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As the Lok Sabha elections approach, speculation is rife about the Enforcement Directorate (ED) appointing a regular director. The interim chief, Rahul Navin may be regularised, or a new incumbent might be brought in. Recent weeks have seen Rahul Navin’s name circulating as the potential...

As the country is fast gearing towards the Lok Sabha election mode to elect a new government at the Centre, there are tell-tale signs of the electoral strategies the two main contenders – the BJP and the Congress – seem to be getting ready to...

The interim judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) validating South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Israel-Hamas strife. The Court confirmed there is substance in the complaint that under the Genocide Convention “Israel has engaged in, is...

Nitish Kumar has done it yet again. The JD(U) leader took oath for a record ninth time as the Chief Minister of Bihar along with the BJP’s Samrat Chowdhury and Vijay Sinha as ministers, Sunday. This is the fourth time in the last eleven years...

On the third page of its constitution, the Bharatiya Janata Party lays out its conditions for membership. “Any Indian citizen of 18 years or above who accepts Articles II, III and IV of the Constitution shall, on making a written declaration… become a member” of...

An incredible development in North Korea - the 10-year-old daughter of Kim Jong-un being catapulted into limelight as a likely heir apparent - has triggered speculation about succession and image-building exercise. It could be an over-reaction of South Korea’s intelligence agency to name Kim Ju-ae...

A great religious fervour is sweeping India over the consecration of the newly built Ram temple in Ayodhya. Even though the construction of the temple remains incomplete, the ruling BJP and its affiliates Sangh Parivar outfits turned the event on 22 January into a national...

Realisation finally dawned on the Union Health Ministry when last week it made mandatory for doctors to list reasons for prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs to patients. “It is an urgent appeal to all doctors in medical colleges to mandatorily mention exact indication/reason/justification while prescribing...

I am writing this from Gujarat, where the government has decided to lift prohibition in one part of the state. As a news report put it, this was done to ‘attract global financial institutions’, and to that end ‘alcohol would be allowed at hotels/restaurants/clubs offering...

The abrupt recall of senior IAS officer Sanjay Bandopadhyay from his role as Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has sparked speculation among observers and babus about the underlying reasons for this unforeseen move. Bandopadhyay, previously occupying a secretary-equivalent position at the...