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It is an irony of history that when the world has responded with alarm, alacrity and legitimate concern to the humanitarian crisis gripping Afghanistan following the Taliban’s return to power, the sufferings of Myanmar nationals persecuted and hounded out by the military junta are not...

Springing surprises has become a stock-in-trade for the BJP under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Starting from the dramatic and disastrous demonetization, the style of functioning of the two tallest leaders of the saffron brigade has now...

As the USA observed the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the symbols of America’s might by Al-Qaeda through a series of airstrikes that the world had never thought possible, US President Joe Biden did not utter a single word at the official programme...

Later this month, on 26 September, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha has called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ to seek the repeal of the farm laws. The question is why is the protest, which began last year, still continuing? It is instructive to examine the details. The...

The 1985-batch IRS officer Jagannath Bidyadhar Mohapatra has little time to settle into his seat after finally being confirmed as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), three months after the extended tenure of his predecessor PC Mody ended. The biggest challenge for...

Elizabeth Drew It is far from clear that President Joe Biden deserves the obloquy heaped on him for the US evacuation from Afghanistan. This is especially true given the endings of other American wars, and the nearly impossible situation confronting him – in particular, that...

In the midst of conflicting reports on the Taliban’s success September 6 in getting control of the Panjshir Valley, the last bastion of resistance against Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, comes a strongly-worded message from Iran warning ‘foreign powers’ against meddling in Afghanistan affairs. Iran, which...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the state Crime Branch arrested a former MLA of Visakhapatnam (west) in Andhra Pradesh on charges of duping investors of crores of rupees promising lucrative returns. The YSR Congress leader Malla Vijay Prasad was arrested from his residence...

The surprise announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga September 3 that he would step down and would not run in the ruling party’s leadership election September 29 makes him the first world leader to become a political casualty for his inept handling of the...

The stage is set for yet another unseemly duel between the judiciary and the executive over the appointment of judges in different high courts. For quite some time, a ping pong game is being played by the two constitutional bodies as the government at the...