India’s goods and services tax (GST) was meant to help organizations file a single indirect tax return rather than multiple tax returns at the central, state and local levels. GST had been under ...

The threat of terrorism is growing in three key areas around the world. First, there is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), especially its branch in Afghanistan known as ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) ...

In 1956, a national architecture competition was floated by the New Delhi Public Works Department for a memorial for Mahatma Gandhi. At the time, Habib Rahman was the chief architect of the PWD. The ...

Following United States President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, the Republican party should celebrate the dawn of a new golden age. The Make America Great Again (MAGA) party will now ...

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Since Russia's invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, the nation has undergone a significant process of national reinvention, with a focus on redefining its history and identity. Central to this ...

Justin Trudeau will soon, after nearly a decade in power, cede his position as the prime minister of Canada. Yes, this is the same Trudeau who entered the Canadian political scene like an atomic bomb ...

The search for variety is in reality a search for our own mind. In the guise of seeking a man, we seek a compatible mind. So, when a friend asked with a touch of sarcasm, ‘Why are you going to the ...

In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, signaling a shift to coalition governance. Botswana's elections reflected dissatisfaction with the Botswana Democratic Party ...

A few weeks ago the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) based at Rutgers University released a new study on the effectiveness of certain antiracist, anti-Islamophobic and caste-abolitionist ...

Back in 2017, Emmanuel Macron, the political maverick miraculously defied the two — or rather three — blocs that for decades had taken turns at managing France’s Fifth Republic, founded by Charles de ...

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fell from power in December 2024, marking the end of over five decades of rule by the Assad family. Now, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist group which was once a ...