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Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC says it ‘is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe’, which presumably includes inside India as well . India’s...

For three days, Naya Raipur is set to cosplay as a “mini-PMO”, complete with the full weight of India’s security establishment descending on the city for the 60th National DGP/IGP Conference. Modi, Shah, Doval, DGPs, IGs, and the chiefs of every Central force will be...

Nearly 50 experts from different countries have sounded the alarm bell for global consumption of ultra processed food (UPF) which they claim is causing great risk to human health. According to them, these serious ailments include type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, depression and premature...

US President Donald Trump’s peace initiatives appear to be turning into a one-sided affair in which the aggressor is being allowed to dictate terms and the victims virtually coerced to accept them, swallowing their self-respect and pride without asking questions of justice or fairness. As...

Even after running overtime for more than 18 hours, the COP30 summit at Belém, Brazil, concluded with a compromise agreement that failed to secure a pledge to phase out fossil fuels. In fact, the terms “fossil fuels” were absent from the COP30 climate pledge. The...

A lot of things are being alleged by ‘sources’ regarding a raid on a newspaper called Kashmir Times, and its editor, Anuradha Bhasin. Some background is in order so readers can place things in perspective. On 2 June 2020, the Modi government announced ‘New Media...

There are fast moves in babudom bureaucracy, and then there is the Sujit Kumar story, which has impressed many in service circles. In just 51 days, Kumar went from Principal Commissioner in Delhi to BJP MLA from Gaura Bauram in Darbhanga, Bihar. Normally, such transitions...

The first murmurings of rebellion against Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz are now being heard, just six months after he assumed office. When he took over, Europe came to terms with Donald Trump’s return to White House and the financial markets in Paris, Milan, and Berlin...

A tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina November 17 to death. The verdict was pronounced after convicting her of crimes against humanity, including murder and ordering the use of lethal weapons against protesters during the student uprising that ultimately ousted her...

Recent election results from Bihar Legislative Assembly could be counted as great pointers for the emergence, in the near future, of a healthy democratic atmosphere in India. Undoubtedly, the general feeling that media reports gave prior to polling was that Nitish + BJP and allies...