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What do we vote for? This is a question to consider as we approach the results of the elections in Punjab, Manipur, Goa, Uttarakhand and of course Uttar Pradesh. The results are important for us as a nation, whichever party one supports in them. If...

A division bench of the Telangana High Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by a social worker seeking directions to the state government to remove IAS officer Neetu Kumari Prasad from the post of Member Secretary, Telangana Pollution Control Board for allegedly not...

Orville Schell Soon after the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flashed across my computer screen, I received an email that seemed to mark another milestone in the dismantling of the old global order. Having tickets to attend a Vienna Philharmonic concert at New York’s...

Kaushik Basu During my years as a policymaker in India and at the World Bank, one of the few leaders I met whom I came truly to respect was Madeleine Albright. The former US secretary of state was a master strategist, but behind the strategising...

The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), a body of over 700 scientists across the world, paints a bleak future for the survival of humans and the health of planet Earth. Released February 27 by 195 member governments of the IPCC,...

Russia’s Putin put his nuclear forces on alert when the war in Ukraine reached the fourth day, surprising everyone who thought the outcome of the invasion was but obvious. The non capitulation of the Ukrainian leader and the common citizens would have stunned not only...

On the fourth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, residents of Kyiv were awaiting massive onslaught February 27 from all directions as early morning reports suggested columns of about 500 Russian tanks moving fast towards the capital. News pours in of a number of towns...

India has abstained on the vote in the United Nations Security Council (where we are a non-permanent member) condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. India said it was deeply disturbed, called for an end to violence and for respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity...

The once-vaunted Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police seems to have lost its sheen. Many senior cops in the state believe that this was brought on over the past few years by the ongoing political tussle between the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by...

Nachiket Mor In 2017, Rajasthan's Dholpur district launched a programme titled 'Udaan' to educate adolescents about their sexual health and quickly ran into some stiff opposition. The immediate reactions were captured in remarks like: "You are spoiling our girls...," or "there is no need of...