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In Kerala, which has been convulsing since the Supreme Court struck a raw nerve of a popular system of belief at the hill shrine Sabarimala, broader social change has been mooted. Communities such as the Mala Arayas, a tribe that claims ownership of the deity...

Sri Lanka is in deep political turmoil. The party led by President Maithripala Sirisena is breaking its alliance and pulling down the government. He has temporarily suspended parliament, installed strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM, and the parliament speaker is backing the continuation of Prime Minister...

The countdown for the high-profile ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave has started. This is the second edition of the biennial event. With less than three weeks remaining for the marquee event, the state government has unleashed a campaign in national media to make it successful. These...

Democracy is becoming increasingly participatory around the world. And that is bringing out the true diversity of opinion to the fore and giving headaches to institutions of governance and governments themselves. The divergence of opinion is bound to make it difficult to govern countries —...

The accident involving two trains running over a crowd witnessing Ravan Dahan late Friday on the outskirts of Amritsar is a reminder of the tragedy of not learning from experiences from the past. It is pointless blaming the railways for the accident that claimed over...

In the United States of America, President Trump is enjoying some popularity because of the second longest period of economic growth since World War 2 (which ended in 1945). In the last quarter, the US economy grew at over 4%. We may not be impressed...

US President Donald J Trump has backtracked from his former stand that climate change is a hoax, with riders though. He maintains that he does not know if it is man-made and suggests that the climate will “change back again”. It is a welcome change...

A year has passed since the US-originated social media movement by women known as #MeToo, and women have come out with what looked like “exposes” against men who, they say, had sexually harassed them at workplace or elsewhere in the past. With Indian women joining...

The State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to cap its daily ATM withdrawal limit at Rs 20,000, down from Rs 40,000. According to the Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI), at least 30 days' notice has to be served on customers before...

Another espionage saga has begun with the arrest of an engineer working with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited, the makers of BrahMos medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile. It reminds one of the ISRO espionage scandal involving a key scientist in cryogenic engine development, Nambi Narayanan. The...