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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
TopicCitizens

Topic: Citizens

SubscriberWrites: India’s electoral democracy caught in cobweb of freebies & cash transfer

The focus on freebies and cash transfers has led to policy paralysis, as parties prioritize short-term electoral gains over long-term policy planning.

SubscriberWrites: The complicit heart: How ordinary citizens become the instruments of their own demise

Bengal faces a stark reality of political decay, where decades of complicity and corruption have eroded its identity, leaving citizens to confront the consequences of their choices.

Not entrepreneurs, we need ‘social intrapreneurship’ for an ‘inside job’ in public sector

Social intrapreneurship emerges as a concept that harnesses the ability of citizens to assist in appropriate governance and becomes agents of change.

City municipalities are poor in fixing problems. People are turning to MLAs middlemen, NGOs

At the community level, citizens’ aspirations for their local areas are seldom heard or acted upon.

The list of creative ways China keeps tabs on its citizens is growing

The list of ways China keeps an eye on its citizens, the latest idea being a social-credit system, is stoking international concerns.

On Camera

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Wang Yi to visit India this month, Modi to travel to China, Putin comes in later this year

PM could visit Japan on 30 August before heading to China. Sources say, bilaterals being planned with Jinping and Putin on SCO sidelines in China.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.