China’s Military Makeover: Why India Should Stay Vigilant
While India continues to be absorbed in its long-drawn elections, the rest of the world is moving ahead with its own priorities.
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Navigating the Indo-Pacific: US Congress Passes Vital Legislation Amid Global Pressures
Harsh V Pant US Congress passes 4 crucial bills; govt keenly aware of geopolitics in Indo-Pacific. Over the past week, the US Congress achieved a significant legislative milestone by passing four crucial bills. Among these are three distinct pieces of…
EVM Ruling Fails to Address Core Democratic Principles
Court judgments are informed by a wide variety of factors, and when the factors change, the judgments change too. Here, Prof. Arun Kumar hopes that the recent EVM judgment will change sooner rather than later.
IN the midst of elections, crucial to maintaining democracy, events suggest all is not well.
The Supreme Court judgment ruling out any major changes in the way elections are conducted using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) was expected. But, the tone and tenor of the judgment is worrisome.
Maldives’ Political Shift: Navigating the ‘India Out, China In’ Dynamic
Muizzu will do well to learn from Sri Lanka’s experience of China’s predatory policies and understand that antagonising India is not going to serve Maldives well.
BJP and Congress Align Closely on Economic Policies, Highlighting Consensus in Indian Politics
The dichotomy between their economic stances is dubious; the difference is in politics and in shaping the social coherence essential for the economy to function.
Social media is awash with spurious claims of the intrinsic merits and contrast between the economic programmes of the Congress and the BJP.
The BJP is pro-growth, the Congress stands for welfare and redistribution. The BJP is pro-market, the Congress is socialist. The BJP makes India more attractive to foreign investors while the Congress will drive investors away.
Redefining Wealth: From Redistribution to Economic Justice
As our learned judges of the Supreme Court debate the meaning and ambit of Article 39(b), which enunciates the directive principle enjoining the state to make sure “that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good”, they would do well to bear in mind two things.