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A piquant situation has developed in Mizoram which now finds itself saddled with two chief secretaries. Whereas the Centre has appointed senior IAS officer Renu Sharma as the new Chief Secretary of the state, this coincides with the state government appointing Additional Chief Secretary JC...

Julia Gillard The threat COVID-19 poses to human health is now well understood around the world. In contrast, the enormous health threat of global warming, with its broad array of persistent impacts on our well-being, is under-recognised and poorly understood. Yet climate change is harming...

Although the G20 countries have taken stock of the world economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic that broke out early 2020, there is still no answer to the all-important question of whether things will return to normal and, if so, when and how. Work from...

It augurs well that the G20 summit in Rome and the UN climate change conference, christened as COP26, in Glasgow this year have almost coincided. The two-day Rome summit ended October 31 when the nearly fortnight-long climate conference began. The common thread running between the...

For many Indians, the game of cricket is their religion. They are devoutly attached to the scintillating battle between the willow and the leather as it transports them to a world of pure joy and entertainment. For this reason, the super-performers of this game are...

The controversy about Sameer Wankhede’s Scheduled Caste certificate gives us the opportunity to examine two issues. The first is reservations and the second is religious freedom. On reservations, India allows Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits access to SC reservation but not Christian and Muslim Dalits....

“Cautious but gets the job done”, is what one senior colleague says of him. Most observers agree that this one vital trait has helped Amit Khare rise to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as his new advisor. This, and the fact that he has steered...

Climate change is the ultimate test of whether it is possible for countries both to compete for global dominance and collaborate to save the world. If the United States and China cannot work together on this issue, they cannot work together anywhere. Together, the two...

Masood Ahmed Epidemiologists tell us that COVID-19 was not a ‘black swan.’ In our lifetime, there will be pandemics that are equally if not more severe. And when the next one comes, China, Singapore, and maybe Vietnam will be better prepared because they have learned...

Terrorists and communal forces have no religion, however much they try to claim championing one religious cause or another. The veneer of religion is used only to unleash fear and trigger tension with an ulterior motive to capture power. Nor do they have any specific...