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The All India Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 report released on 24 February throws up interesting facts and figures about the patterns and preferences of different food items being consumed by rural and urban India. But, its timing and the main drift of the findings...

Two of the most prominent names in the Indian startup ecosystem – Paytm and Byju’s – are fighting their biggest battles for survival. While the former has faced regulatory crackdown from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for “persistent non-compliances,” the latter has witnessed erosion...

I am writing this from the United States, where I attended an interesting solidarity meeting that I thought I should write about. It was interesting because it combined two struggles — that for secularism in democratic India and against imperialism in occupied Palestine. Hosted by...

The tension between US President Joe Biden and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is growing to the extent that the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas may make even the seemingly impossible possible - the formation of a Palestinian state. In fact, reliable reports suggest...

The name Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, conjures up images of fearless revelations of government wrongdoings of monumental proportions and years of persecution thereafter. He represents the cause of journalism, especially in the digital age, and is looked upon as a hero in various...

The death of Alexei Navalny, the man Vladimir Putin feared the most, is not only mysterious but seems likely to be the end of political dissent in Russia. The fiercest pro-democracy voice in the despotic state has turned silent forever. The 47-year-old, who was serving...

India’s electoral bonds scheme has been declared illegal, a rare win in court for those resisting authoritarianism. But many elections including the last general one have been fought on these unlawful funds. It would have been appropriate to have heard and adjudicated on the issue...

The white papers and the black papers on the economy have sent a lot of bureaucrats scurrying around for data. Everybody recognizes that these papers are almost political weaponizing of data figures. Still, at the moment, both former bureaucrats and current bureaucrats are locked in...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken the world by surprise by giving a two-hour-long interview to an American journalist, launching what experts call a peace offensive to end the ongoing war with Ukraine on his terms only. He has so long been shying away from...

Myanmar’s junta appears to be desperate and on the back foot in the face of spirited resistance by united and rejuvenated armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the country and for an end to the dictatorship of the army. Three...