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Shashi Tharoor questions ‘triple-engine’ governance model, flags concerns over federal fairness post 2014
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (501+ words) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has raised questions about the fairness and efficiency of India's federal structure in the context of the'triple-engine" governance model, suggesting that political alignment between the Centre and the states may affect project delivery. The term 'triple-engine…...
Indonesian leader fires ministers of finance and security after deadly protests
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (271+ words) Five ministers lost their jobs, including Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, a widely respected technocrat who had served as the executive director of the International Monetary Fund and managing director of the World Bank, and Budi Gunawan, the coordinating minister…...
Manu Joseph: Why faith losing its hold won’t really change the world
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (348+ words) I suspect this news was received by atheists and their spiritual cousins who say stuff like, "I believe in a force" and other kinds of Nones as a reaffirmation of their superior inner lives. They may have felt the world…...