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The joint memorandum to the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, by the twenty-three opposition parties is virtually of the nature of mercy entreaty which “appeals to the conscience of the judiciary. The judiciary has to see what is happening in the country today. When everything else fails, who do we turn to?" It is indeed a sad commentary on the functioning of the Indian judicial system when the parties or the individual have to appeal to the conscience of judiciary for seeking justice, which of otherwise has been their fundamental rights under the provisions of the Indian Constitution.

American politics is full of irony. A real estate agent's son becomes a president after wasting all the billions his father earned in New Jersey and knocks at the doors of the elite in New York for admission without an answer that angers and frustrates him.

The true measure of a democracy is rarely found in the grandeur of its elections or the eloquence of its constitution. It is found instead in the silence of its prison cells, the transparency of its police stations and the restraint exercised by those empowered to deprive citizens of their liberty. Every constitutional democracy confers extraordinary powers upon the state—the authority to arrest, detain and prosecute—but those powers derive their legitimacy from one indispensable condition: that the state itself remains bound by law. The moment a detainee dies without trial, without judicial determination of guilt and while entirely under state custody, the state ceases to function merely as an investigator and begins to resemble judge, jury and executioner.

Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Labour leader on 22 June 2026 after a mutiny within his own party, but before leaving Downing Street he unveiled a near-£300 billion, drone-heavy defence plan - a move critics call his final, and most contested, act as prime minister.

Despite the best efforts of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh (UP), a major scandal has exploded on the face of the Hindutva brigade. The biggest political project of the Sangh, which was like a blank cheque for encashment of electoral dividends by the BJP for the last two and a half decades, has ultimately turned out to be their biggest embarrassment.

People often do not find the profession they are suited to. But when eminent theatre director, Ebrahim Alkazi spotted a young girl essaying the role of Desdemona in a stage adaptation of Othello, he asked the upcoming actress to join his drama group, Theatre Group. From this moment Vijaya Jaywant's life and career moved away far from square pegs finding themselves into round holes.

WASHINGTON DC: From the governorship race down to the Secretary of State’s contest, progressive candidates—including current Democratic Socialists of America member Melat Kiros for Congress in Denver and former DSA member Manny Rutinel in a swing district north of Denver—won. Melat Kiros made a name for herself when she was fired in 2023 from Sydney Austin Law Firm for backing Palestinian rights.

The arithmetic of India’s fuel market has long been sold as market-driven, but the latest price movements expose a more selective discipline. When crude oil rises, the pass-through to consumers and businesses is quick, stern and explained as unavoidable. When the same crude oil retreats, the adjustment becomes cautious, partial and wrapped in administrative silence.

The Right wing resurgence in the political arena of Latin America continues with the victory of the far right candidate Keiko Fujimori in the Presidential elections in Peru. Keiko, daughter of the former President Alberto Fujimori won by only less than 50,000 votes in a neck and neck contest by defeating the :Left coalition candidate Roberto Sanchez.

There is an old assumption embedded deep within India's governance system that democracy can be strengthened by multiplying procedures. Conduct more meetings. Circulate more notices. Upload more records. Build more digital platforms. Yet, the latest national study on Gram Sabha participation suggests that this administrative logic has reached its natural limit. After three decades of constitutional decentralisation, India's villages are not asking for more meetings; they are asking for more meaning.