Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is one of the most celebrated festivals in India and holds a deep cultural, spiritual, and historical significance for millions worldwide. The festival, also known as Deepavali, derives its name […]
Kamala Harris’s campaign is leveraged on a diminishing statistic while Donald Trump’s is the opposite “While abortion rates are falling, immigration, which is Mr. Trump’s cause, is rising. The immigration acts of 1965 and 1990 […]
The first step towards strengthening the multilateral system must, therefore, begin with removing the contradictions within the UN Charter on decision-making “As the UN prepares to mark its 80th anniversary in September 2025, it is […]
“In the United States today, an I.D. is required for almost everything we do; why not a nationwide voter I.D. law to uphold elections’ integrity? If India can do it with 700 million voters, a […]
The diplomatic spat between India and Canada continues unabated, a vast majority in the Indian Diaspora wants an early end to it suggesting both sides should exercise extra restraint and sit across the table to […]
According to calculations by elections analyst Nate Silver, the candidate who wins Pennsylvania has more than a 90% of winning the White House. The White House’s address may be 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but the real […]
Eric Adams was never popular. Even before his indictment for penny-ante corruption last month. Even before federal raids targeted his top aides and investigations so circled City Hall that his second police commissioner and even […]
A year later, the Hamas attack and the Israeli invasion of Gaza have taken West Asia to a wider, deeper and deadlier regional conflict with more actors. “The war has changed the region in many […]
Ratan Naval Tata, one of India’s most cherished industrialists and philanthropists, passed away on October 9 at the age of 86, leaving behind a legacy that will be remembered for generations. Ratan Tata was not […]
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, stretching back over a century, has been one of the most enduring and volatile disputes in modern history. In recent years, particularly with the leadership of Israeli Prime […]
The ECI and the office of the Speaker have not played fair in cases of defection In the run-up to the impending election to the Maharashtra Assembly, the rivalry between the two factions of the […]
The tightening of rules for investors by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is a pragmatic move to cool the frenzy to make easy money in the derivatives market. Reports suggest that lakhs […]
The timing is a dead giveaway. Dera Sacha Sauda head and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been released on parole barely three days ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls. This is the last […]
Tagline: And it is very much a willing belligerent in a conflict of its own making And while many an international observer has sounded the alarm that the US could now be “dragged” into a […]
The big lesson from the Summit is that developing countries have yet to exploit the opportunities presented by the U.N. system As global power shifts back to Asia, both giants are conscious that their ideas […]
The long tradition of American Presidential debates has meant make or break for Presidents and presidential aspirants Donald Trump’s decision not to go ahead with a second debate with Kamala Harris, coming as it does […]
Tagline: Attacking one’s political opponents on foreign soil is not the right strategy “Rahul can never attain Modi’s lofty standards of expressing thoughts that the speaker himself does not believe in. Every politician has his […]
The idea of simultaneous elections, to the Lok Sabha, the State Assemblies and the local bodies, was thrown up by the Prime Minister a couple of years ago. Frequent Assembly and local body elections kept […]
There are indications that New Delhi is engaging with all parties and developing its role as an interlocutor but there are the ‘ifs, ands, or buts’ Two years after the Government of India held that […]
Conflicts and wars are as old as human civilization itself. From the moment humans began forming tribes, societies, and nations, disagreements over land, resources, power, and ideology have led to violent confrontations. The pages of […]
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to visit the United States from September 21 to September 23, anticipation is building around the potential significance of his engagements during this short but strategically important trip. According […]
The top court’s dismissal of a petition on the subject highlights the limits of judicial review over executive decisions in matters of foreign policy, especially in violations of humanitarian law A Bench of the Supreme […]
Threats to independent and empowered institutions must be resisted Those who value the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution should work together to prevent the emergence of a predatory state. “The acts of each branch of […]
The US should remember that globalization and sanctions are contradictory and mutually self-defeating “This is a bizarre and childish mindset, especially if one recalls the statement made by US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo in […]
The PM’s direct intervention is a must to save Manipur Manipur has become a rather bad advertisement for a double-engine government. The left hand doesn’t seem to know what the right one is doing. Amid […]
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