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In a strategic move, China held out an olive branch to India on 7 March underscoring the need to stop undercutting each other and shedding mutual suspicion. It also wants enabling conditions to be created by expanding bilateral cooperation to resolve the border issue. All...

There was widespread celebration as Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice President. But beyond the borders of the US, other countries, especially “developing” nations, were long past this milestone.  Well before 1966, when Indira Gandhi became India’s Prime Minister, the country already had...

In 2020, the Modi government decided to improve India’s standing on various indices that showed a deterioration in governance. These indices that were upsetting Delhi spanned from those produced by non-profits working in specialised areas, multilateral bodies like the United Nations, institutions traditionally seen as...

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...