Constitution Day, celebrated on November 26, holds immense significance in India and beyond not only because it marks the historical event of the adoption of the country’s Constitution but also because the text of the “highest law of the land” resonates with our quotidian aspiration and further encourages continuous negotiation in the public sphere for reshaping India’s governance framework.
Bangladesh’s economic downgrade by credit rating agency Moody’s from B1 to B2 signals a troubling convergence of political instability and economic fragility.
The conviction of two individuals involved in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of an Indian family at the US-Canada border in January 2022 underscores the devastating toll of illegal migration networks.
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), published by the WHO, indoor air pollution is the second largest killer in India after blood pressure, claiming two lives every minute.
From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women are being eroded as governments start rolling back existing laws. Just a few months ago a ban on Afghan women speaking in public was the latest measure introduced by the Taliban, who took back control of the country in 2021.
Iran is already enriching up to 60 per cent, which is far above a cap of 3.67 per cent under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
He may do well to remember, though, the rather dim view history has taken of the US President who announced the original ‘mission accomplished’ in 2003 after the Iraq War and the damage it did to America’s global standing
Russia, and only Russia, is painted in the Western media as the villain. In the vaunted liberal rules-based international system, based on US rules, there curiously is no law against merciless provocation, only against responding to provocation.
Thousands of miles away from the theatre of war, Sri Lanka felt the heat. Food, fuel, fertilizers and everything else needed for decent living are getting too expensive for the common man.
Some critics argue that Yoon should stop daily briefings and instead go for a weekly or monthly session to minimize side effects.
