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It was an awkward middle ground when the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) strived hard to approve a watered down proposal to increase supplies to Gaza and demanded immediate action “to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.” Israel’s steadfast supporter, the US,...

‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ The dictionary says this is a proverbial saying whose popularity is attributed to an official in former US president Jimmy Carter’s administration. It is ‘used to say that one should not try to change something that is working...

The recent security lapse at the Parliament has highlighted the inherent risks associated with prolonged vacancies in critical positions, emphasizing the urgent need for a reevaluation of our approach to national security. This most significant breach since the 2001 terror attack, has prompted a reassessment...

It is seen to be believed how a large part of the world, especially the US, could shut its eyes to the surging violence unleashed on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Going by accepted parameters, nothing short of genocide is...

It may not be a coincidence that Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee met Chinese President Xi Jinping 18 December in Beijing when a landmark national security trial for pro-democracy media mogul of Hong Kong, 76-year-old Lai Chee-Ying, also known as Jimmy Lai, began in...

When highly respected former judges of the Supreme Court open their mouths to find fault with some crucial apex court judgements on Central decisions and legislative actions with far-reaching consequences for the country’s democratic system, it is cause for both hope and alarm. For, in...

From the very outset, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai was doomed to fail, largely due to its setup – hosted by a petrostate, presided by the CEO of that state’s biggest oil company and amid stiff opposition from the world’s most...

A rational nation, a reasonable state, should be able to distinguish between a peaceful protest, however spirited, and an act of terrorism. That we no longer can is a reflection of two things. One is India’s laws which have always been bad but have become...

Babus in Odisha are leaving nothing to chance to find new options for investments. The low-hanging fruits seem to be the many shuttered industries that litter the state. With the announcement that Welspun Group would take over a long-closed textile facility, there is now hope...

The plight of Manipuri women stripped, brutally beaten and raped during one of the worst ethnic conflicts of recent times in north-east India has been pushed out of media headlines. What is hogging the limelight, instead, is the electoral success stories of the BJP beating...