of seeing the Prime Minister of India as the inaugurator of the 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway last week. PM Modi, in his speech...

Having been kept busy by the government in various matters, I have not had the chance to catch up with the news much in the last couple of weeks. This is why I was taken aback — shocked is actually the right word — to...