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For the first time in its history since the former British colony was handed over to China in 1997, Hong Kong has got a police officer of China as its new Chief Executive through an election May 8. The 64-year-old John Lee will take charge...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation submitted to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his younger brother, is but a desperate attempt by the ruling family to appease an infuriated population reeling under extreme economic hardships. The resignation followed violence that erupted when supporters of the ruling...

Finally, the Taliban have shown their true colours so far as their perverse conception of women is concerned. Suffice it to say, their world view dates back to an age when women were regarded as chattel, the personal property of the male folk, their fit...

In July 2020, the government announced it would monitor India’s performance of 29 select global indices. A meeting with 47 Central ministries and departments was held to work out how to improve the ranking. Let us see what has happened since. On the United Nations...

Kerala Chief Secretary VP Joy’s recent visit to Gandhinagar to study the dashboard system for e-governance in Gujarat is full of portent for good governance if picked up by other states. The dashboard monitoring system was started in 2019 when Vijay Rupani was the Chief...

Before the pandemic, nostalgia was a major force in global politics. Donald Trump rose to power by promising to “make America great again,” and Brexiteers won their political battle partly by idealising Britain’s imperial past. While Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “great rejuvenation...

France is not the United States. Many liberals, including me, worried that Marine Le Pen might just win the French presidency for the same reason that Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016: Loathing of the more liberal candidate would enable the far-right populist to...

In May last year, an 11-day war was fought between Israel and the Hamas, which governs Gaza, following clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and weeks of civil unrest. Over 250 Palestinians, including 66 children and 13 Israelites, including two children, were killed. An almost...

The expression, “free for all,” means a disorganised or unrestricted situation or event in which everyone may take part, especially a fight, discussion, or trading market. Free speech advocates are predicting this is going to happen in one of the most powerful social media platforms...

The two separate terms of the National Democratic Alliance government can also be seen as separate in another way. In the first, there was a desire for economic reform. In the second that desire appears to have gone in favour of something else. Let’s look...