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Trumponomics deserves to be taken seriously
While Donald Trump’s detractors believe that he has embarked on the impossible, the fact is that this is a mission that the world will need to adjust to “To me,” United States President Donald Trump […]
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The oligarchy we see today
In today’s increasingly unequal world, empowered by tech marvels such as Artificial Intelligence, economic power invariably gets concentrated in a few hands “An oligarchy is only “evil” if and when oligarchs violate the rule of […]
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Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ endangers the world’s broken economy – and him
While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion It would be “liberation day” in the US, the White House […]
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President Trump’s Executive Order Focused on Election Integrity Signals a Turning Point for American Democracy
These reforms are not Republican or Democrat in nature—they are commonsense protections that uphold the integrity of our republic. In fact, polls show that a majority of Americans across the political spectrum support voter ID […]
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Trump and the silencing of America’s universities
The implications of Donald Trump’s orders extend to the world – supremacy, misogyny, and virulent nationalism threaten academic freedom, intellectual dissent and the emerging world order “Mr. Trump’s anti-immigrant discourse is not just about creating […]
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Poisoning Your Kids: The Hidden Dangers of Passing Prejudice to the Next Generation
Are You Poisoning Your Child’s Mind? Do you have the right to corrupt your child’s innocence with your own biases, fears, and prejudices? Every parent influences their child’s worldview, but are you shaping them to […]
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Note to Europe: Stay Calm and Don’t Retaliate
Donald Trump’s tariffs rampage will only hurt Americans. It is hard to keep track of all the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is announcing or enacting these days. On top of the 10 percent […]
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SAD’s control over SGPC and fate of Jathedars
The SAD had realized quite early that to remain in power, resources were needed and for this, the SGPC was the most important source. The Shiromani Akali Dal established itself in the political dynamics of […]
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What will Trump 2.0 mean for the global world order?
“The policy test, however, is still to come. If the new administration is serious about avoiding catastrophic wars, without exposing core US interests to great power predation, it will make a determined, sustained diplomatic effort […]
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Why Trump 2.0 feels so different already
Donald Trump‘s return to the White House has been decidedly more overwhelming than the opening days of his first administration “The first 100 days of an administration are about notching easy wins and deciding which […]
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Has US become a most unreliable nation?
Perhaps the middle powers could take a leaf from Qatar’s book and play the mediating role to make things happen “As these things go, the shift of global power will have to play out before […]
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Manipur needs ‘truth & reconciliation’, not political apologies
Manipur needs moral leadership and genuine outreach by the highest offices, and not political and insincere apologies “With no major restructuring or reimagining of the governance structure in Manipur envisaged, what it needs desperately to […]
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Trump’s threats portend turbulence
US President-elect’s stand on tariffs has caused consternation among friends and foes “The assumption that the Trump administration will not be a problem for India needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, especially […]
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How the Right overtook the Left in India
The Left is still fixated on the revolution and is reluctant to embrace the multilayered demands of electoral politics “The national question is crucial for both the Left and the Right, though their approaches differ. […]
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It is for historians to dig for tell-tale remains, not bigots
It is unfortunate that judicial misdirection is stirring up the retaliatory instincts of people fed on the falsehoods of manufactured history Normally, digging at historic sites is done by an archaeologist and historians in search […]
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United States on the Way to Becoming an Oligarchic State
Over the past several decades, there has been growing concern among political analysts, economists, and the public at large about the shifting dynamics of governance in the United States. The country, long heralded as the […]
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Do not write off Trump’s America
The U.S. is still the world’s most diverse and innovative economy; and Donald Trump proved in his first term that he is no isolationist In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s resounding victory in the U.S. […]
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Violence, militia & leadership crisis in Manipur
Manipur’s unending crisis continues to torment the state, with the recent violence shattering the uneasy calm between the people of the Imphal valley and a section of the hill communities in the uplands. Manipur’s unending […]
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Supreme Court of India puts brakes on ‘bulldozer culture’
Bench says States indulging in naked display of ‘might is right’; issues ‘binding directives’ that include 15 days’ prior notice to occupants The principle of ‘separation of powers’ gave the courts, not the State, the […]
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The Right-Wing Surge: Analyzing the Republican Triumph Over Democrats in the U.S. Presidential Election
In this election, Trump’s victory can be seen as not merely a political win but a cultural one. His “America First” rhetoric, promise to protect religious liberties, and stance on issues like abortion and LGBTQ […]
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What is clicking on the U.S. presidential campaign trail
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 […]