When all leaders of the world are capitulating before Trump, Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, has shown spine and delivered a speech in Davos on 20th January, 2026 that would go down in ...

January of 2026 too is over, bringing us a high-voltage PR exercise in place of the regular commentary on the much-anticipated Republic Day parade. Listening, I felt as if the cornices of the ...

The COP30 conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which met in Belém, Brazil last December concluded on a disappointing note. The conference had several key ...

Rather, it was the silent arithmetic of survival: how many hours one must work to feed a family, how many days one can go without speaking up before disrespect becomes unbearable, how much dignity can ...

The bench comprising present Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi, while trying to allay the fears expressed by the petitioners seeking a stay on this exercise at least to give ...

Pakistan has warned the United Nations (UN) that India’s decision to put the Indus Waters Treaty on hold has sparked an “unprecedented crisis” for its water security and could threaten regional ...

Keywords: Environment, Ecologist, People, Gadgil Report, Western Ghats, Kerala People’s Scientist Madhav Gadgil, one of India’s distinguished ecologists, public intellectuals, and a staunch advocate ...

Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on Sunday, ( unusual ) 1st February 2026. This was her 9th budget presentation and by so doing she has joined the unique list of ...

Bhagwant Mann’s political rise has been closely tied to a populist style marked by plain speech, satire, and a deliberate rejection of elite political decorum. This approach resonated strongly with an ...

Although the responsibility for maintaining peace in the post–Second World War era has largely rested with multilateral institutions, growing concerns have emerged in recent decades regarding their ...

The year continues with the execution of eight army chiefs, haloed with the memory of Civil War triumphs: Tukhachevsky, Yakir ...

Assuming the allocation of Rs. 95,692 crore is the Centre’s share (60%), the states’ share will stand at Rs. 63,795 crore. This is an aggregate national figure; state-wise allocations will differ in ...