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With Supreme Court ruling, another check on Trump's power fadesA Supreme Court ruling limits judges' ability to block government actions, potentially expanding presidential power. This decision restrict...
With a stroke of the pen Donald Trump brings independent agencies like FEC, FCC, FTC, and the SEC under his control; here's what he could do nowUnited States president Donald Trump signed an executive order that will give presidential control over independent agencies. The order gra...
India's election management - A global public good opportunityIndia's robust election management system, from Himalayan hamlets to the Sundarbans, is a model for the world. Its scale, integrity, and tr...
North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility as Kim Jong Un calls for more nuclear weaponsNorth Korea has revealed a secretive uranium-enrichment facility, with leader Kim Jong Un calling for an exponential increase in nuclear we...
Judge orders Trump to pay $355m for lying about wealthJudge Arthur Engoron's decision after a trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit punishes Trump, his company and executive...
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 28,000; Turkey moves against some buildersFive days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving...
Xi Jinping: China's most powerful leader since Mao ZedongXi has amassed seemingly unchecked power and a level of officially-stoked adulation unseen since Communist China's founder Mao.
Sri Lankan security forces raid anti-government protest camp at President's Secretariat; nine arrestedThe decision to evict the anti-government protesters came a day after Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president after ex-president Raj...
The curious case of 'missing' US ambassadorThe larger question is whether a showdown is worth it. Even if Garcetti is confirmed, he might be seen as 'damaged goods' by those he would...
China introduces military style labour policy for Tibet replicating Xinjiang modelDuring 2019 and 2020, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) introduced new policies to promote the systematic, centralized, and large-scale tra...
Wall Street's regulatory gains set to stand even under BidenThe industry is likely to keep many of its wins as Democrats prioritize more pandemic aid, healthcare, tax reform and financial rules that ...
View: Big gains ahead; it's also about equality, justice in J&KArticle 370 was inserted into the Constitution after Maharaja Hari Singh acceded to the Indian Union on October 26, 1947. The Instrument of...
Should Bengaluru get a directly-elected mayor with a five-year term and more powers?Time and again there has been talk about revisiting the mayor's role.The latest was in 2015, when the BBMP Restructuring Committee recommen...
- Companies start competing for bailout money
Insurance firms, auto cos and foreign banks petition for part of $700 bn bailout. BSE Weekly: Gainers, Losers | NSE Weekly: Losers, Gainers...
- Europe lobbies Bush for global market reforms
European leaders are lobbying Bush to support a summit that would craft ways to reform the world financial system. Weekly Losers BSE | NSE ...
- Europe lobbies Bush for global market reforms
European leaders are lobbying President George W Bush at the Camp David presidential retreat on Saturday to support a summit by year's end ...
- Investigators step up raids on Samsung
Investigators probing a bribery scandal allegedly involving Samsung raided the chairman’s private home, the group headquarters and other fa...