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What is democratic government? Often it is reduced to one essential element, and that is the electoral process. This refers to having heads of government who are elected through fair and free elections. And also to whether or not all sections of society have the...

It’s a crisis. Critics often say that India has too much bureaucracy. But actually, as admitted by the Centre, there are not enough babus. The Minister of State for PMO and Personnel, Jitendra Singh recently informed Parliament that there is a shortage of 1,515 IAS...

Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orbán, was expected to win re-election to a fourth consecutive four-year term this weekend, owing to a rigged electoral system and a largely state-controlled media that made it impossible for the united opposition to reach many voters. But the scale...

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its latest report released April 4, has made one departure from what it has so long been doing for the past few years. Instead of predicting doom for reckless plunder of nature and emission of greenhouse...

As all eyes are riveted on the geopolitical and humanitarian impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the real war that is being waged is over challenging the supremacy of the US dollar by the Russian ruble or other alternative currencies. In fact, according to one...

The Sri Lankan government has imposed a nationwide emergency to curb violence over an unprecedented economic collapse that has overtaken the island country. Later, a 36-hour curfew was ordered from April 2, blocking access to social media purportedly to pre-empt violence. These are all retrograde...

On Saturday the prices of fuel were raised again, the tenth time in the last 12 days. But this is not especially the subject of much debate in the media. The Opposition has tried to raise the issue of inflation, which several surveys have claimed...

The appointment of Amarjit Sinha, former Union Secretary for Rural Development and, more significantly, former advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Member of the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) has been watched keenly by babus. Not only does Sinha fill a key gap in...

The solidarity on display at the recent NATO, US-EU, and G7 summits has revealed a rejuvenated West. While Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to wage war on Ukraine, the Atlantic democracies are responding with impressive – and somewhat unexpected – unity as they arm Ukraine,...

The use of economic weapons during war has a long history. But the rise of globalization and cross-border supply chains has given these nonviolent munitions unprecedented power. While economic and financial sanctions may not strike with the immediacy of an artillery shell, their impact can...