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When Tarique Rahman, the 60-year-old son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), ended his 17-year exile and stepped back onto Bangladeshi soil 25 December, new possibilities seemed to open up for the country which has been...

Air pollution is increasingly being recognised as India’s gravest public health crisis in the post-COVID period, with medical experts warning that the situation is likely to deteriorate with each passing year unless urgent and coordinated action is initiated. A group of senior doctors of Indian...

By Aakar Patel Intent has an ally in apathy. Intent seeks to take ground; apathy will kindly adjust. Intent is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s determination to implement its ideology. The party has the power of government and the backing of a significant number of Indians...

The Centre’s recent directive to states regarding the transfer of IAS, IPS, and IFS officers pertains not only to administrative procedures but also raises important questions about the governance and oversight of the civil services. By demanding annual reports on how Civil Services Boards manage...

European leaders did what they are known to be good at – a brand of diplomacy aimed at antagonizing neither of two contending parties. This is how the 15-hour-long talks at the recent EU summit in Brussels can be summed up as it ended up...

Far-Right politics has claimed yet another South American country – Chile - with the recent victory of the ultraconservative lawyer, Jose Antonio Kast who defeated his rival, the Left party candidate Jeannette Jara in the presidential race. Jara is a minister in the outgoing Communist...

Bangladesh has once again been gripped by violent unrest fol lowing the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, deepen ing political uncertainty in India’s immediate neighbourhood. Hadi’s killing has triggered widespread protests across several cities, intensifi ed anti-India sentiment, and led to targeted attacks...

On December 17, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked the Lok Sabha to send the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee For Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission Bill, 2025, to the Standing Committee for suggestions and changes. Opposition MPs said that the Bill was made available on the...

By Dilip Cherian When India quietly decided to send Rahul Rasgotra to Port Louis as National Security Advisor (NSA), it wasn’t just another routine posting. It was a deliberate signal. For years, the Mauritius NSA position has typically gone to officers with a strong external...

The BJP-led NDA government’s proposed change in the nomenclature of the Centre’s flagship social welfare scheme for the poor, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), launched by the previous UPA government in 2005, seemingly is a rank, deplorable dishonour to the father...