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The political outlook of the US now looks considerably different from what it was just a week ago before the midterm elections were held. Going by past records, pollsters were then predicting a rout of the Democrats and a surge of the red wave, meaning...

Social networks and tech companies the world over are sending out gloomy information about mass layoffs and job cuts. This has already sent shockwaves among highly skilled workforce and aspiring youths, including thousands in India. Tech giants such as Twitter, Facebook and Amazon have drawn...

This morning brought the headline “Centre’s silence on judicial postings condemnable: Supreme Court.” The report said the government neither appointed the persons selected by the judiciary or communicated its reservation, if it had any, on the names. The court noted that it was a challenge...

Last month, this column reported that the withdrawal of multiple incentives and allowances given to IAS and IPS officers posted in the northeast region had left these babus resentful. Since then, the Centre reviewed its order, but the officers are reportedly still unhappy. The Centre...

How is it that a man who has banned 83 million people from Twitter can freely use the platform to post his messages denigrating women and supporting the brutal attack on the writer Salman Rushdie? I’m referring to the leader of the Islamic Republic of...

Midterm elections in the US November 8 are the first to be held since the Presidential election. In spite of the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by pro-Donald Trump supporters, Joe Biden was declared President. The current midterm election results will have...

The experiment called Demonetisation took place six years ago this day, 8 November 2016. Cash was abruptly turned to trash. The trademark suddenness of the announcement at 8 pm by PM Narendra Modi definitely had the country in shock. Citizens were unable to comprehend the...

The pendulum in Israel politics has swung to the opposite direction with vengeance in just one year. A great experiment in the history of the country in inclusive governance comprising Right, Left, centre and Israeli Arabs has miserably failed and is now being replaced by...

Last week my new book was out and its subject is peaceful protest by individuals. The question is why should one protest in a democracy. There are many reasons. Let us take a look at one today. In 1919 Gandhi led an all-India strike against...

The protests earlier this year by Central government employees who comprise the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) over delayed promotions and career-related issues have had an effect. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has reportedly constituted a committee to undertake the fourth cadre restructuring of...