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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 […]
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Eric Adams Was Never the Future of the Democratic Party
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 […]
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Reflections on America’s customary face-off
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 […]
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When separation of powers takes a hit
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 […]
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Narendra Modi’s Forgotten Promise: “Na Khaoonga, Na Khane Doonga”
The people of India deserve answers, and they deserve leadership that upholds the values of honesty, transparency, and accountability. It is time for Modi to prove that his anti-corruption stance was not just an electoral […]
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Moral pressure and human rights compliance
There is a need to establish the undeniable centrality of human rights in a rapidly changing world that is facing prejudice and fanaticism As is commonly recognized, there are two ways in which compliance with […]
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The top court as custodian of liberties
The Manish Sisodia case raises the question whether the liberty of individuals can be held hostage to the benevolence or sense of fairness of the prosecutor alone “In eventually restoring Mr. Sisodia’s liberty, pending the […]
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In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris gets a trump card to trump Trump
“Yet the fact that despite an assassination attempt and a decision by an incumbent President to withdraw from the race, Mr. Trump trails narrowly in polls with only three more months to go for voting, […]
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Living in denial about unemployment
Public confusion over the extent of unemployment is a result of the differences in the various data bases used “The ground-level situation of unemployment is apparent from the frequent reports about the youth struggling to […]
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Budget must aim for inclusive development
Policymakers would do well to maintain the steep rise in capital expenditure “The new government, thus, has an enormous task ahead as it prepares the Budget, even though GDP growth has reached moderately high levels […]
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Opposition’s larger demography, Leader of the Opposition’s big responsibility
The Leader of the Opposition in the 18th Lok Sabha must take his cue from the verdict of the 2024 general election — to restore normalcy in Parliament and highlight the government’s failures The 2024 […]
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India’s middle class and the ‘Modi factor’
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to win a second term in 2019, Gabriele Parussini delved into the psychology of the country’s middle class voters who were the main engine behind his previous victory. […]