In a remarkable twist of irony, it was Donald Trump ~ not Mark Carney, nor Pierre Poilievre ~ who became the decisive figure in Canada’s recent federal election.
The massive power outage that plunged large swathes of Spain, Portugal, and parts of France into darkness this week is more than a regional mishap ~ it is a flashing red warning for the rest of the world.
Fuelling many such questions, a raging fire of anti Pakistan sentiment is burning fiercely in Balochistan. Thus, the politics of South Asia is gradually changing.
Frequent headlines of trade wars and real wars, economic disruptions and humanitarian disasters indicate a world that is in the midst of multiple crises.
US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days ~ completed on Tuesday ~ of his second term in office offer a revealing glimpse into a presidency shaped by an unusual combination of forceful action and sharp political division.
The government cannot ignore the middle classes totally because the ruling party has high hopes for support in voting from this class. So, it looks like it might indulge in some tinkering with the income tax rates. The peak in personal income tax may be brought down from the present 42.74 per cent since it is 25.20 per cent higher than that of the corporate tax. Also likely is the increase in the standard deduction from its 2019 set limit of Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000 or Rs 1 lakh
Many believe that the trend of moonlighting was triggered by the onset of work-from-home culture necessitated by the pandemic.
Connecting to the Divine in whatever manner a person wishes is integral to every religious system, even from ancient times.
Beyond the brute insensitivity of the culprits involved and the obvious failing of the police, the larger winds of societal regression, apathy and even revisionism, are palpable and shocking. So, who defines or impacts these dark winds that blow? In one word, leadership the political leadership, the religious leadership, and all others in prominent positions of societal impact. If only the 'leaders' could talk and walk the hard course of meaningful societal reforms, as opposed to pandering to populist positions and emotions, things could change
The primary goal of PDS is to distribute essential food commodities like rice, wheat and kerosene at highly subsidized rates to those below the poverty line, addressing the issue of food insecurity in the rural areas of India. Despite the criticisms of the programme and the quality of food grains distributed to the poor, its effectiveness in reducing consumption poverty cannot be denied. The reduction in destitution and the intensity of poverty will have to be attributed to the existence of PDS
