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Autocratic rulers across the globe continue to stay in power in the teeth of widespread popular protests through manipulation of elections. Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela is one such leader who was declared the winner recently and the Opposition, rejecting the claim, has now called on...

In a fast paced development, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reportedly resigned, run away to India and has supposedly taken refuge in Delhi 5 August. Weeks of protests over job quota reforms had thrown the country into the worst ever turmoil since the war of...

Wayanad, a hilly district in north Kerala, came face to face with the wrath of nature in the early hours of 30 July as massive landslides of unprecedented scale buried hundreds in their sleep. Experts are of the view that it was a disaster in...

The dictionary defines the word ‘propaganda’ as being ‘information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.’ In Old India, propaganda was managed by controlling Doordarshan. Or at least that is what political parties assumed. The...

The Pooja Khedkar scandal is causing quite a stir and revealing some ugly truths about our bureaucracy. The rot runs deep. Ever since the news broke about IAS probationer Puja Khedkar using fake documents about her caste and financial status to snag her position, the...

A disconcerting new report has revealed that student suicides in India have now surpassed the country’s population growth rate. The report titled “Student suicides: An epidemic sweeping India” has been compiled by the IC3 Institute, a volunteer-based organisation that provides support to high schools around...

Misuse of power and authority seems to be the birth right of many in high positions in our country. Especially Indian bureaucrats, after passing one single exam in their lives, consider themselves a separate and superior race to mere mortals like us. They may be...

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his team have been forced to review their campaign strategy and come up with a misogynist, racist campaign to attack the new Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris who has compelled change in the election strategies of both parties....

The death of three UPSC aspirants -- Shreya Yadav of Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni from Telangana and Navin Dalwin from Ernakulam in Kerala -- due to flooding in the basement of a coaching centre in the national capital is not the first...

Supporters of the Prime Minister have been vocal about their disappointment with the Budget. Especially those aspects which relate to the middle class, and in this case taxation and sale of property. It is unusual to see them complain because they are usually steadfast in...