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The current general election, at least until phase one, has been characterised by an odd ennui and silence. This is partly reflected in the...
In its penchant for taking the moral high ground and in issuing calls to action The Indian Express has historically proven to be second to none....
The politics of the Bahujan Samaj Party and Mayawati remains a mystery to many political analysts and journalists. At times, they over-simplify her...
Security forces dealt a decisive blow to the Maoists on April 14 in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, near the Maharashtra border. A joint force of...
Six months after the October 7 attack, Israel’s war to eliminate Hamas has resulted in the near-complete destruction of Gaza and a dire...
Kumaraswami Kamaraj served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu — Madras State, as it was then called — for nine-and-a-half years, from April 13,...
Tax treaties are integral to cross-border investment relations as they define the treatment of incomes that arise in one country accruing to a...
It’s a scary experience that you have certainly heard of. A sudden health crisis results in hospitalisation. Several tests, drugs and procedures...
In Indian politics, accusations often fly thick and fast, shaping public discourse and perceptions. One particularly persistent allegation levelled...
Whenever we run out of things to say, it’s customary to turn towards the weather to rescue us. “So hot.” “Too stuffy.” “Look, it’s...
“There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who extrapolate from insufficient data” goes the popular joke. Writers of fiction, I think,...
Every single vote is a thread that weaves together the fabric of our democratic society. However, what India faces today is voter apathy or...
Voting is now underway in the largest democratic exercise on the planet. To put the scale of the Indian electoral process into perspective it is...
Iran’s promised retaliation to the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus came in the early hours of Sunday morning. Swarms of...
A good health system requires a constant supply of quality affordable medicines. Medicines constitute nearly 50 per cent of the health costs...
The world reacted with sympathetic bemusement to an incident in the news recently, that a museum employee in Germany slyly hung up his own painting...
While the BJP has in a show of bravado proclaimed hyped-up numbers — 370 and ‘400 paar’ — as its projected tally, in private, it is more...
Once again, the summer of 2024 finds Bengaluru in the grip of an acute water crisis, accompanied by intense, relentless heat. Some estimates even...
In last week’s column (Indian Express, Sunday, April 14, 2024), I had rued the fact that I was unable to compare the manifestos of the Congress...
Many things have changed in India since Narendra Modi first became prime minister. But one change that has gone almost unnoticed is that a process...
An issue that has been nagging policy makers is the revival of the investment cycle. While the central government has been meeting its target on...
In 2006, we published a report describing a cohort of 51 children and young adults with Type 2 Diabetes — this was a surprising finding at the...
India’s general elections commenced this week. This year’s elections are being held from April 19 to June 1, with results being declared on June...
As election fever peaks, political discourse in India is becoming shriller. The Opposition makes a curious argument about the lack of a “level...
In the last few weeks, Israel and Iran have crossed all the red lines in their decades-long shadow war. Israel did this on April 1 when it bombed...