World Press Freedom Day 2025: A Global Call to Defend the Truth
“Repression of the press has a long and tragic lineage. In ancient Rome, historians who documented the excesses of emperors…
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The Killing of Hindu Tourists in Kashmir: A Shameful Reminder of Terrorism’s Barbarity
Terrorism must be uprooted, not selectively targeted. As long as organizations like LeT and JeM are allowed to survive, there…
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Trumponomics deserves to be taken seriously
While Donald Trump’s detractors believe that he has embarked on the impossible, the fact is that this is a mission…
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The oligarchy we see today
In today’s increasingly unequal world, empowered by tech marvels such as Artificial Intelligence, economic power invariably gets concentrated in a…
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Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ endangers the world’s broken economy – and him
While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans…
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President Trump’s Executive Order Focused on Election Integrity Signals a Turning Point for American Democracy
These reforms are not Republican or Democrat in nature—they are commonsense protections that uphold the integrity of our republic. In…
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Trump and the silencing of America’s universities
The implications of Donald Trump’s orders extend to the world - supremacy, misogyny, and virulent nationalism threaten academic freedom, intellectual…
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Onus on Carney to rebuild India-Canada ties
It will be a difficult balancing act to ensure that action taken against extremist elements does not trigger a backlash…
Read MorePoisoning Your Kids: The Hidden Dangers of Passing Prejudice to the Next Generation
Are You Poisoning Your Child’s Mind? Do you have the right to corrupt your child’s innocence with your own biases,…
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Note to Europe: Stay Calm and Don’t Retaliate
Donald Trump’s tariffs rampage will only hurt Americans. It is hard to keep track of all the tariffs that U.S.…
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‘Foreign hand’ is as distracting as ever
“This current storm means that the BJP — and the MEA — has moved on from the controversy over the…
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SAD’s control over SGPC and fate of Jathedars
The SAD had realized quite early that to remain in power, resources were needed and for this, the SGPC was…
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What will Trump 2.0 mean for the global world order?
“The policy test, however, is still to come. If the new administration is serious about avoiding catastrophic wars, without exposing…
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Why Trump 2.0 feels so different already
Donald Trump's return to the White House has been decidedly more overwhelming than the opening days of his first administration…
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Has US become a most unreliable nation?
Perhaps the middle powers could take a leaf from Qatar’s book and play the mediating role to make things happen…
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Manipur needs ‘truth & reconciliation’, not political apologies
Manipur needs moral leadership and genuine outreach by the highest offices, and not political and insincere apologies “With no major…
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Trump’s threats portend turbulence
US President-elect’s stand on tariffs has caused consternation among friends and foes “The assumption that the Trump administration will not…
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How the Right overtook the Left in India
The Left is still fixated on the revolution and is reluctant to embrace the multilayered demands of electoral politics “The…
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It is for historians to dig for tell-tale remains, not bigots
It is unfortunate that judicial misdirection is stirring up the retaliatory instincts of people fed on the falsehoods of manufactured…
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United States on the Way to Becoming an Oligarchic State
Over the past several decades, there has been growing concern among political analysts, economists, and the public at large about…
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Do not write off Trump’s America
The U.S. is still the world’s most diverse and innovative economy; and Donald Trump proved in his first term that…
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Why the Anglo-Saxon West hates Russia
“The short of the long story, therefore, is the revival of Anglo-Saxon versus Russia rivalry on the fringe of Europe.…
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Violence, militia & leadership crisis in Manipur
Manipur’s unending crisis continues to torment the state, with the recent violence shattering the uneasy calm between the people of…
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Supreme Court of India puts brakes on ‘bulldozer culture’
Bench says States indulging in naked display of ‘might is right’; issues ‘binding directives’ that include 15 days’ prior notice…
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The Right-Wing Surge: Analyzing the Republican Triumph Over Democrats in the U.S. Presidential Election
In this election, Trump’s victory can be seen as not merely a political win but a cultural one. His “America…
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What is clicking on the U.S. presidential campaign trail
Kamala Harris’s campaign is leveraged on a diminishing statistic while Donald Trump’s is the opposite “While abortion rates are falling,…
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Eric Adams Was Never the Future of the Democratic Party
Eric Adams was never popular. Even before his indictment for penny-ante corruption last month. Even before federal raids targeted his…
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Reflections on America’s customary face-off
The long tradition of American Presidential debates has meant make or break for Presidents and presidential aspirants Donald Trump’s decision…
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The misplaced move of ‘one nation one election’
The idea of simultaneous elections, to the Lok Sabha, the State Assemblies and the local bodies, was thrown up by…
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When separation of powers takes a hit
Threats to independent and empowered institutions must be resisted Those who value the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution should work…
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