Opinion

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has just scored an unprecedented victory in the country’s general election. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which she leads, won 316 seats in the 465-member House of Representatives (the Diet’s lower house), up sharply from 198. The combined strength...

Melvin Durai Atourist named Pablo Garcia recently shared an Instagram video that he titled, “India has the best surprises.” The video, taken from an auto-rickshaw travelling down a busy road in Bangalore, shows another auto-rickshaw carrying a fairly large passenger: a calf. The calf is...

Ana Palacio The just-concluded talks among representatives of the United States, Russia, and Ukraine in the United Arab Emirates to end Russia’s war in Ukraine finished, no surprise, virtually where they began. But the latest effort might shed light on how the US is thinking...

By Sławomir Sierakowski The EU was created as an antidote to power politics. But to survive, it must become a superpower, contradicting the very principle on which it was founded. The reason is US President Donald Trump, who is forcing it to transform itself almost...

Jagdish Rattanani   Whichever way you spin this, it should be clear that the nation has bowed to the diktats of the US in return for a trade agreement that eases punitive tariffs on India but also barters away the nation’s long-term interests and compromises...

By Sarit Kumar Rout Announcing the budget, the Finance Minister underscored skilling allied health professionals and care providers to respond to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the growing elderly population, both of which require care and empathy. Around 63% of all deaths in...

By Carla Norrlöf Democracy Dies in Darkness became the motto of the Washington Post in 2017, four years after Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and one of the world’s richest men, purchased the newspaper. Today, however, Bezos, who has throttled the Post's opinion page and...

By Bruhaspati Samal In the twilight of their lives, when strength wanes and dependence quietly grows, millions of old parents in India are discovering a cruel truth: blood relations do not always translate into care. Fathers who once cycled miles to send their children to...

By Ajay Shah Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has issued a battle cry in the global fight against deglobalization. In a historic speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, he called on the world’s “middle powers” to take a new approach to...

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak The hugging, hobnobbing, and digital display of friendship on social media between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump appear to be designed mainly for public consumption, without any substantial achievement for Indians or the Indian economy. The much-talked-about, so-called...