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Dr Jayaprakash NarayanFree Press Journal |
The commentary argues that global powers often trigger unintended consequences through military interventions. Examining past U.S. actions—from the...
The Supreme Court of India has warned that unchecked populist spending is weakening state finances, urging responsible welfare policies and stronger...
Four developments—the Finance Commission report, a prudent Union Budget, the EU free trade agreement and a US trade deal—together strengthen...
Iran’s violent suppression of protests exposes a grim paradox of modern nation-states: regimes often survive by killing their own people. The...
The Iranian regime’s violent suppression of citizens protesting social and economic injustices has drawn global concern. Since Mahsa Amini’s death...
The US capture of Venezuela’s president highlights limits of military power and flawed strategic goals, offering lessons for India. Venezuela’s...
Ever since the invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and Nikola Tesla’s demonstration of the phosphorescent light...
The Bihar elections, once again, showed us how our politics is mired in this vicious cycle of competitive populism. By now we are all familiar with...
The Court asserted that the governor's actions, under Article 200, are subject to judicial review. Most controversially, the Court invoked its power...
State finances in several Indian states are deteriorating due to overspending, high public-sector wages, unsustainable borrowing, opaque budgets and a...
Several political convulsions in our South Asian subcontinent over the past three years once again demonstrate the fragility of democratic systems.
Hopefully, the present tariff crisis will soon be resolved satisfactorily. Meanwhile, the Union will certainly do whatever is possible and necessary...
The Lok Satta movement pioneered the Election Watch movement in 1999. As part of Election Watch, a highly credible, non-partisan, transparent exercise...
It will be useful to separate the 25% tariffs announced against most Indian goods as part of President Trump's America First Policy from the...
The Nimisha Priya trial and conviction in strife-torn Yemen is one such case that is agitating the minds of many Indians.
Nevertheless, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israeli and American bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities also indicate a changing world order. The...
The biggest daily problems of any city dweller today are almost certainly road congestion and traffic paralysis. Endless man-hours are lost. Pollution...
Despite the enormous competition for securing admission in STEM courses and in reputed institutions, there is a broad consensus that our universities...
On April 8, 2025, the Supreme Court gave an important judgement on the governors' powers. The court held that the governor has limited discretion in...
With Operation Sindoor, India has carved out a space between helpless inaction and a full-scale war between nuclear-armed states. The precise,...
The initial response of the government is measured and apt; the political spectrum acted with rare sensitivity and unanimity, and the people in Jammu...
Our greatest opportunity as a country lies in the demographic dividend: two thirds of our people are in the working age; we will have this advantage...
Over the years, there has been a widespread perception that all institutions of state are failing the people. In the early years of independence,...
Chandra Babu Naidu and MK Stalin, chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, respectively, are urging families to have more children and are...
The February 28 takedown of the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, is a contemporary reenactment of Aesop’s fable!
ADR, a civil society organisation which compiles the data from the Election Commission, reports that 46% of the members of the present Lok Sabha have...
Given the prevailing license-permit-quota raj and oppressive government control of economic activity, tinkering with excise and customs duties used to...
Assessing fiscal health of states amid debt burdens, mounting expenses, and transparency challenges for reforms.
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