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Will UNSC resolution bring Gaza peace?

Ceasefires are a uniquely complicated tool in armed conflict. This is because they exist at the intersection of war, law and politics. Political scientist Cindy Wittke has suggested that attempts to define what a ceasefire is and what it entails will ultimately reveal a “lack of fit” with international law.

Despair and hope in rural hamlets

The outer calm of many remote villages and hamlets can be deceptive. So much may be happening, good and bad, hopeful and tragic, beneath the surface calm, if only one cares to observe a bit more beyond the ‘all is well’ routine talk.

Economic Resilience

India recent economic indicators paint a mixed picture, marked by a noteworthy reduction in the current account deficit (CAD) alongside persistent challenges in the trade balance.

Gold Rush

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked a frenzy of excitement among businesses worldwide, leading to a significant increase in market value for companies operating within the AI ecosystem.

Malignity in New York

Suffice it to register that the man accused of shooting 10 people on the subway train has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offence after a daylong manhunt and a tipster’s call led police to him on a Manhattan street.

Genocide semantics

The crime of genocide has a strict legal connotation and has rarely been proven in court since it was cemented in international law after the Holocaust was carried out against Jewish people and other groups by Nazi Germany during World War II.

The IAS saga

Probably, the country, the bureaucracy and IAS itself would be better served if the Government leaves the IAS to its own devices and the IAS sees the non-IAS bureaucracy as colleagues, not as competitors or subordinates. Abolition of outdated rules like giving the IAS an edge of two years over other services, and of having an IAS officer as the top boss in all departments would help other services as also the IAS to realise their full potential and dispel the image of the IAS as the big banyan tree under whose shadow no plants can thrive

Difficult Choices~II

Two days later, the MEA spokesman said that India was not supporting or opposing anyone and was trying to ascertain whether the Soviet assertion that they responded to the request of the duly constituted Afghan authorities for help, was correct