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I t may appear strange in most democracies, including India, that losing a no-confidence vote against a government leading to its fall is a cause for celebration for the ruling party. But, this is a normal phenomenon in German politics where defeat in a no-trust...

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is not an isolated event in the Middle East, but part of a vast realignment of forces in the region. The new changed scenario gives rise to the possibility of growth of democracy but it is also...

The people of South Korea and their representatives showed the world last weekend how real democracy works. The country’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol following his surprising declaration of martial law that only lasted six hours. Yoon’s presidential powers and responsibilities have...

In 2021, I wrote a book called “Price of the Modi Years.” In one of its chapters, I compared India’s rankings on various global indices that I had been tracking over the years to see whether they had improved, stayed the same or deteriorated since...

SEBI is no stranger to turbulence, but the latest row might signal deeper cracks within its ranks. The appointment of Shikha Gupta, a former taxation head at Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), as Executive Director (ED) has reportedly ruffled feathers among SEBI’s employees. Their contention? A...

Days after TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee voiced her discontent with the functioning of the INDIA bloc, indicating her intent to lead the alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today has asserted that the West Bengal Chief Minister should be allowed to lead...

French President Emmanuel Macron is fast running out of options to prevent France from plunging into financial and political chaos following the toppling of the Centre-Right Prime Minister Michel Barnier whom he had appointed only three months ago. It is a poor reflection of his...

It’s endgame for Bashar al-Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, the last 13 years witnessing a bloody civil war, as Damascus fell to rebel forces on 8 December in a lightning-fast offensive. The ousted president has left the country for...

The BJP’s Ram Madhav has written an article titled “For South Asia to grow, communalism must end.” It makes two points in the main. The first is that South Asia is “on track to be the fastest growing region in the world.” Despite turmoil in...

TS Eliot once characterised modern man as an individual with a “headpiece filled with straw” for stuffing his mind with things that are worthless. It was an indictment of the moral and intellectual decay of those times. Now, in the age of the internet the...