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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
TopicAnti-corruption campaign

Topic: Anti-corruption campaign

3 years since launch, Lokpal is a non-starter. Complaints dry up, questions rise over intent

From ex-judge who resigned from Lokpal to former members of Anna Hazare movement, many say corruption watchdog set up in 2019 is 'toothless' — and this may have been the intention.

How the opposition can strike a balance between positive and negative campaigning

Neither Modi-bashing nor supporting Narendra Modi on everything will help the opposition. There's a third way.

Hassan Rouhani’s image is now nothing more than that of an Iranian scapegoat

If Rouhani couldn't alleviate the country's worsening political and economic problems during his good times, it's unlikely he can do anything now. 

Our Singapore fantasy

The upper crust in India do not particularly want a dictatorship, but a more controlled, less noisy, better-managed democracy. This is the new Indian elite's Singapore fixation.

On Camera

1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.