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India Canada Tiff

The tiff between India and Canada seems to be swinging out of control. It all started some years ago when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was facing elections. Undoubtedly, the Sikh community in Canada, a sparsely populated country, is not only large in number but also...

US citizens Siamak Namazi, right, Emad Sharghi, third left, and Morad Tahbaz, second right, after landing in Doha, Qatar. (EPA)

Hostage Diplomacy

China’s diplomatic manoeuvrings and successes in the Middle East seem to have forced the US not to waste any more time and cement its ties with Iran. The Biden administration does not appear to have been nettled by critics in the Republican Party who have...

Aakar Patel

Extension of Govt

The Opposition INDIA alliance has announced the names of 14 anchors whose programmes their spokespersons will boycott. No reason was cited when the list was put out but various Opposition leaders have said this was the “WhatsApp group of BJP Media Cell.” The arguments against...

Appointment U-turn

Consistency in government decisions is a fundamental principle of responsible governance. Each decision of the government is presupposed to have been taken after careful consideration and thereby carries significant weight. However, the recent abrupt reversal of a key appointment by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal...

Edith Grossman in 2010. (Pic: Associated Press via The New York Times)

Art of Translation

Translators of literary masterpieces were destined to live in obscurity without getting any recognition for their labour of love both in academic and monetary terms. That their work also rises to the stature of art, though certainly not at par with that of the original...

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Small Sample Study

The results of the recently held bypolls in seven Assembly segments in six states across north, south and eastern parts of the country, in a way, foreshadow the shape of things to come. In the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024 the ruling BJP will...

A G20-themed installation put up at the Bharat Mandapam in preparation of the G20 Summit, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

4100 Crore For G20

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was both correct and wrong when he insisted that the decision of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping not to participate in the ongoing G20 summit had nothing to do with India. He is right because...

Aakar Patel

In The Dark

A report was published on Saturday, 9 September, with the headline “Joint sitting of both Houses to bid farewell to old Parliament building?” The question mark is normal, because few know what the agenda of the special session is. The report reads: “Just ahead of...

Manipur Gamble

In the recent turn of events in Manipur, it seems that the N Biren Singh government is rolling the dice with a high stakes move. It has appointed a retired Army colonel, Nectar Sanjenbam as the new Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP). While the situation...

Pope & Putin

In a bizarre turn of events, Pope Francis has been caught in a crossfire of sorts in the raging war between Russia and Ukraine. He is solely to blame for unwittingly championing Russia’s cause and helping President Vladimir Putin reinforce Russia’s territorial, spiritual and cultural...

 

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Jagdeep Dhankhar

A major controversy has erupted after the sudden resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, tendered hours after he had attended...

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