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Ten years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the most revealing aspect of Brexit is not what happened, but what did not. The promised...
Energy is the backbone of the modern economy, driving industrial productivity, transport, connectivity, trade and basic necessities. For decades, the...
Although loneliness stems from a feeling of social isolation, ironically, it is one of the most unifying human experiences. Another ironic aspect of...
The withdrawal of an artwork from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery over its portrayal of Winston Churchill’s role in the Bengal Famine of 1943...
At its zenith, England was known as a nation of shopkeepers, where trade followed the crown; this was however interchangeable ~ the East India Company...
The most enduring consequence of a war is often not what happens on the battlefield, but what it reveals about the institutions that authorise it. In...
When the government insists that an Indian passport is not proof of Indian citizenship, something more than a legal clarification is at stake. It...
There he was, sitting next to PM Narendra Modi, gnashing his teeth and lying through them. At their recent meeting in France, Donald Trump reiterated...
Over more than three decades in the Indian Foreign Service, I served in Indian missions across the world – from Brussels to Dhaka and Mexico City to...
Annual conferences organized by UNFCCC to review climate actions like funding poor nations to cover loss and damage inflicted by global warming and...
The vision of Viksit Bharat@2047 dreaming to transform India into a developed nation by the centenary of its independence is very often dominated by...
The resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer less than two years after leading Labour to a commanding parliamentary majority is not just a...
The horror of a particularly brutal sexual assault in Bihar’s Begusarai has once again provoked national outrage and revived memories of the crime...
The 21st century is increasingly b eing described as the Indian Ocean Century. As the global economic centre of gravity shifts from the Atlantic to...
The reopening of shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz may have calmed oil markets, but it would be a mistake to confuse the return of traffic...
When Home Minister Amit Shah directed the commission formed on “Demographic Change” to study the phenomenon in India’s borderlands, he did not...
A file sits on a clerk’s desk. It is complete, stamped, in order ~ and it will not move. The applicant, a farmer or a small contractor or a widow...
Few politicians have exhibited Benjamin Netanyahu’s talent for political survival. Through scandals, elections, wars, and coalition upheavals, he...
The investigation into the fire that claimed 15 young lives in Lucknow will eventually determine where the blaze began. It may have originated in an...
The word ‘emergency’ evokes an intense sense of unease, often associated with the suspension of established norms and procedures in pursuit of a...
Data from the recently published National Family Health Survey 6 (NFHS 6) shows that India is moving away from being a young country. The notion of...
For generations, education was the preferred route through which Indian families sought to improve their economic prospects. The willingness to invest...
While one gets to learn about Central PSEs quite often through news items and media articles, the state public sector enterprises (SPSEs) mostly...
Wars often reveal the strength of alliances. Their endings reveal something more important: who ultimately gets to define the peace. The emerging...
The emphasis of modern environmental policy has been on prevention. Governments, international institutions and activists have rightly focused on...
Long before sustainability acquired glossy reports, ambitious targets and impressive acronyms, grandmothers had already solved half the problems. They...
Children are widely regarded as the architects of our future. Yet, as a teacher of science and mathematics, I am increasingly concerned that a silent...
The unprecedented security surrounding the re-conducted NEET-UG examination may ultimately be remembered for what it revealed rather than what it...
India’s states are discovering an uncomfortable truth: economic growth and economic security are not the same thing. For much of the past decade,...
It was Benjamin Netanyahu who pushed Donald Trump into the Iran conflict promising multiple gains, including regime change, degradation of the IRGC...
For decades, population growth has been portrayed as one of humanity’s greatest environmental challenges. Policymakers, scientists, and...
India stands at a paradoxical crossroads. As one of the world’s youngest nations with a massive demographic dividend, it confronts a swelling army...
For India, the southwest monsoon is far more than a seasonal we ather phenomenon. It is the lifeline of the economy, sustaining agriculture,...
Every four years, the football World Cup reminds nations of an uncomfortable truth: population is not destiny. Sporting success is not produced by...
Sometimes, the greatest journeys occur when we stand still. This is an important lesson from one of nature’s miracle workers ~ the tree. Trees have...
The most recent ‘Fiscal Health Index’ (FHI) released by NITI Aayog has placed West Bengal,once the country’s leading economy, in the lowest...
The ongoing unrest in Pakistanoccupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is perhaps the most serious political challenge faced by Pakistan in the territory...
The recent fire in Kolkata that reportedly damaged thousands of Electronic Voting Machines has triggered predictable reactions. Some see it as an...
A sharp rise in wholesale inflation ~ to 9.68 per cent in May ~ is more than a statistical development; it is an early warning of stress building...
India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047 will be shaped not only by the industries we grow, the infrastructure we build, or the technologies we...
After years of debate and contention, 20 June is finally going to be observed as the birthday of West Bengal, thanks to the resolution of the newly...
Nationalism and secularism are the two basic constituents of modern India. Nationalism is said to have been associated with anticolonialism in British...
Strategic partnerships are not tested when leaders exchange compliments, announce visits or promise trade deals. They are tested when something goes...
Switzerland’s decision to reject a population cap is not a vote for open borders. Nor is it an endorsement of the status quo. It is, rather, a...
The twitteratti in both India, and more so in Bangladesh brewed a storm in a tea cup over the last week over two seemingly unrelated incidents which...
India’s fuel policy is increasingly being shaped by blending targets. First came ethanol blending mandates. Then E20 became the national standard....
There is something profoundly ironic about a civilisation becoming embarrassed by one of its oldest mirrors. For generations of Indian schoolchildren,...
India’s temporary restriction on Telegram ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination has dominated headlines. But focusing on the messaging app misses the...
West Bengal is not merely a state. It is, in the telling of those who sought to win it back from the Trinamool Congress, a civilisational citadel –...
Special emphasis has been laid on the development of infrastructure in the difficult terrains in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and parts of Uttarakhand...
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