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Selective leaks of classified documents to a chosen media outlet to whitewash ugly truths has, by now, become a well known tactic of powers that be. Misinformation campaigns are launched in order to enhance the image of political leaders in the saddle or ones trying...

Dictatorship and dictatorial tendencies of elected rulers are alarmingly manifest in countries across the globe. Ambitions of individual leaders and Far-Right groups to enjoy unfettered freedom to do whatever they like and serve the interests of their financiers-backers have, in recent times, been spawning the...

One party has the monopoly on bigotry in India. If you are not inclined to support the harassment and brutalisation of fellow Indians you could vote for any number of parties. In Tamil Nadu there are the two parties, both factions of the old DMK,...

The Supreme Court has decided to revisit its last year’s verdict in former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay’s case. At the time, the apex court had ruled that only the Delhi High Court and no other high court would have jurisdiction to entertain a...

The Supreme Court of India needs to be appreciated for its decision which it has served for a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on 2 March 2023. The Apex Court has said that the method of appointing the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners for...

Some things happened this week that require reflection. They are different things but we shall try to join them. The mother of democracy hosted her children at the G20 meeting. There were some step-children in attendance also, like our nameless neighbour in the east and...

In Punjab, the Ajnala episode, the re-emergence of the dreaded ‘K’-word and the rise of another radical ideologue have raked up memories of a past best forgotten. The situation is fluid and it does not help that the administration has been shown up as meek...

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have historically been reluctant to invest in nuclear energy, and the World Bank has not financed a nuclear power plant since 1959. In the absence of MDB funds, the majority of international financing for such projects has come from state banks...

Shamima Begum represents scores of women, including few from India, who have virtually become stateless after the defeat of the ISIS. This British-born national of Bangladeshi parents travelled to Syria as a schoolgirl of 15 years to join that extremist Islamic jihadi organization. Their predicament...

India’s most reputable news agency, the Press Trust of India, reported this week that ‘India ranks 42 in 55 countries on International Intellectual Property Index’. The story praised what was being done on this front in India, but it did not say that India had...