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The dictionary defines the word ‘propaganda’ as being ‘information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.’ In Old India, propaganda was managed by controlling Doordarshan. Or at least that is what political parties assumed. The...

The Pooja Khedkar scandal is causing quite a stir and revealing some ugly truths about our bureaucracy. The rot runs deep. Ever since the news broke about IAS probationer Puja Khedkar using fake documents about her caste and financial status to snag her position, the...

A disconcerting new report has revealed that student suicides in India have now surpassed the country’s population growth rate. The report titled “Student suicides: An epidemic sweeping India” has been compiled by the IC3 Institute, a volunteer-based organisation that provides support to high schools around...

Misuse of power and authority seems to be the birth right of many in high positions in our country. Especially Indian bureaucrats, after passing one single exam in their lives, consider themselves a separate and superior race to mere mortals like us. They may be...

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his team have been forced to review their campaign strategy and come up with a misogynist, racist campaign to attack the new Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris who has compelled change in the election strategies of both parties....

The death of three UPSC aspirants -- Shreya Yadav of Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni from Telangana and Navin Dalwin from Ernakulam in Kerala -- due to flooding in the basement of a coaching centre in the national capital is not the first...

Supporters of the Prime Minister have been vocal about their disappointment with the Budget. Especially those aspects which relate to the middle class, and in this case taxation and sale of property. It is unusual to see them complain because they are usually steadfast in...

The buzz about UPSC Chairman Dr Manoj Soni stepping down popped up after a scandal involving an IAS probationer’s fake certificate. But the word on the street and in babu corridors is that Soni handed in his resignation about a month ago. If true, it...

Appeasement is a dirty word, especially in the context of Indian politics. It becomes dirtier when it is applied to the country’s economic management. There is no other way to term the first Budget of the NDA government placed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who...

Apparently wilting under tremendous pressure from within his party, US President Joe Biden has finally announced he would not be in the presidential race this November and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him. Democrats heaved a sigh of relief that Biden has opted...