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Japan’s crisis-hit ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected its new leader, Shigeru Ishiba, who is all set to be appointed Prime Minister on Tuesday, replacing Fumio Kishida who had announced last month that he would not stand for re-election. Nine candidates contested for the...

The chance of peace, even if temporary, returning to the Middle East has suffered a deadly blow after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut 27 September. The Israeli military said it had targeted the group’s central command headquarters...

Next year, on 17 September, the Prime Minister turns 75. Ten days after that, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh turns 100. During the Lok Sabha campaign, BJP president JP Nadda said the party did not need the RSS as it had in the past because it...

I n a surprising move, West Bengal’s Power Secretary, Santanu Basu, has stepped down from his role on the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) Board. His resignation, which he announced via email, seems to be tied to what he referred to as the “uncontrolled release of...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz got a reprieve after a much needed win for his Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the eastern state of Brandenburg 22 September. However, that is hardly good news for his three-party coalition which is facing an existential crisis following a sensational...

The BJP-led NDA government’s decision to accept the recommendations of a high level committee, headed by former President Ram Nah Kovind, to go ahead with the idea of simultaneous elections, dubbed as “One Nation, One Election,” is not merely an administrative action. Under the changed...

Israel and Hezbollah now appear to be going towards an all-out war after months of escalating tension. The deadly pager, walkie talkie and other communication equipment blasts triggered by Israel across Lebanon last week seems to have been the beginning of a new era of...

Here are two headlines from this month. One is ‘FATF’s Thumbs Up To India’s Efforts To Tackle Terror Financing, Money Laundering: Why It Matters’. Another was ‘FATF Flags Terror Financing Lacunae In Indian NGO Sector’. Let us see what these mean when put together. If...

The suspension of three senior IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh over the wrongful arrest of actor-model Kadambari Jethwani has sparked a debate about the misuse of power and the need for accountability. P. Sitharama Anjaneyulu, Kranti Rana Tata, and Vishal Gunni, each holding high-ranking positions...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, who heads the far-right anti-immigration Brothers of Italy party, met in Rome 16 September. This meeting has sparked off a controversy as the two leaders discussed the highly sensitive and thorny issue of tackling...