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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...

A couple of decades ago, the American musician Ry Cooder visited Cuba. His intent was to revisit the island nation’s great musicians, who had been forgotten because the American embargo on their nation meant they could not perform. They included singer Ibrahim Ferrer, who was...

Gujarat has got a new Chief Secretary in 1986-batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar, but within babu circles, there is more curiosity about Kumar’s predecessor Anil Gopishankar Mukim, who completed his extended tenure. It’s not game over yet for Mukim. The word is that Mukim is...