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Broken Chain

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of fast-track courts for paper-leak cases is an acknowledgement that India’s examination crisis can no longer be answered with arrests and assurances alone.

Field Marshal State

There is no officially published change in the numerical position of Pakistan’s Asim Munir in the Warrant of Precedence by virtue of his elevation to the rank of Field Marshal.

Elite Warning

For more than two decades, Vladimir Putin’s compact with Russia’s business elite was straightforward: accumulate wealth, but leave politics to the Kremlin.

A Bad Call

The row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Britain’s ambassador to the United States has become more than a scandal about a man’s past.

Treading with caution

While announcing budgets each fiscal year, India has been experimenting on various growth models, some led by capex, others hoping to be triggered by enhanced domestic consumption.

Feisty Fighter

In an era when Indian politics increasingly feels scripted and predictable, there are still moments that disrupt the routine and force a rethink about democratic engagement.

Love punished

The quiet lanes of Umri village in Uttar Pradesh have become the setting for a familiar Indian tragedy: two young people, Kajal and Mohammad Arman, killed not by strangers, but by the idea that love can be a crime.