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The two-day visit to India by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late last week could be described more as an opportunity for him to escape the ‘heat’ of the probe into his Partygate scandal and rather bear the heat of summer in India. The...

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was founded in 1925 and in three years will be 100. Some have felt, especially after the events since 2019, that 2025 will herald the transition of India to a Hindu Rashtra. I explored what that could possibly mean in a...

To address the deficit of SP and DIG-level police officers in Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organizations, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has now proposed that IPS officers who do not come on Central deputation at the SP and DIG-level may be...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is a momentous tragedy, above all for Ukrainians, but also for people across Europe and around the world. But, as opinion polls for the final round of France’s presidential election April 24 indicate, if the Russian barbarity in...

Central banks around the world are considering whether to issue their own digital currencies. While financial inclusion is often cited as a key motivation, this outcome is not automatic. Precisely how can central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) be designed and implemented to ensure that “unbanked”...

Arrogance, subterfuge and disrespect towards people in general seem to have become the hallmark of puny politicians across the globe. There are no statesmen in the world today. All actions of politicians are aimed at only garnering votes for the next election. They are incapable...

In the midst of what appears to be misplaced complacency prevailing in the country about COVID-19 being fairly under control, on April 17, Delhi reported a fresh outbreak with 517 positive cases. This is four times the caseload in the capital at the beginning of...

The congratulatory message sent by the Joe Biden administration to the newly appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, could be an indication of changing relations. The impression that is sought to be created is that Shehbaz, like his brother and former Prime Minister Nawaz...

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom or USCIRF is an independent and bipartisan US federal government agency. It monitors the right to freedom of religion abroad and makes policy recommendations to the US President, Secretary of State, and US Congress. And then it...

Sikkim will soon have a separate department for non-performing babus. Chief Minister Prem Singh Golay announced this while addressing a meeting of entrepreneurs in Gangtok. It wasn’t an April Fools Day gag, in case you are wondering but said with some seriousness, and in the...