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Police used water cannons, lobbed tear gas shells, and lathi-charged job aspirants as they breached barricades multiple times on 10 August and attempted to reach the Jharkhand State Assembly, protesting recruitment exam irregularities. The agitation took this turn even after the government had cancelled on...

The defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, signed in Mecca on the principle that an attack on one would be treated as an attack on all, is more than a new security arrangement in West Asia. For India, it is a direct threat...

By Aakar Patel There was a remarkable exchange in the Delhi High Court this week. The government was asked why it was not considering shutting down the Jantar Mantar area as a venue for protests. “Why don’t you shut it down? According to me, these...

By Dilip Cherian How an Education Ministry worthy wins a new post will be a tale told later. But for now, the signs of a shakeup at Doordarshan are everywhere. A public broadcaster is often the first place where governments signal a shift in communication...

The Centre is courting yet another controversy by introducing a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to fundamentally alter the structure and governance of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), a premier institute of higher studies. This is at a time when the government is...

Change rarely arrives announced. But when a popular movement stirs, transformation can sweep in like a tide. The recent by-election results in India show exactly that pattern. Voters in Bankipur, Bihar and Datia, Madhya Pradesh, delivered outcomes that could reshape the political map. Manjalpur in...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selling about $7 billion in a single trading session to arrest the rupee’s slide is more than a routine intervention in the foreign exchange market. It is a reminder that no amount of political messaging can gloss over structural...

By Aakar Patel Mother of Democracy is standing for a non-permanent elected seat at the United Nations Security Council. Non-permanent because it is a two-year term and elected because 10 seats are shared between the 188 member states wanting to sit alongside the five permanent...

Dilip Cherian Governments, especially those with strong political instincts, usually respond to crises with tougher laws, tighter enforcement and louder messaging. Technology rarely becomes the headline act. That is why the decision to hand India’s examination reforms to Nandan Nilekani is more significant than it...

A debate is spreading across India. The Cockroach students movement recently succeeded within a few days at forcing change that traditional political parties have failed to achieve in years. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), a mere social media campaign started by Abhijit Dipke, is credited...