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The Modi government came into this second term with a mandate for change. The NDA government won more seats, more votes in 2019 than it did in 2014 and its performance was endorsed by the electorate to the extent that it can be in a...

During the Covid pandemic, babus have been important players playing a critical role in framing and implementing the government’s response. Some babus, however, have managed to stand out from among the crowd. SpeakIn, Asia’s largest network of experts and thought leaders, recently recognised 10 distinguished...

Fawaz A Gerges What are we to make of the reshuffling of relations and shifting alliances in the Middle East? Diplomacy has gained momentum among bitter foes; cracks have appeared among close friends. Regional powers like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, and Egypt are recalibrating their...

Daniel K. Gardner China is stuck between a fossil fuel-dependent past and a future powered by renewable energy. The country today generates 53 per cent of the world’s coal-fired power. At the same time, it is the world’s leading manufacturer of, and market for, solar...

The Left in India is on the firing line for its closeness to China at a time when the Sino-Indian relations are under severe strain due to the escalating border conflict in both the eastern and north-western flanks. The participation of three Left leaders, including...

The plot of alleged snooping on journalists, politicians, civil society activists, ministers and government officials with the help of the Pegasus spyware is turning murkier day by day with the government and the ruling BJP putting a spanner in debates and questioning permissibility under parliamentary...

India and China held the 12th round of the Corps Commander-level talks July 31 on the Chinese side of Chushul-Moldo Border Personnel Meeting point to end the nearly 15-month-long military standoff in eastern Ladakh. But, that does not seem to be indication that China has...

The current Olympics have the lowest viewership in the last three decades, a news report said the other day. Not the physical audience at the stadia of course, because that is absent given the pandemic. It is the global television audience where the lack of...

The privatisation of the national carrier Air India is being watched keenly both within the government and outside. The well regarded and efficient Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola is now busy speeding things up on the divestment process. It had, insiders concur, got delayed...

Djoomart Otorbaev During their June 16 Geneva summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly offered US President Joe Biden the use of Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in order to coordinate actions vis-à-vis Afghanistan. The Kremlin’s motives, of course, are not altruistic. Russia wants...