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Lovebirds primarily refer to a pair of a species of birds known for their amorous attachment to each other. But, the word is also used to describe a fascinating aspect of human relationship when a man and a woman become besotted with love for each...

News is defined as “information about a recent event or recently changed situation.” There is something missing in the definition and that is the filter that is applied to news. Things that are more important, more interesting, more relevant tend to get picked by news...

Senior babus in Maharashtra are fretting due to the state government delaying postings. The most likely reason is the continuous tussle between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Devendra Fadnavis. Though they firmed up an “unnatural” political alliance to gain power, the two have...

There is no halfway, either in democracy or in dictatorship. In other words, a hybrid democracy is a dangerous commodity and a recipe for disaster for both the country where it is practised and the person or persons who implement it. One has to go...

The billion dollar question is what the real motive of China could be behind sending its balloon over the United States that was subsequently punctured by a US aircraft fired missile, causing a diplomatic imbroglio of sorts. The US accusation that the balloon was being...

The bad news from Myanmar is that its military junta has imposed martial law in areas where anti-military resistance is growing from strength to strength and extended the state of emergency for six months. It means the people there, accused of everything from treason to...

In 2018, the government of India published a report under Niti Aayog titled India@75. In it the government set itself targets that it would achieve by the year 2022. The hefty 230 page document (one wonders how many people have read it) opens with a...

Uttar Pradesh’s senior bureaucrats led by the state’s Finance Minister & Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Suresh Kumar Khanna visited the United Kingdom recently to woo global investors for the state’s Global Investors Summit to be held shortly. Sources have informed DKB that Khanna and his...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s ongoing visit to Israel is taking place in a period of intense crisis aggravated by provocative actions by the new ultra-right controlled government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Days after assuming the reins of power, the government authorised the...

As military and humanitarian aid worth billions of dollars keep pouring into Ukraine during its ongoing war against Russia, there has been creeping suspicion of misuse of the funds and corruption at high offices. The temptation seems to be too great to be resisted in...