Over a year has gone by and Kuno cheetahs are still in captivity. The Cheetah Action Plan has been inadequate. Now, officials want to reassess the prey base. They remain reactive, and always a step behind the problem. Timely course correction is often the fine line between success and failure.
Elections around the world are sending a single message—suspicion with politics-as-usual
Two elections bookended the week – Argentina and Netherlands. Surprise results across the world are throwing up a growing suspicion with conventional politics-as-usual. Fatigue has set in with familiar economic thinking. The identity debate surrounding Muslim refugees and Palestine is creating anxieties in liberal European societies. Trump needs closer scrutiny now.
Gehlot reduced his 5-year term to freebies. Now he’s fighting with his back to the wall
The Rajasthan election campaign has ended, but none of the principal ideas that divide Indian politics – secularism, caste census – found place. CM Ashok Gehlot reduced his five-year term to welfare giveaways, making the vote transactional. This is why he’s fighting the election with his back to the wall.