In an article titled ‘Three years after being knifed by Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd gets revenge and returns as Australian PM, ’ Kathy Marks reports from Sydney that
This is the headline of the NDTV news channel in reporting the devastating monsoon floods that have swept across the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in India.
Last week in this column as the Bharatiya Janata Party was convening in Goa, as an ‘India watcher’ this column had pleaded in favour of LK Advani, probably
General elections in India are due in 2015, but already the race to designate the potential prime ministerial candidates is on. There are two main contending political parties
By TP Saran In the general elections held in Pakistan last weekend, the clear winner is the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) or PML-N led by Nawaz Sharif. According
At all times all occupations have been known to carry some potential of risk to their respective employees. However, with industrialisation premised on the use of machines, the
By TP Saran Following a now established custom in our national calendar, the recently announced cohort of laureates was hosted at the State House by the President of
By TP Saran While respecting the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions, namely that there was not sufficient evidence for ICAC to pursue further the case against
By TP Saran A comment frequently heard after the recent flash floods is ‘one becomes wise after the event.’ Indeed many have become wise after the flood, and
By TP Saran We have been hearing about reform of the Civil Service ever since a catchphrase became very popular nearly 20 years ago: ‘Adapt or perish.’ How
