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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent tour of Europe - first in five years – is being regarded as an opportunity to reaffirm Beijing's economic and geopolitical ambitions. Xi used it to the hilt and sent strong messages to Europe and NATO about China’s keenness to...

A disconcerting new report has revealed that if business continues as usual on the front of carbon dioxide emissions, India among 13 countries could face the worst impacts of climate change in the times to come. Global risk intelligence firm Verisk Maplecroft, in its Climate...

Arvind Kejriwal has been released for a few days to campaign, after which he has to return to jail. He has not been convicted of course, and is in jail merely because the BJP opposes his bail. The judges observed that Kejriwal was “the Chief...

I n the wake of SKG Rahate’s retirement, the temporary assignment of senior AGMUT cadre IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal as Secretary Justice underscores the Modi sarkar’s struggle to maintain a robust talent pool. Of course, this could be due to the government’s preoccupation with...

The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Far-right allies has been growing authoritarian by the day, throwing to the winds that country’s democratic credentials. But, two days after World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, it has shown its intolerance of free...

Hijab is back with full fury in Iran. The white vans of the morality police patrol, known as Guidance Patrols (Gasht-e-Ershad) are out in force once again. Videos show women and girls being dragged from the streets and detainees reportedly being beaten and abused. Adding...

The days of the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Conservative Party government are numbered. What had been fast becoming clear now tends to be confirmed following results this week from local elections across England. There are clear current indications that the Tories are...

J ust when we thought that ties between India and Canada were at their lowest ebb and cannot deteriorate any further, three Indian nationals were arrested on the charges of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder in British Columbia. Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet...

The primary function of Parliament is to legislate. When we elect people to the Lok Sabha we are choosing who will write and pass our laws. In India laws are now passed without debate, both at the Union and the state levels. This means that...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has mastered the art of prioritization, or should we say, the art of neglecting what he considers irrelevant. Take, for instance, the MP State Information Commission (SIC), which now stands as a monument to emptiness, with not a single...