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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...

In a surprise move, the Centre took the unexpected step of repatriating Atal Dulloo, the Union Secretary for Border Management, to his cadre state, following a request from the Union Home Ministry. The timing of the decision, just days ahead of the retirement of the...

The three powerful armed ethnic militias of Myanmar, which have joined hands to take on the military junta that staged a bloody coup nearly three years back, claim the end of the military dictatorship has begun. That may be an exaggeration, but there is no...

To the ever lengthening list of Far-Right parties forming governments or coming within striking distance of capturing power in one European country after another is added the resounding victory of the Party for Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders of the Netherlands. It has won...

The four-day ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Qatar and the US, has begun since 7 a.m. local time November 24. It marks the first break in Israel’s continuous seven-week-long bombardment of the Gaza Strip following unprecedented air and ground strikes...

For 50 years, India has not changed the composition of the Lok Sabha (through what is called delimitation). Enormous power is in the hands of the individual who is chosen to increase or decrease a region’s share of seats. The orders ‘have the force of...

  I n Maharashtra’s intricate administrative landscape, where the ebb and flow of power is often measured by the stability of key personnel, the recent and somewhat enigmatic removal of Ashish Sharma, Principal Secretary attached to the office of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, has...

A political earthquake has taken place in Argentina with the Argentines electing Far-right outsider Javier Milei, 53, as their new President. The Left-wing politics that has been spreading its wings in Latin America – Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico and Peru – has stumbled in...

The threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to human civilisation is assuming varied forms every passing day. Net-users have been, for some time now, confronted with an AI-powered simulation called “deepfake” which has the potential to wreak incalculable damage on the world, both financially and politically....

The world is still at a loss to comprehend why US President Joe Biden rubbed China’s President Xi Jinping the wrong way after their much awaited and much needed meeting took place in San Francisco. It was expected that the meeting would result in a...