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Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled to be held next month, is the first since an economic crisis plunged the country into turmoil two years ago. This will decide, among things, whether the unelected incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe can hold on to his position. United National...

It has to be seen to be believed how the poorest of the poor in a third country are used as pawns in a power game played by richer and more powerful nations. These powerful governments, who stand to only profit, commit almost a war...

Assembly elections are going to be held in Jammu & Kashmir after ten long years and five years after the erstwhile state lost its special status with the revocation of Article 370. The restive Union Territory will have a three-phase election that begins 8 September...

Several Union Ministers in the Modi 3.0 era are reportedly caught in a tricky situation regarding the appointment of their private secretaries (PS) and Officers on Special Duty (OSD). While these ministers have their own preferences for these crucial roles—often based on personal rapport or...

The world’s richest and possibly, in near future, it’s most powerful man featured in a rare interview that had not only a panAmerican but also global audience recently. Tech titan Elon Musk let the US presidential candidate Donald Trump use his X platform and add...

A new electoral campaign is becoming the trend across the globe. Politicians are mixing the emotions of love and joy with issues concerning bread and butter to get votes. This is a welcome development at a time when peddling hatred and discrimination has almost become...

Three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned and ran away from Bangladesh the country’s only Nobel laureate, Muhammad Yunus, assumed charge as the “chief adviser” of a caretaker government formed to bring peace and democracy that had, as her critics say, been undermined during her 15...

I n a country where most institutions are happy being subservient to the status quo and none has the guts to call a spade a spade, it took a foreign entity to expose the prevailing muck in the entire capital market. US based agency Hindenburg...

Events in Bangladesh and the overthrow of the government have come with predictable violence especially against the minorities, particularly Hindus. Attacking minorities is for some reason a pillar of nationalism in South Asia’s post independence states. All nations here also contend with an unresolved identity...

Preety Sudan has her work cut out as she steps into the role of UPSC chairperson. Taking over from Dr Manoj Soni, who resigned unexpectedly amidst a storm of controversy, she faces the daunting task of restoring the commission’s credibility. Soni resigned for personal reasons...