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A coalition alliance government creates its own special dynamics, which affects the bureaucracy uniquely. In Maharashtra, which has a three-party alliance, this was seen when the 1985-batch IAS officer Sitaram Kunte was named the state’s new Chief Secretary. Sources say that Kunte was ignored by...

Petrol and diesel prices have been relentlessly rising over the past few months. Petrol currently sells at over Rs100 per litre in a few states like Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Petrol price had shot to Rs100 per litre in Malkangiri. The Opposition and people in...

Artificial insemination (AI) of cattle is widely practiced in countries with intensive cattle production. In 2017, the National Dairy Plan of this government aimed at artificial insemination for 35 per cent of all fertile animals. The number of inseminations is up from 20 million to...

Disturbing reports have surfaced about suspected Chinese hackers doing cyber espionage to ferret out information about Covid-19 vaccines being produced in India and also the supply and distribution chains of vaccines in the US. Now Chinese hackers are also credited to have wreaked havoc on...

LPG cylinder price has shot up by Rs 100 within a month, touching Rs 845 in the East Zone, with the last hike of Rs 25 taking effect on March 1. This increase, if considered from December 2020 has been to the tune of Rs...

The vitriolic criticism by some social media users, directed against additional sessions judge of a Delhi court Dharmender Rana, has surprised many. Judge Rana made certain pronouncements on the Disha Ravi toolkit case wherein he upheld the values of freedom of speech and granted her...

The Washington Post’s editorial board has written that India’s claim of being a democracy should be put in question. This headline came after it summed up what was happening in India accurately across the spectrum of governance, from the farm laws being passed without voting...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been quite keen to add more joint secretaries to the diplomatic pool to staff new embassies and consulates being set up in various countries. Now, after some wait, headway has been made in this direction with the government...

The state government has set out to spend an estimated Rs 1.70 lakh crore in the 2021-22 financial year – a rise of over 13 per cent over the last year’s annual Budget. The annual credit plan for the year 2021-22 has been enhanced to...

India has the world’s largest number of cattle. They are not being worshipped in temples, they are not ambling through the countryside eating as they move. They are being hit by farmers in whose fields they come to eat, they are being thrown acid on...