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Shooting the Messenger

A great truth about the ongoing and seemingly unending spiral of violence, death and devastation in Gaza is that truth and those tasked with uncovering truth – journalists - have become one of the worst casualties. It cannot be denied that any war reporter (or...

Modi, Xi, Trump

Endless Drift

Over the past two decades, India has focused on forging a strong alliance with the United States, aiming to secure its place as a counterweight to China in the region. This strategy has now hit a wall, thanks to the troubled personal ties of Prime...

Rights & Restrictions: AAKAR PATEL

Diplomatic Delusion

To be able to correct a problem, we first have to acknowledge that a problem exists. If we do not make this acknowledgement, then we will not address the problem and it will not be corrected. The first step is to accept that there is...

Morale Matters

Delhi rarely does anything quietly. If the city sneezes, it makes the headlines. So, when the capital’s police chief was abruptly changed overnight, the chatter was inevitable. Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch IPS officer, walked into the commissioner’s office on August 21, a day after Chief...

Noel Clarke

Hope in UK

England had its #MeToo moment when a court recently dismissed the libel claim of actor Noel Clarke accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour against his junior colleagues and actors, and held him guilty of the charges levelled against him. The case did not simply concern one...

PM Modi, Wang Yi

Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai

This is a good moment for fruitful and significant interactions between India and China at the highest level when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met China’s top diplomat and the country’s foreign minister Wang Yi recently in New Delhi. Modi hailed the ‘steady progress’ made in...

OPiate

Laws For Vindictiveness

Three new Bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah shortly before Parliament adjourned last week. These bills propose a legal mechanism for the automatic removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and other ministers if they are jailed for...

AAKAR PATEL

India’s Pak Policy

Problems between two parties can be resolved in one of only three ways. The first is through negotiation between these two parties. The second is through arbitration from a third party. The third is through force: one party compels the other to do what it...

Silent Shift

CIC on Life Support

As of September 14, the Central Information Commission (CIC) may be headless. Chief Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya retires, and unless the government acts at lightning speed (not its strong suit), the country’s transparency watchdog will be leaderless yet again. This isn’t exactly uncharted territory. Back...

trump

‘TACO’ Effect

It is interesting to note US President Donald Trump keeps changing his deadline for imposing new tariffs on goods from China, while he does not show any wavering when it comes to other countries, including India and also his European allies. In May, the US...

 

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