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Midterm elections in the US November 8 are the first to be held since the Presidential election. In spite of the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by pro-Donald Trump supporters, Joe Biden was declared President. The current midterm election results will have...

The experiment called Demonetisation took place six years ago this day, 8 November 2016. Cash was abruptly turned to trash. The trademark suddenness of the announcement at 8 pm by PM Narendra Modi definitely had the country in shock. Citizens were unable to comprehend the...

The pendulum in Israel politics has swung to the opposite direction with vengeance in just one year. A great experiment in the history of the country in inclusive governance comprising Right, Left, centre and Israeli Arabs has miserably failed and is now being replaced by...

Last week my new book was out and its subject is peaceful protest by individuals. The question is why should one protest in a democracy. There are many reasons. Let us take a look at one today. In 1919 Gandhi led an all-India strike against...

The protests earlier this year by Central government employees who comprise the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) over delayed promotions and career-related issues have had an effect. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has reportedly constituted a committee to undertake the fourth cadre restructuring of...

There are some decades when only a year’s worth of change happens, and some years when a decade’s worth of change happens. The past three years – marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a full-blown cost-of-living crisis, all playing out against...

Disturbing reports are coming from Europe and Africa that China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, is now trying to extend its control of his detractors outside the country as well, using methods that allegedly violate international laws. There are allegations that these dissidents...

At a time when the Far-right is on the rise in Europe capturing one government after another, the fourth largest democracy in the world – Brazil – has returned the Left to power with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva winning the Presidential contest defeating the...

The takeover of one of the world’s biggest social network sites – Twitter – by Elon Musk has triggered fears about the return of hate campaigns with impunity. There are also misgivings about reinstatement of former US President Donald Trump’s account after the account of...

It has been 14 years since Pakistan’s fourth dictator Pervez Musharraf left office. Pakistan goes to general elections next year and though once again its army is in the news (for reasons we don’t need to go into here today) it appears Pakistan is now...