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India’s spies and spymasters do not usually write their memoirs. This is in keeping with bureaucrats, judges, ministers and their like elsewhere on the subcontinent who, when they do write, usually put out works exculpating their actions while condemning their circumstances or their peers. AS...

The sudden repatriation of Punjab cadre IPS officer KS Chahal and his replacement by Haryana cadre IPS officer Manisha Chaudhary has triggered a Punjab vs Haryana turf battle. When Punjab Governor and Chandigarh administrator Banwari Lal Purohit appointed Chaudhary, objections from Punjab were expected given...

After four decades of fostering integration through trade and finance, the global economy has begun a painful process of fragmentation. Initially driven by wealthy countries – namely, the United States under former President Donald Trump and the United Kingdom following the Brexit referendum – several...

On 19 December 2022, Elon Musk tweeted “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll” and held a Twitter based poll that offered a choice of Yes or No to Twitteratis. The results were not shocking....

Lionel Messi of Argentina and his junior of 11 years’ Kylian Mbappe of France weaved magic last night with their feet and the ball at Lusail stadium in Qatar and brought back the pristine glory of what Pele has called “the beautiful game” of football....

The unseemly spat between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session has done no good to the cause for which the two attended the meeting in the US. On the contrary, it...

Constitutional amendment number 103, upheld by the Supreme Court recently, has been appreciated by our middle class, the core votaries of Hindutva. The opening up of reservations to all demonstrates the view that Hindutva is inclusive. Other parties are divisive because of their propensity towards...

Arift has appeared and seems to be widening between Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers and those in Customs and GST over protocol, involving guard of honour and salutes ‘demanded’ by IRS officers. Customs officers say that these rituals interfere with their duties of apprehending economic...

As climate chaos threatens the Global North and the lifestyles of the world’s richest people, we might expect to hear elites demand a rapid exit from reliance on fossil fuels. Instead, a controversial idea is coming to the fore: dimming the sun. Advocates claim that...

Nouriel Roubini thinks the global economy is “lurching toward an unprecedented confluence of economic, financial, and debt crises, following the explosion of deficits, borrowing, and leverage in recent decades.” Is he right? At the risk of sounding Panglossian, I do not regard such a disaster...