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Till a few weeks ago, the issue dominating the media in India and for a few days even in the world was India’s management of the pandemic. Vaccines are still in short supply, as we are hearing daily from chief ministers, but for now the...

Given that the first-time mantri is handling two of the biggest ministries in the Modi sarkar, he will be the busiest man in the Cabinet. And he has decided to keep his babus on their toes too! Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has introduced 18-hour workdays...

Shang-Jin Wei Chinese firms are more enthusiastic than most about listing on US stock exchanges. Currently, 250 companies, including those that are registered in Hong Kong or offshore centers but derive most of their revenue and profits from mainland China, trade on US equity markets....

Juan Manuel Santos In Paradise Lost, the English poet John Milton encapsulates a fundamental truth about the struggle to end a violent conflict and establish a sustainable peace:”Who overcomes by force, Hath overcome but half his foe.” This insight was crucial to my own understanding...

Rockets hitting Kabul during Eid prayers July 20 and landing near the presidential palace clearly indicate the shape of things to come in Afghanistan in the next few weeks when the pullout of US army is complete, save a handful of soldiers guarding the US...

At a time when the Indian government is locked in a tussle with social network service providers over guarding the privacy of users and preserving their right to criticise government actions and policies, a shattering report published July 18 reveals activists, politicians and journalists from...

It is an irony of history that when China is celebrating the centenary of its party, the Communist Party of China (CPC), another communist country, Cuba, is confronted with the biggest mass demonstrations for three decades against food shortage, high prices, power outage and one-party...

Few people have understood what Niti Aayog is or what it does, but its head Amitabh Kant has given his view on how to “enhance ease of doing business” in India. His answer is “single window clearances, timely clearances and land acquisition.” Kant also says...

It is often considered that the most important babu in Delhi is not the Chief Secretary but the Police Commissioner. High profile incumbents of this chair have graced Parliament and become Governors in states. Getting to be Commissioner of Police is very often a long...

Anders Auslund Russian President Vladimir Putin is obsessed with Ukraine – or, rather, with pretending that Ukraine doesn’t exist. In his annual call-in show June 30, he claimed that “Ukrainians and Russians are a single people.” He then published an article aimed at justifying that...