HindustanTimes Opposition parties have mounted an anti-government campaign using the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, (CAA), as the lightening rod. They have spread misinformation, inflamed passions, mobilised forces inimical to the country’s interests, and in... More »
HindustanTimes Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warded off strong challenges from his political opposition, including a stiff one from Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who launched a march to Islamabad last month to topple the Tehreek-e-Insaf government. But, for ... More »
HindustanTimes The passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has triggered protests across the country. These protests can be seen through two distinct lenses. The first would to be view the protests through the lens of a formalistic understanding of th... More »
BusinessLine C’mon! Is this how you want to sign off 2019? Well, to be fair, I haven’t made a statement yet. But standing at gate 2020 and looking back at the events that have shaped the passing year, all one can feel is an eerie sense of insecurity. And there... More »
HindustanTimes At the World Economic Forum 2018 meeting in Davos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi identified climate change as one of the major challenges to civilisation. He said, “ We are exploiting nature for our greed today. We need to ask ourselves if this i... More »
HindustanTimes On Wednesday, the country marked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 95th birth anniversary. Tributes poured in from across the political spectrum, like they had done when Vajpayee had passed away in August 2018. He was a Bharatiya Jana... More »
HindustanTimes After having swept the state in Lok Sabha, the loss of Jharkhand Assembly elections is likely to hurt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a key province dominated by the tribal section of the population has slipped out of its fold. Jharkhand has... More »
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BusinessLine It is possible to make a lawyerly argument that Jakob Lindenthal, the German exchange student at IIT-Madras who was directed to leave India on Monday, had it coming. In participating in a students’ protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act ... More »
HindustanTimes To describe Afghanistan’s presidential election process as troubled will be an understatement. Though the election was held almost three months ago, and that too after being delayed on three occasions, only the preliminary results were announced... More »
HindustanTimes Following up on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on August 15 to create the position of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the government finalised the roles and responsibilities of the CDS, as prepared by a committee led by the National... More »
HindustanTimes When an incumbent chief minister loses along with many of his cabinet colleagues, there is a straightforward interpretation of the mandate. Voters have outrightly rejected the existing government. Everything else is a nuance. The Raghubhar Das-l... More »