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Another budget has come and gone and for a couple of days we have seen and read what people have to say about the economy. Much of this is limited to two things. The first is the government’s taxing and spending and its deficits. And...

Ex-babus do not always go away when their stint in the civil service ends. Often, they find themselves hoisted into government committees and continue to be productive. DKB has learnt that former Shipping Secretary Gopal Krishna, who heads the Conciliation and Settlement Committee (CSC) set...

Federico Fubini The emergence of illiberal politicians across the West has led to prophecies about the end of democracy. In the United States, Donald Trump is maneuvering to return to the White House in 2025, after attempting to overturn an election that he lost in...

Thitinan Pongsudhirak Few parts of the world paid as high a cost during the Cold War as Southeast Asia. The superpower conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union divided the region into pro-and anti-communist camps, spawning five wars in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam...

RK Pattnaik The focus of the Union Budget 2022-23 presented to Parliament February 1, 2022 is to facilitate “the process of strong growth.” Accordingly, the Budget “seeks to lay the foundation and give a blueprint to steer the economy over the ‘amrit kaal’ of the...

It could be a coincidence or an attempt to brazen it out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi waxed eloquent on India-Israel ties January 29, a day after the New York Times reported the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the ‘centrepieces’ of a...

It goes to the credit of the British institution of democracy and the people’s awareness of their democratic right to criticise, without fear or favour, the government of the day perceived to be indulging in wrongdoing. This is glaringly visible in the instance that two...

I have not been to Uttar Pradesh in some time, and what I am saying is not based on material that is recent or on any groundwork I have done recently. However, it is interesting to see the patterns of voting in the state over...

The trend is now too pronounced for the IAS lobby to ignore. In recent years, the government has been empanelling officers from all services and posting them to crucial positions in important ministries, positions that were the once-exclusive preserve of the IAS. So, the recent...

War clouds are ominously gathering across the European sky. Things are getting hot along the borders of Ukraine and in territories in Eastern Europe surrounding that country. The US and Britain have started moving some of their diplomatic staff and similarly church authorities also are...