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It is no music to US President Joe Biden’s ears that the euphoria over his presidency has considerably dissipated only within a year of his assuming office. As he has just completed the first year in office, he is not only greeted with a series...

War as a tool for grabbing land and resources by force has been going on since time immemorial. It was the war poets during World War I who exposed the hypocrisy and hollowness of war in which soldiers’ lives are used as pawns to satisfy...

Is it safe for women to be alone on India’s roads and do they feel constantly threatened and fearful of their safety? To know the answer to this I put this question to 50 men who assured me that women felt safe and there was...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a man of the people and is vehemently opposed to 'VIP culture'. He wants us all to believe that he has street cred. So, when the Deputy Commissioner of Nagaon district, Nisarg Havare, going strictly by the book,...

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani In a qualifying match last November for the 2022 soccer World Cup, Iran trailed Lebanon 0-1 at the end of the scheduled 90 minutes. On social media, skeptical Iranians were getting ready to blame their team’s imminent defeat on Iran’s hardline leaders, who...

José Manuel Barroso Two years into the worst pandemic in a century, it is tempting to think that the world is stuck in a time warp, unable to shake off a virus that has so far killed more than 5.5 million people and wrecked countless...

Eighty per cent Indians believe they and their families will be economically better off in the next five years. Admittedly this is not a result of any plebiscite held across the country. This fact along with some other data was collected by The Edelman Trust...

A woman from Mumbai has been reported to have lost Rs 11 lacs while ordering pizza and dry fruits 15 January 2022. In another incident reported from Gurgaon, Haryana, a lady was cheated to the tune of Rs 16 lacs when she tried to seek...

It is time things change and change, in reality, must be accepted as the only constant by those who oppose it. The recent incident involving Virat Kohli is an indication of change that cricketing universe in India has to, willingly or otherwise, swallow. The game...

Pakistan has released its National Security Policy 2022-2026, a document co-authored by the National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf but acknowledging input from several government entities. The policy articulates what it sees as Pakistan’s vision and priorities and provides a detailed implementation framework. About half the...