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Extrajudicial killings are normal in India and are called encounters. They refer to the State’s murder of an accused who is often, though not always, in custody. And this killing happens even if the accused has moved the Supreme Court for protection with the specific...

The Centre is reportedly mulling over a crucial amendment to the TRAI Act, aiming to reshape the telecom sector. This change would allow senior corporate executives to become TRAI’s chairperson, a significant shift towards greater private participation in key regulatory positions. The proposed Telecommunications Bill...

The tiff between India and Canada seems to be swinging out of control. It all started some years ago when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was facing elections. Undoubtedly, the Sikh community in Canada, a sparsely populated country, is not only large in number but also...

China’s diplomatic manoeuvrings and successes in the Middle East seem to have forced the US not to waste any more time and cement its ties with Iran. The Biden administration does not appear to have been nettled by critics in the Republican Party who have...

The Opposition INDIA alliance has announced the names of 14 anchors whose programmes their spokespersons will boycott. No reason was cited when the list was put out but various Opposition leaders have said this was the “WhatsApp group of BJP Media Cell.” The arguments against...

Consistency in government decisions is a fundamental principle of responsible governance. Each decision of the government is presupposed to have been taken after careful consideration and thereby carries significant weight. However, the recent abrupt reversal of a key appointment by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal...

Translators of literary masterpieces were destined to live in obscurity without getting any recognition for their labour of love both in academic and monetary terms. That their work also rises to the stature of art, though certainly not at par with that of the original...

The results of the recently held bypolls in seven Assembly segments in six states across north, south and eastern parts of the country, in a way, foreshadow the shape of things to come. In the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024 the ruling BJP will...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was both correct and wrong when he insisted that the decision of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping not to participate in the ongoing G20 summit had nothing to do with India. He is right because...

A report was published on Saturday, 9 September, with the headline “Joint sitting of both Houses to bid farewell to old Parliament building?” The question mark is normal, because few know what the agenda of the special session is. The report reads: “Just ahead of...