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The ban on Russia for four years from all major sporting events that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has handed the country is a reflection of how ‘unsportlike’ sports have become. The Olympic motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’, or Faster, Higher, Stronger, referred to real athletic...

The Lok Sabha was debating the reintroduction of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) Monday, even as this piece was being written. The brute majority the NDA enjoys in the Lower House came in handy as the Bill was allowed following more than an hour’s debate on...

There are several takeaways from the array of incidents (surrounding some sensational rape cases) that have taken place over the past week. These are bound to place any sentient being on the horns of a dilemma. Three highlights of the week were: The four men...

Most policemen do not want to participate in encounters. This has resulted in India producing a category of men called encounter specialists or sharpshooters. This second word is wrongly applied and we will see why. First let us see what an encounter is. It is...

The more notable among reforms brought by the Modi sarkar since 2014 are evident in the way the government functions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s preference for bureaucrats over netas in running the government is well-known. He has also pushed through many policies to improve governance...

After five consecutive cuts in interest rates, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das, Thursday has unanimously voted to hit the pause button. The six-member panel has retained the key repo rate at 5.15 per...

Maneka Gandhi Veganism must become a political movement. At the moment it is nowhere near that, anywhere in the world. And the fault lies with vegans themselves. What is the current state? Capitalism has made it easy for every human to literally eat up the...

Industrialist Rahul Bajaj opined at an event organised by Economic Times recently that the government appeared to be unwilling to accept criticism of its actions and decisions. He said industrialists were in fear of the government and were unwilling to speak out openly on the...

When Nirbhaya was gang-raped in 2012, nationwide public outcry led to what appeared to be tighter laws that could check such crimes. But then we witnessed Kathua, a gruesome rape and murder of a child that was most abhorrent. And now the rape and murder...

While it is common knowledge that the Indian economy is in a tailspin, the fresh release of data on GST collections for November, showing an upward jump, is by itself small consolation for the Modi government in its second term. The jump is minimal and...