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World sporting events have, for decades, become an arena for settling political scores. Ideological fights and propaganda wars are what triggered the political grandstanding and it all started in 1930s with the Berlin Olympics. With the cold war becoming a thing of the past, political...

The helplessness of the US administration in reining in Israel wreaking havoc on the not so innocent Palestinians in Gaza in the name of uprooting Hamas is evident. The US has only started making some feeble noise intended as peace overtures by meekly appealing to...

The Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments on electoral bonds and will hopefully give a judgement soon. I say hopefully because it has now been six years since the scheme was introduced through the 2017 Budget. Many readers will not know the background to the...

It’s indeed a rare climbdown for the Modi sarkar. Barely a week after issuing a circular deputing joint secretary, directors and deputy directors as district “rath prabharis” to highlight the government’s achievements, the Centre has backed down after facing a severe backlash from, among others,...

Perform or Perish is a corporate world mantra with the stated objective of increasing productivity to benefit private owners. Superficially, there is nothing wrong with this. However, trouble starts when it is stretched too far and working hours are extended to abnormal limits that tell...

The demise of China’s popular former Premier Li Keqiang October 27, only 10 months after retiring from a decade in office, has triggered conspiracy theories and an inevitable comparison between his model of China’s economic growth and that of current President Xi Jinping. China watchers...

The UN Resolution of 27 October 2023 on humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza is a mirror of the world we live in today. India abstained from voting in this resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly to halt the pounding of Gaza Strip by Israeli forces...

India has abstained from calling for an end to violence in Gaza to avoid upsetting America. India was told by the new Maldives leader to remove our soldiers from that country. Qatar sentenced eight Indian Navy veterans to death. Sri Lanka allowed a Chinese spy...

Commencing next month, officials from a dozen allied central government services, including income tax, customs, central excise, audit and accounts, forests, postal, telecom and other sectors, are set to take on a unique role as “rath prabharis,” or special officers. They will embark on a...

Literature, for centuries, has played a pivotal role in denouncing wars and promoting peace. This could be for the simple reason that poets, novelists and playwrights have a special type of human kindness in abundant measure to portray with empathy the predicament of man in...