Visiting a district, decades later, opens up floodgates of memory. When I think of Kakinada, the district headquarters of the famous East Godavari district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, where I had served in 1979-81, certain images endure.
The appointment of former Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das as “Principal Secretary-2” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi marks a significant shift in governance strategy.
The escalating tussle between Tamil Nadu and the Union government over the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is not just a dispute over language policy ~ it is a deeper battle over state autonomy, cultural identity, and federal governance.
There is a popular joke about apples in the district of Murshidabad. A middle-aged father asked his ailing son whether he was gaining in strength each time the latter finished a slice of apple offered to him during his recovery from fever.
The Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) was the first event on European soil for the new Donald Trump administration followed closely by the Munich Security Conference.
Germany is in a particularly weak position as Russia has been sluggish in restoring its gas supply through a pipeline that was “offline” for several days this month for maintenance.
The members of his cabinet were told to vacate their offices. The advisers and assistants appointed by Hamza were also ordered to be relieved of their duties.
Last year, despite the pandemic related slowdown, the defense spending went up by an impressive 15 per cent, from the previous year.
In March 2020, he tried to humiliate Erdogan by leaving him for several minutes in a hallway. Now Erdogan got payback by making the Russian wait, pacing and puffing out his cheeks as cameras rolled.
While ordinarily she has to act on the advice of the Cabinet, the latter does not have the right to give her an advice contrary to the provisions of the Constitution.
