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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...

The global far right is gloating. After recent setbacks, one of their standard-bearers, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, won an overwhelming victory in this month’s parliamentary election. While figures like the Italian nationalist politician Matteo Salvini have appeared to pay a price for their past...

“We live in a more shock-prone world,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva recently observed, “and we need the strength of the collective to deal with shocks to come.” She’s right. In the space of just a few weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already shifted...

A great experiment in Israeli politics appears to be heading for an abrupt end much before it could be properly tried. The government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett experienced its first and perhaps final coalition crisis after a relatively obscure coalition member, Idit Silman, announced...

Political parties and apolitical organizations have been protesting again against a move by the Centre to make Hindi a compulsory language up to class X. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has raked up this old issue by pushing the cause of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking...

After unprecedented twists and turns in the political drama in Pakistan, the fate of the Imran Khan government was finally sealed April 9 when he was deposed by a no-confidence vote in Parliament, days after he had blocked a similar attempt. Democracy has not been...