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Manmohan Singh obituary

Dec 29, 2024 | theguardian.com | Mark Tully |Randeep Ramesh

The distinguished economist Manmohan Singh, who has died aged 92, was one of India’s longest serving prime ministers (and the first Sikh to hold the office), yet he never won a direct parliamentary election. After nearly two decades as an economic bureaucrat, Singh was often seen as more of a civil servant than a politician. Unlike India’s more charismatic leaders, he humbly admitted to being a poor public speaker.
Truckers to farmers, the pushback to legislations

Jan 6, 2024 | msn.com | Mark Tully
Truckers to farmers, the pushback to legislations

Jan 6, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Mark Tully

After a meeting with the Union home secretary, the All India Motor Transport Association (AIMTC) decided to end the nationwide truck drivers’ protests against the new hit-and-run law. The government assured members of the transport body that the new laws have not been implemented yet and will only come into force after consultation with AIMTC. The transport body said that the truck drivers’ strike would end soon and all the drivers must resume operations.
Truckers to farmers, the pushback to legislations

Jan 6, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Mark Tully

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Shadow of colonial policing on crime bills

Dec 23, 2023 | hindustantimes.com | Mark Tully

It is distressing that the three Bills, which were intended among other things to make Indian police more democratic, should have been passed in a Parliament, where most of the Opposition Members of Parliament were absent because they had been suspended by the Chair. It might seem that the three Bills are intended to make Indian policing less colonial and more people-friendly. After all, they replaced three colonial laws.
Shadow of colonial policing on crime bills

Dec 23, 2023 | htsyndication.com | Mark Tully

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Leadership vacuum hits INDIA’s poll prospects

Dec 9, 2023 | hindustantimes.com | Mark Tully

Of course, it’s a handicap to becoming a leader if you are not a leader, and Rahul is not. The leader and president of the Congress party, the octogenarian Mallikarjun Kharge showed up to pay tribute to BR Ambedkar in Parliament on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Rahul’s mother Sonia Gandhi. There was no sign of Rahul in the national papers I read. Kharge was chosen president of the Congress because neither Rahul nor Sonia would take the job.
Leadership vacuum hits INDIA's poll prospects

Dec 9, 2023 | htsyndication.com | Mark Tully

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Delhi G20 raises the bar for Brazil

Sep 16, 2023 | hindustantimes.com | Mark Tully

Former United States (US) President Donald Trump had once disagreed strongly with a G20 agreement. This was not the same under Biden, but will it be the same after next year’s US Presidential election? Biden has said he intends to stand as the Presidential nominee for the Democrats. But Trump remains the most popular candidate for the Republicans in spite of his legal entanglements.
Counting is crucial for democracy’s longevity

Sep 2, 2023 | hindustantimes.com | Mark Tully

Tuberculosis, or TB, is another once common infectious disease that can be cured by drugs if they are given under proper supervision. I have just read about two integrated pieces of research into TB. The first was conducted on TB patients in 28 public clinics in Jharkhand; 2,800 patients were by treated by supplementing their food. In the second, the food of half of these families, randomly selected, was also supplemented.