U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Florida on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Under the ‘Fair and Reciprocal Plan,’ the Donald Trump administration is countering “non-reciprocal trading arrangements with trading partners by determining the equivalent of a reciprocal tariff with respect to each foreign trading partner”. The … Read more
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s remarks, made during his China visit to attend the Boao Forum for Asia conference, have sparked sharp responses in India, amid questions about their underlying intent. Speaking at a round table, Mr. Yunus highlighted the lack of connectivity and trade in the region, referring to the north-eastern Indian States — … Read more
Flouting directives That certain governments in north India have devised their own system of instant justice is shocking. It is obvious that it has never struck these overzealous governments that such acts are arbitrary and extra-judicial. Detailed norms have been issued by the courts on such demolitions. It remains to be seen whether such power-drunk … Read more
‘CSAM is a serious threat to a child’s right to life and dignity’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images Recently, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology of the British Government, along with the AI Safety Institute (now called the AI Security Institute), released the first-ever International AI Safety Report 2025 (updated February 18, 2025). It … Read more
After more than two months of caustic words for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and approbation for Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to strike a different note in his approach towards bringing the two leaders to the negotiating table. Following a call with Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump said that he was “very … Read more
On March 7, 2025, Donald Trump announced that he had sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seeking to negotiate a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme. “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,” the U.S. President told reporters in the Oval Office. A week later, on March 15, the U.S. launched … Read more
A cricket ball is caught in a pair of wicket keeping gloves with a fan of Australian fifty dollar notes | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one … Read more
India, poised to surpass 900 million Internet users, would find itself vulnerable without proper policy implementation to combat disinformation. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025 underscores misinformation and disinformation as the highest ranked short-term global threat. The WEF defines “global risk” as an event that … Read more
Malayalam film actor Mohanlal with actor and director Prithviraj Sukumaran during a press meet for their film ‘L2: Empuraan’, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI The most prevalent term in Kerala this week is probably ‘voluntary cuts’. Used in reference to the several cuts that the makers of the film, L2: Empuraan, were forced … Read more
It has been argued that the education system in India has veered off its course in the last 11 years of the Narendra Modi government. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. The country that witnessed the monumental neglect of the education system by previous governments is deeply aware of the unpleasant truth. … Read more