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The recent protests by Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officers about promotion and career prospects have prodded the government into action. And the action stems from the very top, triggered probably by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent interaction with Union secretaries, where he too had expressed...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced the European Union to accelerate the pace of our energy and climate policy. Since the Kremlin has increasingly used energy as a tool for political influence, we must deprive it of its leverage by radically reducing our dependence on...

Russia’s war in Ukraine is a humanitarian catastrophe that violates the UN Charter and international humanitarian law, and has exacerbated socioeconomic and environmental crises around the world. It is also the latest manifestation of a global system that does not improve the human condition. Our...

The April report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the world economic outlook gives a graphic description of the disastrous effects of the sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union on Russia for the latter’s invasion of Ukraine. This only reinforces the...

Emmanuel Macron has won his second consecutive election and is President once again. The French elections, results of which came out Sunday, showed Macron with a healthy lead of 59 per cent against 41 per cent of his far-Right opponent Marine Le Pen. The robust...

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”...