Hysteria cannot be combated by hysteria. We need the ideology which binds the weaker sections of society, the Dalits, religious minorities, women, workers and Adivasis.
Two Years After the July Uprising, Bangladesh's Press Freedom Remains Under Question
Another defining feature of Bangladesh's current media environment is the emergence of "mob culture." The attack on The Daily Star and Prothom Alo offices is a serious example of mob attack. Media owners often hesitate to invite commentators associated with the previous government or opposing political viewpoints because they fear public backlash, protests, or attacks
India Loves Political Scandals, But Don't Care How They End Up
For decades, Bofors was treated as a national scandal of almost Biblical proportions, with international ramifications. All guns ablaze. Yet when its judicial afterlife finally reaches a dead end, the story seems to have lost its political ammunition. Not even a recall that the much-maligned gun, which was accused of backfiring at those who fired, not at the target, had vindicated its purchase during the 1999 Kargil conflict.
From Hashtags to Handcuffs: When Digital Democracy Becomes Digital Surveillance
India therefore needs a serious conversation on algorithmic accountability. If AI increasingly informs policing, citizens deserve clarity on its legal basis, safeguards against misuse, limits on data retention, independent oversight and effective judicial remedies.
Changing Architecture of the Indian State: Public Trust can Neither be Legislated nor Certified
The recurring examination scandals were failures of governance. Likewise, concerns regarding foreign influence should not preclude critical examination of how regulatory institutions themselves function.
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A targeted military operation to purge Kashmir Valley of terrorists
During Operation Sarpvinash, several terror bases containing large food storage, communications devices, arms, ammunition, and even medicines were destroyed. With the kind of supplies and the discovery of a large number of bunkers during Operation Sarpvinash, there was some comparison to the infiltrations India saw during the Kargil War.
How to prevent foggy disasters at Delhi airport
The problem each year repeats like the weather itself, simply because of the awful behaviour of the airline ground staff. Our airline ground staff are perhaps the worst amongst developing/developed nations.
Caught in a cleft stick: Congress' invite rejection reflects its dilemma over Hindu vote
It would seem as if the Congress Party were going for broke by rejecting the invitation quite aware that it is unlikely to win even the moderately right-leaning Hindu electorate, let alone the hard Hindu right, in the foreseeable future.
Modi's Christian outreach: Wooing a marginalised community for electoral gains?
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To avoid climate catastrophe, developed nations need to acknowledge historical culpability
For nations like Bangladesh, it is an issue of concern since it will be difficult to successfully carry out national climate action plans for adaptation and mitigation in the absence of explicit financial commitments from wealthier nations.
New criminal justice laws in India are repressive
What is perceptible is the government’s intention to destroy the fabric of human rights protection in India and to increase the power of the government to control and oppress the people of India.
IMF prescribed mantras not in Sri Lanka's interests
From Sri Lanka’s example of periodically falling into a BOP crisis, one might wonder if IMF-prescribed solutions (or terms and conditions attached to IMF funding) ever help small nations like Sri Lanka to achieve long-term BOP stability.
The flawed criminal justice system in India: Rape law reforms need political will to transform mindsets
The cavalier attitude and patronizing politics of a patriarchal society need to change to eliminate the social stigma of the victim in rape trials in India.
IAF set for critical replenishments to meet growing threats
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Avoiding Himalayan disasters: Need to heed geological warnings
A number of such disasters could have been avoided if local geology was understood or warnings from experts had been heeded
Crying for justice: Need for Indian government to make speedy justice delivery a mission
The time for half-hearted attempts, and/or conventional methods, has gone by when it comes to delivering justice in India.
Bangladesh Army's stellar role in bringing peace and development to CHT
Local sources claim that multiple tribal terrorist groups are holding hundreds of thousands of people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts as hostages. These groups are active in controlling and influencing their areas through various sabotage and terrorist activities, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, attacks, and counter-attacks.
India celebrates Navy Day commemorating its operational power and maritime history
Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day on 4 December to commemorate "Operation Trident", the Navy’s lethal attack on Karachi harbour during the 1971 war.
COP28 commitments: Need for India to go beyond lip service and gimmicks
The pollution severely affecting the health of the population is of no consequence to India's politicians. It is high time our policymakers look at themselves in the mirror.
