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India no longer sees itself as merely a middle power, but as a key player shaping the global order: an “emerging great power.
India’s constitution always gave the executive a great deal of power, but the diversity of the country’s electorate has ...
B R Ambedkar, architect of India's Constitution, championed dividing large states for better governance and democracy. His 1955 book advocated for more manageable, smaller states, foreseeing shifts ...
There's a fierce political debate in India about whether population shifts should change how parliamentary seats are distributed.
Doing “the right thing,” “for its own sake,” can be naïve in the political arena ... Approaching the king of the owls in this sorry state, he claimed the crows had violently thrown ...
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been a cornerstone of fiscal reform in India. The shift to GST aimed ... collecting revenues in the consuming state and promoting equity across states by ...
This has been done for the readers of FOREIGN AFFAIRS by Lord Reading, my predecessor in the Viceroyalty of India ... large Indian States, ruled by members of dynasties of great antiquity, had never ...
ADR, a non-profit organisation working on electoral and political reforms, analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current MLAs. The analysis covered 4,092 out of 4,123 MLAs across 28 assemblies and ...
The usual festive mood of Eid ul-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has been subdued in Indonesia this year as people grapple with soaring prices for food, clothing ...
A study by personal finance website WalletHub ranked the 2025 best state capitals to live in by comparing each city using 48 metrics to determine their affordability, economic well-being ...
This initiative comes in response to the state government’s recent land policy for tea gardens, which has sparked widespread opposition in the region. Protesters aim to challenge the government’s move ...
As of April 2021, India had estimated crude oil reserves of 587.335 million metric tonnes. The major oil-producing regions include the western offshore area, Assam, and Gujarat. The head of the ...