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Union Minister and retired army General VK Singh is known to be a loose cannon. This is the man who had uttered the word ‘Presstitute’ in Parliament. With a knack of shooting his mouth off on complex issues which need the finesse of a seasoned...

Two sets of people reacted strongly to the announcement that the farm laws are being repealed. The farmers who were on protest, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, celebrated. Their resistance has won them a famous civil rights victory. The second set were people...

The premature repatriation of Secretary, Defence Production, Raj Kumar to his parent Gujarat cadre was reportedly at the behest of the state Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel. But the buzz is that the 1987-batch IAS officer has been recalled perhaps for a higher calling. It is...

Andrea Meza Costa Rica is celebrating 200 years of independence this year. It is an opportunity to honour our ancestors and think about our descendants, and we invite the world to celebrate with us. Those who cannot visit in person should do so by protecting...

Marjut Falkstedt Women account for 43% of the agricultural labour force in developing countries, but account for only about 7% of investment in the sector. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, investing more in female farmers could increase agricultural yields...

“What’s in a name?” said the Bard to underline the importance of the intrinsic qualities of a man rather than his family position or social rank. But, when it comes to the name of a place or a railway station or a street, it becomes...

‘Boss’ is not a bad word. Sometimes one even endearingly calls one’s superior ‘boss.’ But ‘bossism’ in the professional world more often than not becomes a dirty word. It implies an exercise of power by an individual authorised to supervise the work of subordinates to...

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has urged a fresh batch of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, at a passing out parade November 12, to wage war against and ‘subvert’ the civil society in the name of defending the rule of law. This call could be...

The big story this week is about what an actress said about the Independence movement. She felt something like India’s struggle for freedom being akin to begging and that real freedom had come only after 2014. For four days, this was the subject dominating social...

During the height of the COVID-19 wave last year, the Gujarat government deployed top IAS and IPS officers who held a degree in medicine to tackle the pandemic in the worst-affected areas. The move to use officers with administrative as well as medical skills worked...