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Brahma Chellaney The terrorist takeover of Afghanistan, following President Joe Biden’s precipitous and bungling military exit, has brought an ignoble end to America’s longest war. This is a watershed moment that will be remembered for formalising the end of the long-fraying Pax Americana and bringing...

The world has been shocked and numbed to see the spectacle of a humanitarian crisis of huge magnitude unfolding in Afghanistan that became the starkest reality minutes after the Taliban brandishing weapons and their firepower entered Kabul August 16 morning. It was funny, to say...

The Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort has turned out to be an exercise in hyperbole rather than a blueprint for what his government proposes to do to tackle the grave problems on ground ravaging the country’s economy...

The Indian government leads the celebrations for two national holidays. One is Independence Day, which is 15 August. The second is Republic Day, 26 January. On the first we mark the passing of the British Raj and the transfer of power to Indians. This did...

This week we feature another distinguished IAS officer (who was recognised by SpeakIn – Asia’s largest network of experts and thought leaders, for creating impact and inspiration beyond the call of duty. COVID was a testing time and true mettle shown through yet again. Iqbal...

Rosemarie Muganda The extraordinary global effort to develop safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in record time highlights the power of vaccines to bring us closer to our loved ones and to a more prosperous, equitable world in which everyone has the chance to achieve their...

Dani Rodrik Early in his career, the economist Joseph E. Stiglitz had an extended stay in Kenya, where he was struck by various oddities in how the local economy operated. Sharecropping was one such anomaly. If farmers were required to surrender half of their harvest...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released August 9 sounds the gravest warning bell ever against the disaster that is waiting in store for the whole world in the coming few decades. The fight against global warming and consequential changes on planet earth...

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana hit the bull’s eye August 8 when he came down heavily on the incidence of custodial torture and other atrocities committed regularly in police stations across the country. He termed the barbarity as a “threat to human rights and...

As the Tokyo Olympics 2020 came to an end August 8, it has shown the summits of glory that sports can lift the participants to and also the low some of those watching the games or controlling them can stoop to. The latter was clearly...