Babus in Odisha are leaving nothing to chance to find new options for investments. The low-hanging fruits seem to be the many shuttered industries that litter the state. With the announcement that Welspun Group would take over a long-closed textile facility, there is now hope...
The plight of Manipuri women stripped, brutally beaten and raped during one of the worst ethnic conflicts of recent times in north-east India has been pushed out of media headlines. What is hogging the limelight, instead, is the electoral success stories of the BJP beating...
The Supreme Court verdict validating the abrogation of Article 370 according special powers to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir could not come at a more opportune moment for the BJP which is already basking in the glory of crucial victory in the Assembly...
S urrounded by decorated soldiers and mothers of fallen soldiers, Russia’s Vladimir Putin announced that he will run for President again in March 2024 but it came as no surprise to anyone. “I will not hide that I have had different thoughts at different times...
Last week, I wrote about South Asia remaining poor compared to nations in Asia, which have done something different from us. The task is to figure out what we are doing wrong or differently and what is undeniably different about us and them. It cannot...
The recent empanelling of IRS officer Rahul Navin as the interim chief of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and conferring upon him the additional secretary rank was not merely anticipated but deemed inevitable, according to several senior babus. Navin assumed the role in September 2023, succeeding...
It appears to be a season of Indian spies getting nabbed or identified for messing up with their espionage work in foreign countries. Spies, often masquerading as diplomats the world over, gather intelligence while working in different countries presumably to serve the interests of their...
The Congress’ disastrous performance in the just concluded Assembly elections to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan presents an uphill task for the Opposition INDIA bloc to unitedly take on the BJP which has emerged the biggest winner in the state elections. As the confidence of...
The BJP’s emphatic win in the Assembly elections to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh has come when the party needs it most. The Congress’ dream of retaining Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and wresting MP from the BJP is shattered and its ability to oust the K...
In 1990, meaning 33 years ago, India’s per person income was $367 and China’s was $317. That was the last time we were ahead of them. Notice that China was slightly behind India around when both nations went into the phase we call liberalisation. But...
It has long been held that when one is young, one tends to subscribe to pro-poor and people-oriented progressive politics,...
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On 19 July, China began constructing a $167.8 billion dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, close to the Indian...
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The BJP is seen today as a corporate-friendly political party, and this is the view held by both the party’s...
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There was a time when “superannuation” meant something. Now it’s just the date you pencil in until the next extension...
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