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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz got a reprieve after a much needed win for his Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the eastern state of Brandenburg 22 September. However, that is hardly good news for his three-party coalition which is facing an existential crisis following a sensational...

The BJP-led NDA government’s decision to accept the recommendations of a high level committee, headed by former President Ram Nah Kovind, to go ahead with the idea of simultaneous elections, dubbed as “One Nation, One Election,” is not merely an administrative action. Under the changed...

Israel and Hezbollah now appear to be going towards an all-out war after months of escalating tension. The deadly pager, walkie talkie and other communication equipment blasts triggered by Israel across Lebanon last week seems to have been the beginning of a new era of...

Here are two headlines from this month. One is ‘FATF’s Thumbs Up To India’s Efforts To Tackle Terror Financing, Money Laundering: Why It Matters’. Another was ‘FATF Flags Terror Financing Lacunae In Indian NGO Sector’. Let us see what these mean when put together. If...

The suspension of three senior IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh over the wrongful arrest of actor-model Kadambari Jethwani has sparked a debate about the misuse of power and the need for accountability. P. Sitharama Anjaneyulu, Kranti Rana Tata, and Vishal Gunni, each holding high-ranking positions...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, who heads the far-right anti-immigration Brothers of Italy party, met in Rome 16 September. This meeting has sparked off a controversy as the two leaders discussed the highly sensitive and thorny issue of tackling...

Gun culture in the US has cast a dark shadow on the crucial presidential elections barely two months away. Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump faced an attempt on his life for the second time 15 September during the run-up to the election. In...

I n May 2013, while hearing a matter related to the coal scam, a Supreme Court Bench led by Justice RM Lodha, who has now retired, had made scathing observations on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), dubbing it as a “caged parrot speaking in...

What is today India’s dominant political force, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has had a history of putting a pause on its ideology for political benefit. It also discarded positions that became outdated in time. This aspect has become important today as we will look at...

This column has previously talked about the Odisha cadre’s rise. Here’s another example. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, a senior IAS officer from the Odisha cadre (1987 batch), is India’s new Finance Secretary, stepping into a pivotal role following the elevation of Dr. T.V. Somanathan to Cabinet...