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The shotgun wedding of UBS and Credit Suisse was hastily arranged in the spirit of ensuring our collective safety. As Swiss National Bank Chair Thomas Jordan noted, Credit Suisse’s size and global network makes it “a global systemically important bank,” and having UBS take it...

The world is dangerously poised to cross the limit of accepted level of global warming. It is only a few tenths of a degree away from the goal of restricting warming to 1.5 degree C above pre-industrial levels. It means within a decade the world...

China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow at a time when both the countries are facing hostilities from the US-led West. In the meanwhile, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for crimes committed in...

The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from his Lok Sabha seat is under great public discourse now. For a political rally speech during the run-up to the 2019 general elections, Rahul had purportedly said that the Modi surname is sported by some crooks. It is generally...

In 2014 Manmohan Singh said “I sincerely believe it will be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as India’s Prime Minister.” Four years later he said he recognised his words had been harsh but he added that the “time is not far off...

In a move that has raised eyebrows, the Maharashtra government has decided to shift the Marine Drive police station to make way for luxury apartments for senior babus and police officers. Sources have informed DKB that the state government is facing a shortage of official...

International attention has, for the past few months, been drawn to the possibility of elections in Myanmar under the watchful eye of the military junta that staged a coup in 2021 to deny an elected government the chance to function. In the process the focus...

The current logjam in the Parliament is nothing new. It has become an almost regular practice in recent times. Such ruckus is created for the benefit of either the Opposition or the ruling dispensation. All proceedings are stalled, pandemonium breaks out and no business, however...

France is in turmoil due to the government’s desperate measure to reform the retirement age changing it from 62 to 64. It is not simply a question of pushing the age limit or improving the country’s financial position as claimed by the government. It raises...

The Prime Minister is seen as politically dominant if not invincible and with good reason. However, it has not been noticed that on the side of agenda or governance, his second term has been dotted with setbacks and even outright failures. On the economy, GDP...