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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...

In the period leading up to the general election, it is not unusual anymore for political parties — be they in the opposition or ruling camp — to manufacture dissent and build narratives of distrust against not only one another but also within society. The...

With five states set on the road to assembly polls, the stakes are high for the ruling BJP and for the Congress, which is hoping to ride the crest of an anti-incumbency wave, in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Congress-ruled Mizoram is likely to witness...

As the tenure of this government winds down, I have been reflecting on the things that it has done and what they mean for us ultimately as a nation. We are looking at this of course after a week in which the markets have shown...