As the world gears up to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, a pertinent question looms ~ how far have we truly come in achieving gender equality? In India, women have risen to positions of power, yet they continue to battle the deeply entrenched patriarchal mindset that seeks to diminish their contributions and limit their aspirations.
Austria’s newly formed three-party coalition government is an unusual experiment in European politics.
President Donald Trump’s first address to the US Congress in his second term was not just a policy statement ~ it was a declaration of dominance.
Alas, slowly will Tamil perish/As languages of the West flourish.” This was a Tamil poet's fear in the early 20th century.
India’s economic ambitions rest on its ability to foster a generation of entrepreneurs willing to take risks, build industries, and create jobs.
Sri Lanka’s Presidential election marks a pivotal moment as Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxistleaning leader, gets set to assume the presidency after a victory that reflects the public's growing demand for systemic change.
A national database on land degradation prepared by the Indian Space Research Organisation in 2016 showed that 36.7 per cent of India’s total arable and non-arable land suffers from various forms of degradation, water erosion being the chief contributor (68.4 per cent).
In what may be the only presidential debate before November’s election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris squared off in Philadelphia on September 10.
The recent plunge in UK consumer confidence serves as a stark reminder of the delicate balance between fiscal responsibility and maintaining public morale.
China's move to raise the retirement age, the first adjustment since the 1950s, is a critical response to an escalating demographic and economic crisis.
