It is now up to the Supreme Court to determine how strict the Centre should be on borrowing limits and giving consent to hold States to their fiscal obligations without violating federal norms.

The Candidates chess tournament in Toronto is the mind game’s biggest event of the year

Despite Cassandra-like pronouncements about malpractices and EVM-hacking, there has been no proof of any actual tampering of EVMs so far

An open war between Israel and Iran, which could drag the U.S. in, would be a security disaster for the whole region and an economic nightmare for the wider world

Uttar Pradesh is critical in all political calculations

With links between heatwaves, climate and health becoming even more explicit, it is time that the electoral process mulls over creative ways to account for the crisis

Price stability can and must be non-negotiable

The judiciary must declare the CAA as unconstitutional and revoke its implementation because of its arbitrary and selective norms for providing citizenship to migrants

Personality-driven politics and rapid changes in communication modes have reduced the import of manifestos, but still they offer a structured documentation of a party’s approach to governance

India does not seem to have a handle on the most basic elements of TB control

It is unfortunate that the goal of reducing India’s carbon footprint and the need to protect a critically endangered species are at odds with each other

In Maharashtra, the Lok Sabha elections will be the first test of the popularity of various leaders and formations that have dramatically metamorphosed beyond recognition in recent years

Emerging details about the electoral bonds scheme only confirm the worst fears of naysayers in regulatory and policy-making institutions

The outcome in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation only underscores the importance of arbitrators and judges sitting on appeal over awards getting fact and law right

With a behemoth like the BRS on the wane and frantic crossovers across party lines, Telangana could well be among the most heavily contested States in South India in the general election

The United States can show by example, in the Julian Assange case, that it believes in democratic freedoms

The ADB’s latest growth forecast for India’s GDP is slower than the 7.6% pace that India’s National Statistical Office has estimated for the 12 months that ended on March 31

Going rogue inside the embassy of Mexico in the name of fighting corruption is not going to help Ecuador in tackling the myriad challenges Ecuador is facing

Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Food Price Index, has averaged an alarming 8% through 2023-24

In Karnataka, it appears unlikely that the BJP, now the principal Opposition in the State, will be able to replicate its performance in 2019