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Let us discuss what is called merit. The British middle class is 60 per cent of the population. The working class, the set of people employed in labour and other blue-collar work, is 14 per cent. In India, what is called the middle class is...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken two very different stands in handling police appointments in the poll-bound states of Jharkhand and Maharashtra, reflecting its distinct approaches to maintaining election integrity. In Jharkhand, the ECI has directed the removal of Acting Director General of...

On paper the BRICS summit being held in Kazan, Russia, from 22 October to 24 October aims at strengthening multilateralism for “just” global development and security. But, in reality it is a great opportunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin, locked in a prolonged war with...

In electoral politics the ruling dispensation often tries to offset the anti-incumbency mood of the electorate by changing the head of the government with a cleaner and new face whose mettle is yet to be tested. Sometimes the strategy works, sometimes it does not. In...

A Bangladeshi court ordering an arrest warrant against Sheikh Hasina on 17 October has only aggravated New Delhi’s predicament vis-à-vis the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s stay in India. For Hasina, it is ironic that now she will be tried in the same International Criminal Tribunal...

The international rules-based order is a euphemism for the jungle rule that defines global power politics. “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must” is a line from a famous history text written some 2400 years ago that is the...

With Arvind Kejriwal now out on bail and the no-show in the Haryana assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to be shaking things up in Punjab, where it holds power alongside Delhi. One of the biggest recent changes is the appointment of KAP...

The already strained ties between India and Canada escalated to a full blown diplomatic row 14 October, as both countries expelled their top envoys after Ottawa sought to link the Indian High Commissioner to an investigation into the assassination of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar....

A new government has come to Jammu and Kashmir after its first election in 10 years, shifting some powers from the Union’s nominee, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, to the Cabinet. This is good news. Much has been made of the fact that this was the...

The government has decided to extend the term of RBI Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao for another year, until October 8, 2025. The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved this re-appointment, effective from October 9, 2024, or until further orders. Rao, who originally took...