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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...

Some 70 ministers are heading to the India-China border, not to fight the enemy but to ensure that the huge numbers of border villages are given the kind of support that they need. According to sources, 1,400 border villages have been identified and Union ministers...

The three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, March 13 referred petitions seeking legal validity of same-sex marriages to a five-judge Constitution Bench. Although the verdict is a long way off yet this is in sharp contrast to the firmness...

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...