By confronting everyone who comes in her way, even the Election Commission or crime-fighting agencies like the ED, Mamata Banerjee has shown that for her, everything is personal.
For New Delhi, perhaps an interesting dimension of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s current role is his reported involvement in backchannel activities with the US via Pakistan.
If aligned with public purpose and democratic accountability, impact investment could become an important financial tool in India's journey from an emerging economy to an inclusive, developed nation.
British Colonial censuses did not merely record caste, they froze it, standardised it, and permanently tied it to governance. Independent India inherited this mechanism.
China and India are home to 1.2 billion young people. They’re the pioneers in advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and realising the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’.
Brahmins and Ashraafs not only set the rules for social climbing but also imposed rigid categories on the masses through their proximity to British power.
The NSS tradition already recognises that economic life is socially differentiated, but it misses a crucial layer: who holds power within households? Who controls income?
Most analysts have admitted defeat: with Trump, there are no easy answers, only the Truth as announced through his social media posts and ad hoc press conferences.
The BJP’s emergence as a potent third force has altered many equations. Kerala’s politics is no longer bipolar, even if the UDF and the LDF may still claim it is.
When the gains from global integration can be captured within a limited zone such as Hainan, governments may find it more efficient to confine liberalisation than extend it nationally.
In a city like Liverpool, Salah became something more than a footballer. 'Salah became so popular that most of the babies born in Merseyside were named after him.'
The system was to delivered in March but will now reach the Indian shores by May, or June. The fifth S-400 will be delivered in the last quarter of this year.
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