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There are some decades when only a year’s worth of change happens, and some years when a decade’s worth of change happens. The past three years – marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a full-blown cost-of-living crisis, all playing out against...

Disturbing reports are coming from Europe and Africa that China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, is now trying to extend its control of his detractors outside the country as well, using methods that allegedly violate international laws. There are allegations that these dissidents...

At a time when the Far-right is on the rise in Europe capturing one government after another, the fourth largest democracy in the world – Brazil – has returned the Left to power with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva winning the Presidential contest defeating the...

The takeover of one of the world’s biggest social network sites – Twitter – by Elon Musk has triggered fears about the return of hate campaigns with impunity. There are also misgivings about reinstatement of former US President Donald Trump’s account after the account of...

It has been 14 years since Pakistan’s fourth dictator Pervez Musharraf left office. Pakistan goes to general elections next year and though once again its army is in the news (for reasons we don’t need to go into here today) it appears Pakistan is now...

The fact that this is its last effective Union Budget may have weighed on the government’s mind when it appointed Financial Services Secretary Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre as the new revenue secretary after incumbent Tarun Bajaj retires at the...

The Republican Party looks poised to win back control of one or both houses of Congress in the United States’ upcoming midterm elections. Yet the party stands for nothing except fear of a “radical left” bent on installing socialism. The strands of paleo- and neoconservatism...

Since early 2020, the number of people affected by hunger has risen by 150 million – a trend that has been exacerbated by the three Cs: conflict, climate change, and COVID-19. And when it comes to global threats, rising food insecurity is just the tip...

The elevation of the former hedge manager and ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak to the top job of UK Prime Minister is certainly a cause for celebration in India which was once the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. For some, history comes full circle...

A rare drama was enacted October 22 just before the final votes of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th Party Congress which has left the world baffled. It has led to wide speculation on the seeming power struggle within the CCP. The motive of China’s...